Effect of sound on visual attention in large railway stations: A case study of St. Pancras railway station in London

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 45-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ding-you Lei ◽

Feng Niu ◽

Ying-gui Zhang

Keyword(s):

Information Exchange ◽

Management System ◽

High Speed ◽

Waiting Room ◽

Railway Station ◽

High Speed Railway ◽

Railway Stations ◽

Content Type ◽

Passenger Flow

Purpose This paper aims to propose a systematic approach to facilitate passenger flow in high speed rail (HSR) stations. A case study is conducted to validate the approach. Design/methodology/approach This paper argues that HSR station management consists of train management, station capacity management, waiting room management and passenger flow management, and that two-way and dynamic information exchange exists among the components. Accordingly, the proposed approach integrates the components in HSR station management based on information exchange and heuristic algorithms. A HSR station in China with four regular waiting rooms, one mother-and-infant waiting room and one VIP waiting room located on two floors are chosen for a case study. An arrangement plan for waiting zones and waiting rooms is generated by following the proposed approach. Findings The result of the case study indicates that the proposed approach is capable of arranging waiting zones and waiting rooms quickly and effectively to maximize utilization of waiting room capacity and to minimize passenger walking distance from waiting rooms to platforms. Research limitations/implications The management problem of railway station waiting room also relates to some other factors such as platforms, tracks adjustment and delay of the trains. As an emerging technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to offer promising solutions to transform the operation and role of many existing industrial systems such as transportation systems including railway systems. The future study of the authors will focus on IoT intelligent railway management system. Practical implications The result indicates that the proposed method is an effective solution to the management of railway station waiting room, which can be applied to railway station management system. Social implications China Railway System provides service to billions of passengers. This research has significant social-economic impacts. Originality/value This paper fulfills an information integrated approach for improving waiting room management in high speed railway stations and a case study testing the approach.

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Real-Time Track Reallocation for Emergency Incidents at Large Railway Stations

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2015/296394 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Wei Liu ◽

Xiaoning Zhu ◽

Liujiang Kang

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Simulated Annealing Algorithm ◽

Programming Model ◽

Mathematical Programming Model ◽

Railway Station ◽

Railway Stations ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Transport Plan ◽

Annealing Algorithm

After track capacity breakdowns at a railway station, train dispatchers need to generate appropriate track reallocation plans to recover the impacted train schedule and minimize the expected total train delay time under stochastic scenarios. This paper focuses on the real-time track reallocation problem when tracks break down at large railway stations. To represent these cases, virtual trains are introduced and activated to occupy the accident tracks. A mathematical programming model is developed, which aims at minimizing the total occupation time of station bottleneck sections to avoid train delays. In addition, a hybrid algorithm between the genetic algorithm and the simulated annealing algorithm is designed. The case study from the Baoji railway station in China verifies the efficiency of the proposed model and the algorithm. Numerical results indicate that, during a daily and shift transport plan from 8:00 to 8:30, if five tracks break down simultaneously, this will disturb train schedules (result in train arrival and departure delays).

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Zurich Main Railway Station: A Typology of Public CCTV Systems

Surveillance & Society ◽

10.24908/ss.v2i2/3.3372 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 2 (2/3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christoph Muller ◽

Daniel Boos

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Future Trends ◽

Railway Station ◽

Public And Private ◽

Railway Stations ◽

Exploratory Case Study ◽

Shopping Area ◽

Different Types ◽

Main Station

Railway stations have become places between 'public' and 'private'. In this exploratory case study, we are looking at the CCTV system at the Zurich main station, the largest railway station in Switzerland. This railway station is used by train passengers, by customers frequenting the station's shopping area, and by persons trespassing in the station. Looking at different types of CCTV systems, we examine the motivations that have been leading to the installation of the cameras, about their functionality and their effects on passengers and customers. Based on our observations, we are going to present a typology of different uses of CCTV systems: (1) access control, (2) conduct control, (3) registering evidence, (4) flow control and the planning of deployment. As a conclusion, we will have a look at some future trends in the use of CCTV in railway stations, focussing on (a) individualization, (b) automation, and (c) commodification. In the last part of our presentation, we are going to ask about the limits of the spreading of CCTV systems in railway stations, focussing on the efficiency on one hand and on several possibilities for opposition on the other hand.

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Construction Layout of Stations and its Impact to Train Delays

Transport technic and technology ◽

10.2478/ttt-2021-0004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 21-24

Author(s):

Petr Štembírek ◽

Jaroslav Matuška ◽

Martin Vojtek

Keyword(s):

Point Of View ◽

Railway Station ◽

Railway Stations ◽

Passenger Trains

Abstract The paper focuses on construction layout of railway stations, mainly platforms for boarding passenger trains. Platform layout has significant impact to the operation of trains, because passengers cross some tracks horizontally, when the train boarding is necessary. Horizontal track crossings cause possible dangerous situations from passengers’ point of view as well as operational problems from dispatcher point of view, because other trains have to slow or stop their ride. It may cause delays and it negatively influences timetable planning too. The problem is deeply analysed and described in a case study of Opatov railway station.

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