Barrier Free Railway Station

BARRIER FREE ARCHITECTURE
REPORT ANALYSIS AND ITS SUMMARY

Submitted to: Ar. Meenu Varshney
Submitted by:
Riya Mittal
2017UAR1146
B.Arch, 3rd Year, 6th Sem
RESEARCH PAPER 2
Barrier free environment: A case study to evaluate Misr railway station for
Accessibility
Universal design in mass transportation
Universal design allows people with disabilities to participate fully in society, by improving
mobility options it tends to increase public health and it gives people with physical disabilities
better mobility and accessibility opportunities.
a) Terminal design:
The goal is to ensure that information or services delivered through a public access terminal
are available to and usable by the widest possible audience. This requires that the following
five conditions are met:
All users can reach and operate the controls, inputs and outputs.
All users can perceive and understand the operation of controls, inputs and outputs.
For users who cannot use the terminal, an equivalent alternative service is available.
b) Information resources:
Ensure that all operable parts are reachable by people of all heights and people sitting in a
wheelchair or buggy.
Ensure that displays are within sight of people of all heights and people sitting in a
wheelchair or buggy.
Ensure that users with restricted or no vision can use all functions of the terminal.
Use the simplest language possible for instructions, prompts and outputs and, where
possible, supplement it with pictorial information or spoken language.
Ensure that an equivalent service is available through an accessible channel for users who
cannot use the terminal.
c) Loading vehicles:
Eliminate the change in level between vehicle floor and loading surface wherever possible.
Provide mechanical loading systems when level changes cannot be eliminated.
Eliminate the gap between platform and vehicle either by initial design or through
mechanical means when a vehicle stops.
Warn passengers on the platform of arriving vehicles, using both visual and audible mean.
d) Vehicles design:
Provide space for wheelchair users in the vehicle with safe secure systems.
Develop universal secure devices that can be used independently.
Provide priority seating for people who have difficulty standing.
Include accessible toilet compartments on long-distance transport
The station’s current situation:
The station consist of two floors, the first floor consists of a Mosque, VIP waiting area, sleeping
train waiting area, police station, pharmacy, toilets, ticketing offices, telephone and post office,
maintenance room and sleeping train food storage while the second floor is mainly for
administration zone it contains offices, storage, archive, station manager room, kitchenette and
toilets as shown in figures 4 and 5.
Terminal design
The Misr railway station is considered as public terminal include Information kiosks, ticketing
offices and Information displays. Also the information kiosks and the ticketing offices are
maintaining a continuous accessible circulation path in front of them only, but not accessible to
deal with them. The station consists of two floors; the first floor is not accessible for the people
with mobility impairment that because there is no elevator to help the people with functional
limitations.
Information resources
All operable parts are not reachable by people of all heights and people sitting in a wheelchair
or buggy, it is not refer to appropriate physical design guidelines or building accessibility
guidelines which give minimum and maximum heights and reach distance.
All the signs and the instructions use the simplest language possible (Arabic and English) but
in a small font. Control labels, prompts and delivered information aren’t usually provided as
text but presented visually.
The station evaluation according the checklist
RESEARCH PAPER 2
Barrier-Free Accessible Environment and Kamlapur Railway Station –
require to more sustainable
Research Objective and Methodology
The main purpose of this study is to provide valuable information on effective design
techniques and standards for ensuring barrier free accessibile environmet in Kamlapur Railway
Station (KRS) in Dhaka city for disabled people.
Identify Barriers and Opinions of Accessible Environment

Proposed barrier-free design for accessible environment within station area
REFERENCES
Barrier free environment: a case study to evaluate Misr railway station for accessibility
H. El Naggar1, G. Mossad2,3 & K. Tarabieh2,3
1 The Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Studies,Egypt
2 Architecture and Interior Design Department, The Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime
Studies (AASTMT), Egypt
3 Sustainable Design Department, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt
4 The Sustainable City VIII, Vol. 2
Barrier-Free Accessible Environment and Kamlapur Railway Station – require to more sustainable.
Md. Mustafizur Rahman1, Dr. Nobuaki Ohmori2
1 Department of Architecture, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
2 Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
*Corresponding author: Md. Mustafizur Rahman
3 SCIREA Journal of Civil Engineering and Building Construction

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REPORT ANALYSIS AND ITS SUMMARY

Identify Barriers and Opinions of Accessible Environment

3 SCIREA Journal of Civil Engineering and Building Construction

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