sea in the city

team 5

• urban  design  analysis

Analysis

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§  Important western gateway to Athens

§  2012: 850000 passengers, 190000 lorries

§  (Piraeus 2012: 18m passengers, 2.73m containers)

role of Patras city urban design  freight / port Intercity passenger traffic

suburban transport

• urban  design  analysis

Analysis

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§  Third biggest city in Greece (180.000 residents)

§  Regional employment and educational centre (30000 students)

role of Patras city urban design  freight / port Intercity passenger traffic

suburban transport

Analysis

§  Good road access to new Port

§  Transport of freight by train not feasible because:

§  various destinations

§  train more expensive for freight companies

§  much longer journey times than motorway (waiting, loading, unloading)

§  lorry drivers can rest in ferry so no benefits from train travel

§  not enough freight (1-2 trains per day)

role of Patras city urban design  freight / port Intercity

passenger traffic

suburban transport

Analysis

§  Patras – Athens: car/coach (≈2.5 hours)

§  High demand for train connection to Athens (≈2 hours)

§  Building completion date : unknown

§  Improvements important but not urgent

role of Patras city urban design  freight / port intercity passenger traffic

suburban transport

Analysis

§  New suburban train very popular

§  Potential for expansion

§  Improvements to public transport network: urgent

role of Patras city urban design  freight / port intercity passenger traffic

suburban transport

Analysis

role of Patras city urban design  freight / port intercity passenger traffic

suburban transport

green urban areas

city ports

city center

railway

division city / waterfront

§  City center cut from waterfront

§  New port allows changes in old port (public space, land use, design)

§  Freight à road

§  Trainline to port: route protected but inactive

Benefits

1.  Freight rail connection to port not needed (no new investment)

2.  No freight trains in residential areas or through city centre

3.  Future train line to port remains possible (night trains?)

§  Idea: transfer of freight port to Rio? (allows later freight train connection if necessary)

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

§  Athens à Agios Dionisios: Intercity double / single train line along planned route (Patras: all overground)

§  Agios Vassilios à Agios Dionisios: 3 track system to enable normal gauge trains and metric gauge trams

§  (Agios Dionisios à Agios Andreas: tram)

§  Agios Andreas à south: metric gauge line protected but inactive

§  Building costs Patras – Rododafni: ≈€500m (±50%)

Benefits

1.  Connection city-seafront possible

2.  Based on existing plans à low costs

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Phase 0: suburban trainline today

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Phase 1

§  Agios Dionisios à Agios Vassilios: existing trains

§  Agios Andreas à University / hospital: electric tram service (≈40 min)

§  Building costs: €50m

§  New trams: €25m

Benefits

1.  Tram network connects dense residential areas, employment centres, hospital and university (24000 students)

2.  City is ready for intercity trains (no dependencies)

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Phase 2

§  Extention of tram system to the new port (90% existing line)

§  Building costs: €25m

§  New trams: €6m

Benefits

1.  Connection city-port for foot passengers (≈1000 per day)

2.  Potential for economic revitalisation of port area

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Phase 3

§  Extention of tram system from Agios Andreas to the Technical Institute / Stadium

§  Building costs: €40m

§  New trams: €3m

Benefits

§  Connection of additional dense residential areas and Technical Institute / Stadium

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Phase 4

§  Transfer tram line away from the seafront

§  Building costs: €20m

Benefits

1.  Reconnection of the city with the seafront

2.  New promenade along the old tram line

3.  Shorter distances to shops and employment

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Phase 5

§  Transfer tram line away from the existing train line

§  More trams

§  Building costs: €25m

§  New trams: €25m

Benefits

1.  Removes conflicts between train and tram

2.  Dense residential areas are still connected

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Extensions

§  Possible extensions of suburban tram/ train network to the south

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable urban intervention Agios Dionisios

context Agios Dionisios new land uses

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable

terrain changes

urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable

Intersection landscape – train / tram station

urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Concept freight suburban public

transport intercity passenger traffic

timetable

VIsualisation

urban intervention Agios Dionisios

Thank you.

sea in the city

§  investment in the future of Patras

§  new development dynamic next to tram lines

§  use of existing lines à low costs

§  reconnection of the city to the seafront

§  flexible phasing

§  low dependency on national railway

§  new landscape approach to urban interventions