Providing a decision-making model for integrating the technical an‎d operation use of railway stations in Metropolitan cities using the AHP method

1/11/2027 12:00:00 AM

The increasing growth of metropolitan areas an‎d the increasing deman‎d for urban travel have highlighted the need to develop rail transport as a sustainable an‎d efficient solution. As the beating heart of this system, rail stations play a key role in attracting traffic an‎d encouraging citizens to use public transport. However, the lack of integration between technical design an‎d operational considerations in these stations leads to reduced efficiency, limited accessibility an‎d, as a result, failure to attract maximum passenger capacity. This thesis aims to present a multi-criteria decision-making model to integrate the separation of technical use an‎d operation of rail stations in metropolitan areas, with an emphasis on traffic attraction using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. In this regard, after library an‎d field studies, key criteria were extracted in two main categories: "technical-infrastructure" (including station capacity, accessibility, parking, disabled facilities) an‎d "operation-service" (including service provision, integration with other components, service quality, travel cost) an‎d a hierarchical structure was formed. By using the AHP method an‎d with the participation of experts in the field of transportation, the criteria were weighted an‎d an integrated model was presented. The results showed that optimal separation of uses by prioritizing operation criteria along with technical considerations can lead to an increase in passenger attraction an‎d improved user satisfaction by up to 23%. This model can be used as a practical framework for urban planners, rail operators an‎d station designers an‎d will lead to sustainable transportation development an‎d reduced traffic load in metropolitan cities.

: ايستگاه هاي ريلي , تصميم‌گيري چندمعيارهAHP , جذب ترافيك , كلان‌شهرها , تفكيك كاربري فني و بهره‌برداري

Attracting traffic , railway stations , Multi-criteria decision making AHP , Metropolises , Separation of technical use an‎d operation

Abbas Najafi

Masoud Nasr Azadani