Design guidelines to improve and check level of service of metro station by station audit (Also available on CD)
Sheth, Sunny N.
Design guidelines to improve and check level of service of metro station by station audit (Also available on CD) - 2015 - xiii,102p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Abstract viii List of figures x List of tables xii Abbreviation xii 1 Introduction 1 1 1 Background 1 1 2 Need for Study 2 1 2 1 Requirements for running successful Mass Rapid Transit system 2 1 2 2 Level of Service of Mass Rapid Transit 2 1 2 3 Metro station 3 1 2 4 Need of an efficient metro station 5 1 2 5 Key Components for designing an efficient Metro Station 6 1 3 Aim 7 1 4 Objectives 7 1 5 Scope of work 7 1 6 Limitations 7 1 7 Methodology 8 2 Platform 10 2 1 Island platform 10 2 1 1 Advantages of island platforms: 10 2 1 2 Disadvantages of island platform: 11 2 2 Side Platform 11 2 2 1 Advantages of side platform: 11 2 2 2 Disadvantage of side platform: 12 2 3 Platform Capacity 12 2 4 Platform length 12 2 5 Platform Width 13 2 6 Platform Slope 13 2 7 Platform waiting area and seating facility 14 3 Circulation 15 3 1 Horizontal Circulation 15 3 2 Vertical Circulation 17 3 2 1 Stairs 17 3 2 2 Ramps 20 3 2 3 Elevators 21 3 2 4 Escalators 23 4 Automatic Fare Collection System 25 4 1 Requirement of automatic fare collection system: 25 4 2 Key Components of AFC system 25 4 2 1 Tickets 25 4 2 2 Station Computers 25 4 2 3 Gates 26 4 2 4 Ticket Office 26 4 2 5 Ticket Vending Machines 27 4 2 6 Customer care office 27 4 2 7 Security 27 4 3 Design Criteria 27 4 3 1 Location 27 4 3 2 Design requirements: 28 5 Safety and Security 29 5 1 Security 29 5 1 1 Station entrance protection 29 5 1 2 Emergency Communication 30 5 2 Fire and Life Safety 30 5 2 1 Fire alarm and Detection 31 5 2 2 Fire Suppression 31 6 Station Services 33 6 1 Pedestrian access 33 6 2 Vehicular Access 33 6 2 1 Kiss and ride facility 33 6 2 2 Park and ride facility 34 6 3 Station lighting 34 6 4 Station Signage 34 6 5 Water Supply 35 6 6 ATM facility 36 6 7 Solid Waste Disposal Facility 36 6 8 Toilets 36 6 9 Retail shops and Café area 36 7 Station Audit 37 7 1 Metro stations of Mumbai 37 8 Versova Metro Station 39 8 1 Station Entries 39 8 2 Components of Station 40 8 3 Platform 42 8 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 43 8 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 45 8 6 Circulation 46 8 7 Level of Service (LOS) 47 8 7 1 LOS of Platforms 47 8 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 48 8 7 3 Delay in time to reach station exit from platform in peak hour at Versova metro station 48 9 Andheri Metro Station 50 9 1 Station Entries 50 9 2 Components of Station 51 9 3 Platform 53 9 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 54 9 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 56 9 6 Circulation 57 9 7 Level of Service (LOS) 58 9 7 1 LOS of Platforms 58 9 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 59 9 7 3 Delay in time to reach station exit from platform in peak hour at Andheri metro station 60 10 Huda City Centre 62 10 1 Station Entries 62 10 2 Components of Station 63 10 3 Platform 66 10 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 67 10 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 69 10 6 Circulation 70 10 7 Level of Service (LOS) 72 10 7 1 LOS of Platforms 72 10 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 72 10 7 3 Delay in time to reach station exit from platform in peak hour at Huda City Centre metro station 73 11 Kashmere Gate 75 11 1 Station Entries 75 11 2 Components of Station 77 11 3 Platform 81 11 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 83 11 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 86 11 6 Circulation 87 11 7 Level of Service (LOS) 92 11 7 1 LOS of Platforms 92 11 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 93 11 7 3 Delay in time to reach one line platform to another line platform in peak hour at Kashmere Gate metro station 96 12 Conclusion and Proposal 98 12 1 Platform 98 12 2 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 99 12 3 Delay at Automatic Fare Collection system exit gates 100 12 4 Total average passenger delay including AFC gates and Vertical Circulation Elements 101 References 102 Referances 103
