3 team 1

Code Patras

Team 1: A. Tsafoulios, E. Vlahaki, C. Ferros, M. Daucher, N. Imfeld, C. Wegelin

Starting point  Concentration on passenger traffic (intercity and suburban traffic) • Very low frequencies in freight traffic actually (even going down) • No significant growing up in future prevision (2040: 2 freight trains per day expected) • Freight traffic of low importance for the future decades

General strategy Athens

Patras

•

Patras Area New Waterfront

• North station

• •

New Harbour

• South station

•

two main stations to exchange intercity and urban passengers Connect all the intercity line buses with the North station use the existing tracks for urban line concentration for passengers and freight traffic on the new harbour develop the waterfront in the old harbour area connect the city bus lines with the urban stations

Train infrastructure options Option 1

S

highspeed intercity on metric gauge

Option 2

H

N

suburban on metric gauge

S

highspeed intercity on metric gauge

H

highspeed intercity on normal gauge

N highspeed intercity on normal gauge

highspeed on normal gauge

Option 3 S

H

highspeed intercity on metric gauge highspeed in tunnel on normal gauge

N

highspeed intercity on normal gauge

Arguments for Option 1 Integrated combination of intercity and urban traffic: • Combination of advantages : economic advantages by using existing infrastructures, facing local and touristic transport needs in short and long distance connections • suburban traffic: real demand (100’000 passengers per month), many stations near living and work spaces, good frequency, easy access to stations by feet, bike or bus, combination with buses (same system of tickets, fares, ...) needed • intercity traffic: fast trains for being competitive with buses, access to harbour (touristic purpose), comfort, safety needed

Urban Transport System • Development of the suburban line based on the existing one • Construct in strategic point a double line to facilitate the crossing of the train to increase frequency • Create new stations with urban development potential and connection with local buses line • Improve the quality and the access to the stations (pedestrian, bikes) Kloten, Switzerland

Urban Transport System

Operational Mode

Intercity lines • Direct train connection Athens – Patras North (Rio) • Direct train connections Patras South station to Kalamata and others Peloponnes stations • Construction of an new North station in Rio (Patras) for exchange of passengers between intercity and suburban trains and intercity buses • Construction of a new South station near the last exit of the by-pass road in the South of Patras for exchange between suburban train and the train to the South of Peloponnes Station of Brig, Switzerland

Harbour strategy • Concentration of all passengers and freight activities in the new harbour • Freight transportation only by trucks: truck on Ferry  trucks on road (by using By pass-Road); • No need for train connection to harbour in 1st step • Possibility to connect New harbour – North Station with 3rd track in a 2nd step Harbour of Ancona, Italy

Train infrastructure options Option 1 1st step

S

highspeed intercity on metric gauge

Option 1 2nd step

H

N

suburban on metric gauge

highspeed intercity on normal gauge

ďƒ only if market demands!!

S highspeed intercity on normal gauge

3rd track for freight transport on normal gauge N H suburban on metric gauge

highspeed intercity on normal gauge

Waterfront • Transformation of the old harbour to a public waterfront area with facilities (public spaces, restaurants, bars,...)

Waterfront, Cape Town South Africa

Timetable

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