Providing Train Information and Consequential Decision Making for Train Choice in Urban Area

Abstract

When train operation are disturbed due to some accidents, passengers have to gather relevant information in order to decide which train they should to take. This paper describes the result of an evaluation test to grasp passengers' train choice behavior when they obtain the information about the situation of individual trains, such as estimated arrival time, congestion rate of each train. It shows that passengers' decision make and behavior for train choice vary depending on the presence or absence of the information, and it is effective to provide detailed information for appropriate train choice.