Bernhard Rüger

The Impact of Running Gear Design and Its Position Within the Car Body on Comfort and Suitability as a Night Train—Part 2

The renaissance of night trains and the growing interest in high-speed night services raise the question of which vehicle concepts offer the acoustic conditions required for restful sleep on board. This study therefore examines the interior noise of passenger trains with a view t...

Empirical Evidence on Platform Passenger Distribution and Dwell-Time Impacts in Urban Rail Networks

This study empirically examines the spatial distribution of passengers on urban rail platforms and its impact on boarding and alighting. It combines two complementary datasets from Vienna: (i) automated passenger counts, which record approximately 4.4 million boarding and alighti...