Evaluation of Congestion Relief Proposals in a Capital City

Table 1

Operating characteristics of the LRT [6].

Characteristic
Length of line	24.9 km
Average time at stops	20 seconds
Number of stops (stations)	13 stations
Journey time, one way	32 minutes
Time round trip	70 minutes
Commercial speed	43 km/h
Peak train frequency	12 per hour
Vehicle capacity	250 per unit (500 per train)
Vehicle length	30 m per unit (running two units)
Vehicle width	2.65 m
Seating % full	25–30%
Peak pax capacity	6000 per hour/direction
Predicted traffic	93,000 pax (year 2006/working day)
Vehicle required	28 units, 14 trains
Total vehicle required	31 units