3.9.1 Objective

3.9.1 Objective
Interchange facilities must provide transfer between services that is efficient, easy, safe
and equitable for all passengers. Interchanging should be made as comfortable as
possible by minimising the:
• Length of time taken to interchange
• Walking distance between services
• Complexity of navigating an unfamiliar interchange
• Security risk of changing between services
• Discomfort of waiting in the heat/cold/rain/sun/wind for connecting services.
Interchange facilities must:
• Accommodate current capacity and future growth
• Integrate with the surrounding urban environment.
Note – For major developments much of the investigation and planning work
will have been carried out and incorporated in the User Requirements Brief
before the Station Designer / Architect is engaged.
An understanding of the following overview is still required to develop a station
design.