Basic Research on Walking Rate of the 1000mm width Escalator at Railway Stations

Abstract

In this paper, a basic analysis of the walking rate of the 1000 mm width escalator passengers at railway stations had been carried out. Following results were obtained by observing eight escalators with different vertical rises at three subway stations in Tokyo. Walking rate was higher at down going escalator than up going escalator. The relation between walking rate and passenger volume was different at up going escalator and down going one. There was a significant correlation between passenger volume and walking rate at up going escalator, but not at down going escalator. There wasn’t a significant relation between walking rate and escalator vertical rise either at up going or down going escalator when a vertical rise was at least less than 20 m. Using the quantification method type II , significant parameters that affected walking rate were passenger’s cellphone using, passenger’s grasping handrail, passenger’s age generation and gender. Concerning gender, female walking rate was lower than male only at up going escalator.