DATA COLLECTION

 A RAILWAY-STATION is a facility that has railway tracks

or lines for trains to carry passengers or goods from one History of railway station
first public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825 in England. Initially, trains were primitive and Classification of Railway Station
place to another.
 A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that primarily used for transporting goods
Pakistan Railway founded in 1861, owning 7791 KM or 4841 MILES of tracks
passengers can get on or off. across Pakistan from torkham to Karachi.
Railway stations are mainly differentiated into 3 types. In addition to these 8
 Terminus/Terminal: UNITS & DIVISIONS divisions 1 division is
A station is known as a Terminus/Terminal when the trains  KARACHI---LAHORE non-operating which is
can enter and leave the station in only one direction.  MULTAN---PESHWAR Mughalpura division
 Central :  QUETTA---RAWALPINDI Lahore, it Is primarily
A Central is a busiest and most important station in a city, which  SUKKHAR---GWADAR engaged with
has multiple stations. maintenance of Rolling
 Junction: MAIN LINES Stocks
A place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge. Main Line 1 (ML1) ---- KARACHI---PESHWAR LINE
Main Line 2 (ML2) ---- KOTRI---ATTOCK LINE
TYPES OF RAILWAY PLATFORM: Main Line 3 (ML3) ---- ROHRI---CHAMAN LINE
Main Line 4 (ML4) ---- QUETTA---TAFTAN LINE
Island platform: Main Line 5 (ML5) ---- TAXILA---KHUNJERAB LINE
Center platform single platform is
positioned between two tracks. They are DIMENSION OF TRAIN
also useful within larger stations

Flow-Through Platforms: Railway track bed

Flow-through platforms allow passengers to
board and alight the train from dedicated
platforms

Side platform:
Platform positioned to the
side of a pair of tracks.
Station and Yard
ZONES
PASSENGER ZONE WORKING ZONE
FLOW FACILITIES PASSENGER FACILITIES GUEST HANDLING STATION WORK
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FACILITIES
 Platform passenger  Waiting rooms FACILITIES
USABILITY: QUAILITY: OPERABILITY: Corridors, elevators,  Passenger toilets  Ticket booths  Station offices
⁕ Movement  Sense Of Place  station operation  Ticket barriers
Escalators etc.  IN-station shops  Toilets
⁕ Access & Inclusivity  Integration With  management  Information area
⁕ Way Finding Context  maintenance portion where convenience facilities for  Locker rooms
⁕ Comfort  Good Design  passenger safety passengers move passengers inside the station Facilities where station Facilities for station
⁕ Passenger Information  Anticipate Passenger’s services around inside a staff provides services to staff to run train and
⁕ Attractiveness Dynamic Needs station(platform) passenger using station. provide their services.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
CASE-STUDY
 The station was designed by Frederick William Stevens, a British born engineer
MULTAN RAILWAY STATION
architect, along with Axel Haig as draughtsman and Engineer Wilson Bell. Multan Railway station is located in Multan Cantonment, Pakistan. Built in 21-
 The construction started in 1878 and completed in May 1888 8-1879. its beauty is enhanced by using Multani blue tiles on the exterior,
 Total cost of this project ₹1,614,000 (US$20,000) (at the time) now, ₹2,013 consisting of 5 platforms out of which 3 are running platforms while 2
million (US$25 million) platforms are dispatch Having sitting capacity of 1000 person. Multan station
operates 28 trains per day to different cities of the country. In 2014 automatic
 Scale & Functionality: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a magnificent railway station
train arrival system was installed. Per day earning 17-18 lac and in peak days
which is also considered as the second largest railway station in the world. 24-25 lac. Having an area of almost 36.5 canal.
 Location: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Fort, Mumbai, India.
• Coordinates: 8.9398°N 72.8355°E

 Features: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a

historic railway terminus and UNESCO World
Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
 The station building is designed in the Indo-
saracenic style of architecture.
West-Side Elevation  Former names Victoria Terminus & Bori
Ground Floor Plan
Bunder Railway station
 It was built as the headquarters of the Great
Indian Peninsular Railway
 It has a total of 18 platforms—seven
platforms are for suburban trains and eleven
platforms are for long-distance trains
East-Side Elevation
First Floor Plan

Gothic revival interior- PARKING ISSUES there isn’t

Ribbed wall The crowning DOME enough space designed for
High quality stained parking
glass at Top Panels
SECURITY ISSUES there isn’t
any kind of security protocol
Second Floor Plan
at entrance
NO SIGN INDICATIONS
Clash in Pedestrian and
vehicular flow
Ribbed dome Resting View of star chambers- Poor partition protocols
on an Octagonal Drum Booking office between rail-tracks &
High Quality platforms
maw tile Dado
Attic Floor Plan No Ramps & hand railings

Terrace Floor Plan

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North-Side Elevation
 SITE ANALYSIS ACCESSIBILITY
.MULTAN RAILWAY STATION.......... 19.5 KM
.MULTAN AIRPORT.......22KM
.NISHTAR HOSPITAL...........21.6 KM
ABC DISTRICT.........27KM
LOCATION .XYZ DISTRICT .......29 KM
Sher Shah Junction Railway Station is located in Sher CITY DISTANCE FROM MULTAN:
Shah village, Multan district of Punjab province, .BAHAWALPUR......113 KM
.MUZFFAR GARH.....17KM
Pakistan. .KHANEWAL ............75KM
.D.G KHAN................77 KM
.SHUJABAD....................41KM
availability
.net services
.electricity .hospital
.sewerage .other terminal

Strengt h MAIN ROAD

ACCESS

LINK ROAD
Not proper
division of spaces

Weekness
Not well planning

No sign board
VEDA ROUTE
Opportuniti es
easy road
access
Chances to

Threats
accident

Hot climate

SITE

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