Although there is considerable engineering and demand planning analysis in the development of urban railways around the world, less attention is paid to the understanding of key operating conditions such as station stop times. The current paper takes forward research by London Underground, and shows that it is applicable to situations around the world without substantial changes in parameter values or the resulting passenger flow rates. Where passenger flow is substantially different, this can generally be explained by particular differences in the physical characteristics of the site, rolling stock, or passenger demand.
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