Interchange planning and design in public transport : planning for metropolitan rail to rail interchanges in Melbourne, Australia.

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Abeling, M.J.
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Abstract

This paper introduces the planning and design of Public Transport interchanges. Little research has been conducted on rail-rail interchanges, which are the primary focus of this paper. A literature search has highlighted key findings in five areas important for interchange design and planning in Public Transport. A hierarchy for Melbourne metropolitan rail-rail interchanges proposes using the following 8 transfer types: Rail Spur Line Transfer, City Loop (A, B and C) Transfers, Inter-rail group Transfer, Inter-Line Transfer. Country/ Local Rail Transfer, Metro Express/Stoppers Rail Transfer and Short line Transfer. A field research analyzed planning and design quality at one interchange of each type. The analysis confirmed that special attention to transfer information and signage was paid only on the 3 City Loop Transfer stations. All the other categories have no special transfer signage or layout and had a poor quality of transfer. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211903.

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C 33946 (In: C 33911 CD-ROM) /72 / ITRD E211969
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In: CAITR-2004 : [proceedings of the] 26th Conference of the Australian Institutes of Transport Research “Committing to research and development for the next generation”, Melbourne, Australia, 8-10 December 2004, 30 p., 12 ref.

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