ESTIMATION ON THE NUMBER OF TRANSFER PASSENGERS AND ANALYSIS ON THE FIXTURE USAGE OF TOILET IN RAILWAY STATIONS

The purpose of this study is to establish the calculation method of the waiting time for usage in railway station toilet with the latest measurement data.At first, with the data which we investigated newly and the questionnaire, we estimated the number of transfer passengers in the stations. In consideration of the number of transfer passengers whom we estimated and the ratio of the male and female, we calculated the rate of toilet use.Next, users' behavior research in the toilets including the dressing table was carried out in the railway stations.Comparing with the setup values of the existing method and new investigated data, we decided the new setup values on the accumulation frequency distribution of occupancy time in the usage rate of the male and female washbowl, the average of occupancy time in the female washbowl and the data of the dressing table.