Luangboriboon, Nattanon;
(2025)
Passenger Flow Management in Main Line Railway Station.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis addresses the problem of passenger flow management in major public transport terminals by proposing a new modeling approach for passenger flows management. Currently, passenger management is done based on the experience of station managers, while existing models generally view the passenger flows as continuous. In contrast, this research proposes modeling the flows of passengers as discrete, according to the behavior of passengers in major transport terminals with non-fixed platform allocation. The problem is modeled as mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) inspired by the alter- native graph model (AG). The case study results show that the model can be used to assess and compare passenger management strategies, for instance, the morning peak case study results show that 578s of conflict which occur in one strategy can be traded off with 78s of total tardiness by applying a different strategy. This model can be used to support station managers in assessing complex situations before making management decisions. Additionally, we explore the potential to reduce conflict among passengers and improve the flow of passenger by addressing the train platforming problem, as platforming decisions can significantly impact the routes that each group of passengers would takes. We integrated the passenger flow management problem with the platforming problem, defined as the Train Platforming and Passenger Management Problem (TPPMP). We propose modelling the TPPMP using MILP formulation. Our case study result suggests that the passenger flow in the station can be improved significantly when trains are allowed to be reassigned to different platforms.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Passenger Flow Management in Main Line Railway Station |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2025. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10210802 |
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