Mind your passenger!

The passenger capacity of platforms at railway stations in the Netherlands

Doctoral thesis (2022)

Authors

Jeroen P.A. van den Heuvel N.V. Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Transport and Planning - CEG
Research Group
Transport and Planning (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 Jeroen P.A. van den Heuvel
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:c0d89d37-1bc8-407e-a70b-b50c75acb382
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Transport and Planning

Research Group

Transport and Planning

Abstract

This thesis constitutes a first step towards measuring the passenger capacity of station platforms. First, it defines platform capacity on the basis of the locations of queues at exit escalators from platforms, the presence of passengers in the platform-edge danger zone and the duration of stops. It then renders capacity measurable using real-life data covering train stops and passenger behaviour on platforms.