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The rail traveller, pedestrian or customer?

Passenger flow and retail:
critical boundary objects in HS Station development

Baron, Nacima

University of Paris Est Marne la Vallée 1

Abstract
Passenger flow has become the new central paradigm for the design and
management of high speed stations (Pitsiava-Latinopoulou M. Iordanopoulos P.,
2012). The articles explains how and why railway operators conceptualize crowd
versus flow concepts and produce streaming techniques that seek fluidity as well
as retail value creation. To begin with, a legal-economic analysis replacing the
introduction of competition into the rail system and the space pricing methods for
commercial leases are provised. Then, developing the notions of flow fertilisation
and commercial layout, the author explains the links between flow management
techniques and retail intensification, thanks to a 2010-2017 evolution map of
Paris Gare du Nord. This leads to a more generic discussion establishing the role
of services in pedestrian versus consumer behaviour and micromobility patterns
in main railway hubs.

Keywords: regional efficiency, country comparison, high-speed rail.

1 Baron, Nacima. University of Paris Est Marne la Vallée. Email: nacima.baron@enpc.fr

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