Abstract Melbourne Metro trains stop at Flinders St station for from two to five minutes principally to allow trains to get back on schedule if they have suffered delays. This reduces the capacity of the station by up to 80% and also substantially reduces the capacity of The Loop. This reduction could be eliminated by having the trains spend extra time at the terminuses to get back on schedule. Furthermore one of the two platforms for each line at Flinders St station is unutilized when trains go around The Loop reducing the station's capacity by a further 50%. These unutilized platforms could be used by trains going direct to Flinders St and terminating there when the loop reaches its capacity. These modifications would obviate the need for the proposed underground. The capacity of the whole network could be increased 50% by installing moving block signaling. Capacity especially at peak hour could be increased by a number of refinements to reduce dwell time at the stations.
Improved Melbourne Metro Rail Syatem
2017-08-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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