Building a Model for Organizing Passenger Flows at the Station Complex

Abstract

In organizing the work of station complexes, modeling becomes an important part of the production process. It helps to think through in detail and optimize almost everything: from station building designs to the workload of railway transport infrastructure and resource usage. When organizing passenger flows in the station building and on the station square, it is necessary to assess the trafficability of individual zones, the number of visitors entering any of the zones, as well as the density of visitor flow. It is relevant to study the loading of elements of the station complex and identify bottlenecks in the movement of station visitors. The article discusses the feasibility of using simulation modeling in the activities of station infrastructure. The results of modeling passenger flows in the AnyLogic system are presented. The process of creating a model consists of a number of stages. At the initial stage, the main criterion for organizing passenger flow is established - the uniform distribution and accumulation of passengers. Then the system criteria are selected to set the model parameters: the number of visitors, the intensity of their arrival. Subsequently, a block diagram is created corresponding to the structure of the station complex. The developed simulation model for organizing passenger flows showed the need to divide passenger flows into long-distance and suburban ones in order to evenly accumulate passengers awaiting departure. Considering that pedestrian flows need to be organized according to their sources and directions of movement, modeling passenger flows with AnyLogic makes it possible to determine the nature of transport accessibility, which is the most important criterion when assessing the quality of services provided to visitors at the station complex.