人們經常靠著火車具有的便捷、經濟性及易掌握的時間性與其他城市做溝通，往返之民眾也經常會在火車站之候車空間產生許多的活動，而制式化的之動型態，因本研究以高雄市臨時車站為案例，進行用後評估，目的是提供日後高雄新車站之候車空間與其他地方候車空間裝修設計參照。研究發現：說話聊天、發呆、環顧周圍人事物為民眾較常會產生之行為；有些行要為並不會因座椅型態之差異而受到影響，如通電話、整理隨身皮包等；多數民眾在選擇候車空間時會有視覺、距離層面、方便性、座位區位置之多寡與穩私層面之考量，部份民眾則沒有。研究建議未來候車空間之設計應依多元之活動類型分區－例如，分成動態區／靜態區、看電視區／看書區、開放區／隱私區……等，以滿足更多使用者之需求。

People usually communicate with those in other cities by taking the trains which have convenience, economic and easily controlled timeliness. The commuters have a lot of activities in waiting for the trains when they are in the railway stations. Whereas, the traditional waiting rooms don’t seem enough to satisfy the diversified living types of modern people. Therefore, we take Kaohsiung station as an example in this research, in which we attempt to use this case to do POE. The purpose of this research is to provide reference for design research is to provide reference for design of Kaohsiung station and other railway stations in the aspects of decoration and design for waiting space. It is found in the research that chatting, being in a daze, looking around are the people’s usual behaviors. But some of these behaviors are not affected by the difference of ht4e types of chairs, such as, making phone calls and arranging personal suitcase in order, etc. Most people take the elements, such as, vision, distance, and convenience, number of seats and privacy into account when choosing the waiting space. A few people do not take the above elements. In this research we propose that in future the design of the waiting space in accordance with the diversified activity types of dividing area such as dynamic district, static district, TV-watch district, reading district, open area and private area, etc, in order to satisfy more users’ requirements.