Review of Urban Rail Transit Capacity Research

Capacity research of the urban rail transit is the basis of train operation organization and capacity planning and utilization. This paper summarized capacity research achievement of urban rail transit,by classifying and comparing the calculation method of transit line capacity and station collection and distribution capacity, analyzing measures used to promotion line capacity, we pointed out problem remained in urban rail transit capacity research. As the end of this paper, the promising study area of transit line capacity has been summarized.