| Author | Tau, Jan Wen |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ISE-96-12 |
| Subject(s) | Local transit stations--Taiwan--Taipei
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-96-12 |
| Abstract | A MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) system is built to provide intense and rapid train service
to thousands of commuters daily in a metropolitan area. To improve the service in a
transportation system, traditionally most of the efforts were placed on the decrease of the
travel time along the traffic paths, while the time passengers spend in a station is frequently
dismissed. In this thesis, we dealt with the allocation of passenger handling facilities in a
station. The result shows that a good layout not only reduces the travel distance but provides
efficient passengers handling as well.
The study focuses on tlU'ee parts. The first part is to determine the number of passenger
handling facilities and individual area requirement by analytical queuing model. The second
part is to layout each area in appropriate locations using the systematic layout planning (SLP)
procedure. The last part is to compare the design result with the existing layout in view of
travel distance and operating requirements.
MRT station is planned by "peak-hour passengers" volumes of the design year and both
the quantity of the passenger handling facilities and space requirement of each area are based
on this forecasted passenger flow. To construct a new layout following systematic layout
planning procedure, the first consideration is the area requirement of individual area so that a
suitable environment is created to carry out the desired activity.
CAN-Q, an acronym for computer analysis of network of queues, is used as the package
program to evaluate the system performances versus various conditions. Several models were
run for estimation of the number of service facilities required to meet the operating
requirement.
Layout problems have been solved for goals, either qualitative or quantitative goodness
of the assigmnent. FACTORY program ,works within the AutoCAD graphics environment, is
used to develop an initial layout based on the qualitative goals and then followed by using
FactoryFLOW software to evaluate and improve the selected initial layout to meet the
minimum travel distance. |
| Year | 1996 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-96-12 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pandey, P. C.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Nagarur, Nagendra N.;Anulark Pinnoi ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Taipei Municipal Government ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1996 |