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Journal of Transport Geography 36 (2014) 89–97 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Transport Geography journal homepage: /locate/jtrangeo Do cities deserve more railway stations? The choice of a departure railway station in a multiple-station region Moshe Givoni a,⇑, Piet Rietveld b a Transport Research Unit, Department of Geography and Human Environment, Tel-Aviv University, Israel b Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: Promoting the use of rail is an important element in sustainable transport policy. One of the most impor- Number of railway stations tant decisions to make in planning the railway network is on the number of stations to provide. Stations Access to rail stations are the access points to rail services and while each additional station increases rail’s accessibility it also Railway planning slows the service for those not using a particular station thereby making rail less attractive. In most large Integrated planning cities there are several, often many, railway stations, and understanding how passengers choose a depar- Logsum approach ture station is important for planning the number of railway stations in a particular urban region and for understanding how the urban transport network provides access to different stations. Using the Dutch