Research Article

Definition of an On-Board Comfort Index (Rail) for the Railway Transport

Table 5

Determination of comfort index (CI) (rail) and perceived comfort (CP) (rail).

CI (rail) (Comfort Index)1 ≥ CI ≥ 0.90.9 > CI ≥ 0.750.75 > CI ≥ 0.500.50 > CI ≥ 0.250.25 > CI ≥ 0
ExtremelyUncomfortableAverageComfortableHighly
uncomfortablecomfortablecomfortable

CP (rail) (Comfort Perceived)CP ≤ 22 > CP ≥ 44 > CP ≥ 66 > CP ≥ 88 > CP ≥ 10
ExtremelyUncomfortableAverageComfortableHighly
uncomfortablecomfortablecomfortable