Abstract
When constructing railway stations, gates shall be located in appropriate locations for convenient use. However, to reduce construction costs, the number of gates was minimized and the location was not appropriately placed to the direction of many users. This study proposed a method to calculate the benefits of additional gate installations using the improvement of pedestrian traffic flow, occupied area and travel time as economic effects. In particular, a method of estimating the percentage of people using certain gates and the number of people by route within the station was proposed. This method was applied to analyze the effect of additional gates to Gwang-myeong Station on the Shinansan Line, which is to be opened in 2025. The effect has only improved in mobility. The first year of its opening was estimated at 5.91 billion won for mobility and 75.8 billion won for cost, and the B/C was 1.21 for 30 years after its opening. It is expected that this method will be applied to systematic effect analysis when additional gates are installed at unopened railway stations as well as existing railway stations.
| Translated title of the contribution | Effectiveness Assessment of Additional Gate Installation at a Railway Station: Case Study at Gwang-Myeong Station |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 571-580 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | 대한토목학회논문집(국문) |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - Oct 2021 |