VRIOGS 002.1 Railway Station Design Standard and Guidelines

VRIOGS 002.1 Revision A 15SECTION 5.0 STATION CATEGORIESMetropolitan and Regional stations are classified according to the extent of services, stafffacilities and customer amenities they provide. The station categories to adequatelydescribe the extent of the services, staff facilities and customer amenities are outlined inTable 1 Station Categories Metropolitan and in Table 2 Station Categories Regional.TYPE DEFINITIONMETROPOLITAN STATIONS CATEGORYPremium Station staffed at all train operating times. Modal hub location with significant modal interchange facilities.Number of staff facilities increased to cater for greater staff numbers (SeeSection 10.4 for station category specific facilities).Passenger amenities supplied (See Section 11.2 for station category specificamenities) with the quantity of amenities dependent upon patronage.Increased services and security measures.Enhanced smart card ticketing sales and smart card reading facilities provided.(See Section 12.4 for station category specific ticketing requirements;Heating/Ventilated enclosed waiting area/s provided which are supervised byCCTV and staff.On account of the focus on modal interchange, they will have low to mediumvolume car parks.Host Station staffed during morning peak periods.Un-staffed TerminalModal hub location with modal interchange facilities.Basic staff facilities provided See Section 10.4 for station category specificfacilities).Passenger amenities supplied (See Section 11.2 for station category specificamenities) with the quantity of amenities dependent upon patronage.Services and security measures supplied.Smart card ticketing sales: CVM and smart card reading facilities: FPD provided.On account of the focus on modal interchange, they will have medium volumecar parks.Station un-staffed.Selected services and security measures required.CCTV provided but monitored from nearby control station.No ticket office, Smart card ticketing sales: CVM and smart card readingfacilities: FPD provided.Associated modal transfers provided with a focus on local connections.High volume car park facilities where small or no modal interchange provided.Where a station is a terminating station, driver’s facilities shall either be incorporatedin the existing operational facilities or provided as separate facilities in addition to thegeneral requirements of the station category.Table 1: Station Categories MetropolitanThe allocation of each station to one of the above categories is done by assessment ofcurrent and potential future patronage combined with the nature of the typical journey, asdetailed in Appendix A and Section 8 Circulation.NOTE: This document is controlled only when viewed on the DOT Engineering Standards website. Any othercopy of this document is uncontrolled, and the content may be inaccurate.