design of a bus station

摘要

A station 2 in a personal rapid transit system has a platform 14, the edge of which defines bays 20 for parked vehicles 10 out of the path of travelling vehicles moving in a transit path extending between an entry section 4 and an exit section 6. The bays 10 include parking sections 22 at an oblique angle to the transit path, alongside which the vehicles may park to enable easy transfer of passengers into and out of the vehicles. The platform 14 has curved transition sections 24 between the parking sections 22. The stations can comprise platform tracks branched off the through track and disposed at a higher level and/or on either side of the through track.