Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Review

Urban rail network connectivity in locating transfer stations: A case study of Tehran Urban Railway

  Vahed Ghiasi1*, Husaini Omar2, Zainuddin b. Md. Yusoff 3, Samad Ghiasi4, Bujang.K.Huat5, Ratnasamy Muniandy6, Moharam Baharvand7 , Seyed Ghavamoddin Hosaini8, Morteza Souri9,  Nassimsadat Ghosni10, Amin Noushini11, Mohammad Amin Afshar12,  Arun Prasad13 and Sina Kazemian14        
  1,2,3,5,6Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 1Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malayer, Iran 4, 7, 8Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company(TUSRC),Iran, 9Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research branch, Tehran, Iran 10, 11Faculty of Engineering, University Technology of Sidney, Australia 12Faculty of Engineering, Iran University of Polytechnic (Amirkabir), Tehran, Iran 13Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221005, India 14Islamic Azad University, Boujnord Branch, Iran
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  •  Accepted: 11 November 2010
  •  Published: 31 May 2011

Abstract

 

Public transport connectivity is defined as the ability to provide service to a maximum of trips through the optimal integration of lines, schedules, fare systems, information systems and modal transport facilities. Main interchange and big transfer stations are important factors in network connectivity. One of the objectives of this paper is defining the various types of interchange and transfer stations. Specifying the differences between these two is another aim of this paper. Finally, the process of locating interchange and transfer stations is discussed as the most important factor in network connectivity. Case study of Tehran urban rail network and the location of interchange and transfer stations is presented as an example of rail network connectivity.

 

Key words: Rail network connectivity, transfer station, interchanges station, public transport, Tehran, Iran.