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Forecourt capacity is dispensing positions multiplied by vehicles per position per hour and open hours. Payment time is usually the binding constraint rather than pump flow rate, which is why pay-at-pump materially increases throughput without any civil works.
Vehicles per position hour
Per position = 60 / Average transaction minutes
Daily capacity
Capacity = Positions x Vehicles per position hour x Open hours
No. Demand is peaked, so practical throughput is usually 40-60% of theoretical capacity across a day.
Reducing payment time. Moving a five-minute transaction to three and a half minutes adds over 40% to capacity per position.