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

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