Uncovering factors influencing railway passenger experiences through love and breakup declarations

[en] While existing approaches for assessing passenger experience are often limited to surveys of customer satisfaction, societal and technological challenges push the railway industry to adopt a user-centric approach to the design of their service. We used the love and breakup method in a study involving N = 53 passengers making a declaration to their railway company to collect qualitative feedback on the passenger experience. The method allowed to gather personal, emotional, and contextual insights into passengers’ experiences that can inform the transportation service design process. We describe 21 factors and 8 needs influencing the passenger experience, thereby consolidating and deepening prior work in the railway context. Using the lens of user experience theories, we argue that the service should be assessed against fulfilling these needs, which can act as guiding principles regarding service improvement. The study also presents valuable insights into the love and breakup method to explore service experiences.

Disciplines :

Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

DROUET, Luce ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)

LALLEMAND, Carine ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)

KOENIG, Vincent ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)

VITI, Francesco ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE)

BONGARD, Kerstin ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS)

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Language :

English

Title :

Uncovering factors influencing railway passenger experiences through love and breakup declarations

Publication date :

2023

Journal title :

Applied Ergonomics

ISSN :

0003-6870

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1872-9126

Publisher :

Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom

Volume :

111

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