TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of the density inside a train carriage on passenger boarding rate.
AU - Luangboriboon, Nattanon
AU - Seriani, Sebastián
AU - Fujiyama, Taku
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was partially supported by ANID (Chile) Project REDES190054 and ANID (Chile) Project FONDECYT 11200012. The funder had no influence in the direction or the results of the analysis conducted.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Passenger alighting and boarding time is an important factor for crowded metros with high-frequency operations. Some operators leave the train doors open until the last passenger boards or passengers voluntarily stop boarding, while others regulate the boarding process. To evaluate whether it is effective to regulate the passenger while boarding or not, this research explores how the density inside the train would influence the passenger boarding rate by conducting a laboratory experiment. The results showed that the passenger boarding rate increased as the density increased, up to approximately 2.5–3.0 passengers/m2. Beyond that point, our results suggested that the boarding rate may have decreased, but the evidence was not conclusive. It is deduced that, under the experimented density (up to around 5 passengers/m2), the density does not have any apparent negative effects on the boarding rate, which implies that there is no strong evidence to recommend passenger boarding regulation.
AB - Passenger alighting and boarding time is an important factor for crowded metros with high-frequency operations. Some operators leave the train doors open until the last passenger boards or passengers voluntarily stop boarding, while others regulate the boarding process. To evaluate whether it is effective to regulate the passenger while boarding or not, this research explores how the density inside the train would influence the passenger boarding rate by conducting a laboratory experiment. The results showed that the passenger boarding rate increased as the density increased, up to approximately 2.5–3.0 passengers/m2. Beyond that point, our results suggested that the boarding rate may have decreased, but the evidence was not conclusive. It is deduced that, under the experimented density (up to around 5 passengers/m2), the density does not have any apparent negative effects on the boarding rate, which implies that there is no strong evidence to recommend passenger boarding regulation.
KW - boarding rate
KW - density
KW - experiment
KW - Train passenger
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U2 - 10.1080/23248378.2020.1846633
DO - 10.1080/23248378.2020.1846633
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097370716
JO - International Journal of Rail Transportation
JF - International Journal of Rail Transportation
SN - 2324-8378
ER -