Waterloo International Station Redevelopment

London, UK

Contract value

£0.05m

Key features

• Strategy development and testing
• Appraisal

Skills utilised

• Pedestrian Modelling
• Demand Management
• Interfacing pedestrian modelling and demand forecasting

Project detail

At the end of 2006 Faber Maunsell was awarded the ‘Waterloo International Station – Conversion to domestic usage study’ to carry out Passenger Flow Modelling using PAXPORT. The chief objective was to identify and assess the various options for the modification of the WIT platforms for domestic use, and determine the most economically advantageous. The solution selected was a short-term one of 5 to 15 years while the master planning of Waterloo Station was undertaken, and a more comprehensive and permanent arrangement worked up.

Faber Maunsell tested the identified options for their operability by modelling passenger flows between the platforms and the station concourse via the new route and the new ticket gate line using PAXPORT software. This highlighted the key congested sections, in the form of FRUIN (service factors) levels. The likely diversions of passengers from WIT to Vauxhall due to extended walking time in the former (as output from the pedestrian model) was estimated using Faber Maunsell’s own South East Regional Rail Model (SERRM), which has been developed over the years. A Passenger Evacuation Scenario was also modelled.

Contact

Samya Ghosh: samya.ghosh@fabermaunsell.com