Mind the gap: Boarding and alighting processes using the social force paradigm calibrated on experimental data

One of the few possibilities to increase the capacity of train lines is to make boarding and alighting more efficient. So far expensive experiments were needed to evaluate the effect of proposed changes to the train setup. This paper shows that a simulation model based on the social force paradigm and calibrated on measured data promises that in future simulations could be used to test new scenarios in a cheap and fast way.