Layout Patterns and Crowd Flows of Commercial Space in High-Speed-Rail Station Complexes: Take three Chinese high-speed-rail station complexes as examples

Take three Chinese high-speed-rail station complexes as examples

Abstract

The commercial space in the high-speed railway station area is a key factor in stimulating the vitality of the crowd in the station area, and the station complex can maximally convert the transport value of the station area into comprehensive functional value. In the era of ordinary railways, the high-speed railway station was only regarded as a passenger transport hub. The commercial space was only used as a supporting facility to serve the transport interchange activities, which failed to attract the crowd to stay for long. Still, with the gradual increase in the proportion of short-distance and commuter passengers, however, as the proportion of short-distance and commuter passengers grows gradually, the commercial space in station complexes that have appeared in recent years has also failed to take into account the needs of both passengers and citizens. In this paper, based on the block layout relationship between commercial space, station access space, and urban transport space, we construct a "node-path" network of commercial space entrances and exits with high-speed rail station entrances and exits as well as urban traffic entrances and exits, analyse the correspondence between the commercial space layout pattern of the station complexes and the flow of crowds, and explore how different commercial space layout patterns influence the flow of crowds. It also discusses how different commercial space layout patterns affect the behavioural activities of the crowd. Finally, it concludes that: 1. Appropriately narrowing the distance between the commercial space and the station space of small and medium-sized passenger stations, especially placing underground space between the two, can stimulate the consumption potential of transport-oriented passengers who transfer to the underground. 2. The entrance and exit settings of the commercial space and the distribution of the flow of people are affected by the layout of the commercial space. 3. The commercial space entrances and exits related to the movement lines of underground passengers are also affected by the layout of commercial space blocks. 4. The entrances and exits of commercial spaces related to the moving lines usually have higher pedestrian flow. This study can provide new perspectives and methods for analysing the layout patterns of commercial space in station areas and offer design suggestions for improving the use of commercial space in station complexes.