MIED TH-0055 / SHE
Design guidelines to improve and check level of service of metro station by station audit (Also available on CD) - 2015 - xiii,102p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Abstract viii List of figures x List of tables xii Abbreviation xii 1 Introduction 1 1 1 Background 1 1 2 Need for Study 2 1 2 1 Requirements for running successful Mass Rapid Transit system 2 1 2 2 Level of Service of Mass Rapid Transit 2 1 2 3 Metro station 3 1 2 4 Need of an efficient metro station 5 1 2 5 Key Components for designing an efficient Metro Station 6 1 3 Aim 7 1 4 Objectives 7 1 5 Scope of work 7 1 6 Limitations 7 1 7 Methodology 8 2 Platform 10 2 1 Island platform 10 2 1 1 Advantages of island platforms: 10 2 1 2 Disadvantages of island platform: 11 2 2 Side Platform 11 2 2 1 Advantages of side platform: 11 2 2 2 Disadvantage of side platform: 12 2 3 Platform Capacity 12 2 4 Platform length 12 2 5 Platform Width 13 2 6 Platform Slope 13 2 7 Platform waiting area and seating facility 14 3 Circulation 15 3 1 Horizontal Circulation 15 3 2 Vertical Circulation 17 3 2 1 Stairs 17 3 2 2 Ramps 20 3 2 3 Elevators 21 3 2 4 Escalators 23 4 Automatic Fare Collection System 25 4 1 Requirement of automatic fare collection system: 25 4 2 Key Components of AFC system 25 4 2 1 Tickets 25 4 2 2 Station Computers 25 4 2 3 Gates 26 4 2 4 Ticket Office 26 4 2 5 Ticket Vending Machines 27 4 2 6 Customer care office 27 4 2 7 Security 27 4 3 Design Criteria 27 4 3 1 Location 27 4 3 2 Design requirements: 28 5 Safety and Security 29 5 1 Security 29 5 1 1 Station entrance protection 29 5 1 2 Emergency Communication 30 5 2 Fire and Life Safety 30 5 2 1 Fire alarm and Detection 31 5 2 2 Fire Suppression 31 6 Station Services 33 6 1 Pedestrian access 33 6 2 Vehicular Access 33 6 2 1 Kiss and ride facility 33 6 2 2 Park and ride facility 34 6 3 Station lighting 34 6 4 Station Signage 34 6 5 Water Supply 35 6 6 ATM facility 36 6 7 Solid Waste Disposal Facility 36 6 8 Toilets 36 6 9 Retail shops and Café area 36 7 Station Audit 37 7 1 Metro stations of Mumbai 37 8 Versova Metro Station 39 8 1 Station Entries 39 8 2 Components of Station 40 8 3 Platform 42 8 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 43 8 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 45 8 6 Circulation 46 8 7 Level of Service (LOS) 47 8 7 1 LOS of Platforms 47 8 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 48 8 7 3 Delay in time to reach station exit from platform in peak hour at Versova metro station 48 9 Andheri Metro Station 50 9 1 Station Entries 50 9 2 Components of Station 51 9 3 Platform 53 9 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 54 9 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 56 9 6 Circulation 57 9 7 Level of Service (LOS) 58 9 7 1 LOS of Platforms 58 9 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 59 9 7 3 Delay in time to reach station exit from platform in peak hour at Andheri metro station 60 10 Huda City Centre 62 10 1 Station Entries 62 10 2 Components of Station 63 10 3 Platform 66 10 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 67 10 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 69 10 6 Circulation 70 10 7 Level of Service (LOS) 72 10 7 1 LOS of Platforms 72 10 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 72 10 7 3 Delay in time to reach station exit from platform in peak hour at Huda City Centre metro station 73 11 Kashmere Gate 75 11 1 Station Entries 75 11 2 Components of Station 77 11 3 Platform 81 11 4 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 83 11 5 Automatic Fare Collection System 86 11 6 Circulation 87 11 7 Level of Service (LOS) 92 11 7 1 LOS of Platforms 92 11 7 2 LOS for Escalators and AFC gates 93 11 7 3 Delay in time to reach one line platform to another line platform in peak hour at Kashmere Gate metro station 96 12 Conclusion and Proposal 98 12 1 Platform 98 12 2 Vertical Circulation Elements (VCEs) 99 12 3 Delay at Automatic Fare Collection system exit gates 100 12 4 Total average passenger delay including AFC gates and Vertical Circulation Elements 101 References 102 Referances 103
MIED TH-0055 / SHE