Walking may be the primary mode to access a railway station, yet the walkability around stations has not been well researched. This paper explores methodologies for assessing walkability in urban areas in close proximity to a railway station. To address both the objective environmental characteristics and subjective aspects of walking, walkability indicators were developed with reference to four key criteria: urban form; design of the street; obstacles and traffic safety; and personal perception. Researchers conducted field observations of the urban neighbourhood within a radius of 800 m from selected railway stations. Subsequently, the concept of Walk Score® has been applied to cross-check research findings from the field observations and we have developed an adapted version of ‘Walk Score’ including traffic noise, pedestrian casualties, road speed limits and air quality. This is a point deduction system of traffic related obstacles from the original Walk Score® which evaluated walkability based on the distance to selected urban amenities. Research reported in this paper forms part of an EU funded project, which compared the accessibility of six railway stations in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor. Using three German case studies, this paper presents key results and discusses the validity and limitation of the methodology.

步行可能是进入火车站的主要方式，但车站周围的步行能力尚未得到很好的研究。本文探讨了评估火车站附近城市地区的步行能力的方法。为了解决步行的客观环境特征和主观方面，根据四个关键标准制定了步行性指标：城市形态；街道设计；障碍物和交通安全；和个人看法。研究人员对距选定火车站800 m半径内的城市社区进行了实地观察。随后，WalkScore®的概念已被用于对实地观察的研究结果进行交叉检查，并且我们开发了“ Walk Score”的改编版，其中包括交通噪音，行人伤亡，道路速度限制和空气质量。这是原始WalkScore®的交通相关障碍物的减分系统，该系统根据与选定城市设施的距离来评估步行能力。本文报道的研究是欧盟资助项目的一部分，该项目比较了德国，意大利和荷兰沿莱茵-高山走廊的六个火车站的可及性。本文使用三个德国案例研究，提出了主要结果，并讨论了该方法的有效性和局限性。比较了德国，意大利和荷兰沿莱茵-高山走廊的六个火车站的可及性。本文使用三个德国案例研究，提出了主要结果，并讨论了该方法的有效性和局限性。比较了德国，意大利和荷兰沿莱茵-高山走廊的六个火车站的可及性。本文使用三个德国案例研究，提出了主要结果，并讨论了该方法的有效性和局限性。