Pedestrian Patterns at Railway Platforms during Boarding: Evidence from a Case Study in Switzerland

Table 1

Definition of the width of the boarding clusters, which is calculated matching the number of boarding passengers per door, and the distance between the platform’s edge and the first obstacle on the platform [15].

		Distance between the platform’s edge and the first obstacle on the platform [m]
		1.4	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.8	2.0 ()
Number of boarding passengers per door [P/door]	2	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60
	4	0.60	0.70	0.80	0.70	0.70	0.75
	6	0.60	0.70	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.85
	8		0.70	0.80	0.85	0.85	0.90
	10			0.80	0.90	0.90	0.95
	12				0.90	0.95	1.00
	14				0.90	1.00	1.05
	16					1.00	1.10
	18						1.10
	20						1.10
	> 20						1.10

() In case of distances which are greater than 2.0 meters no values were defined. Further analysis is needed to define the width of the boarding clusters.