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Sy Tra Ynch Ainos Ron Se an Izat Nd K Tion Ktel Stud Dy UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TRACK OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION FILIPPOS CHATZIIOANNOU TRAINOSE AND KTEL SYNCHRONIZATION STUDDY Supervisor Dr. GEORGIOS K. D. SAHARIDIS Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 SELECTION BOARD Andritsos Nikos, Professor Pandelis Dimitris, Associate Professor Saharidis Georgios, Assistant Professor ( Supervisor) 2 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 3 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 ABSTRACT Modern’s way of life requires a variety of means to transport people in the most effective way. This requirement leads to innovative policies where different means of transportation are combined and interact in order a viable and optimal usage of resources to be achieved. This increasing tendency is referred as co-modality and was introduced by the European Commission in 2006 to define an approach of the globality of the transport modes and of their combinations. It is, in fact, a co-operation among different existing transport modes. One such technique is the method of synchronization among different means, or even among different routes of the same mean of transportation, that results in decrease of passengers waiting time. To succeed it, we utilize a mixed-integer linear mathematical model with the objective of synchronizing the two main mass transport networks of Greece, the railway network (TRAINOSE) and the intercity bus network (KTEL), with the aim of minimizing the waiting time at intermediate transit nodes and thus facilitate co-modal transportation. The modeling involves an analysis of the effect of changing the schedule of railway operator, modifying the departure time from railway stations and keeping the departure time of KTEL intercity buses constant. Additionally, we analyze the modification of KTEL timetables by keeping the departure times of popular trips constant and modifying the departure time of less popular trips. Keywords: co-modality, railway network, intercity bus network, waiting time minimization, transitional nodes 4 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 5 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 CREDITS First, I would like to thank the supervisor of this work, Dr. Georgios K. D. Saharidis, assistant professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Thessaly School of Engineering, for his help, guidance and motivation until the completion of it. I would also like to thank Mrs. Stefania Katrani and Mr. Nikos Ksygkis, undergraduate students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Thessaly School of Engineering for our great co-operation in the same work, despite our difficulty to find meeting times. What is more, I would like to thank all the people around me, friends and family, that tolerate me and my not spending enough time with them. Finally I would like to thank all those people that co-operate with me providing all the necessary information to complete this work. 6 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 7 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 CONTENTS SELECTION BOARD .............................................................................................................. 2 ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................. 4 CREDITS .................................................................................................................................. 6 CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. 8 FIGURE LIST ......................................................................................................................... 10 TABLE LIST ........................................................................................................................... 10 1. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 20 1.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 20 1.2 Problem Solving .................................................................................................................. 20 1.3 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 21 2. NETWORK DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 22 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 22 2.2 Railway network description ............................................................................................... 22 2.3 Intercity bus network ........................................................................................................... 25 2.4 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 27 3. LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................... 28 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Scientific progress ............................................................................................................... 28 3.3 The present work ................................................................................................................. 31 3.4 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 31 4. MODEL AND APPROACH ............................................................................................... 32 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 32 4.2 Train model description ....................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Intercity bus model description ........................................................................................... 33 4.5 Mathematical model description ......................................................................................... 37 4.6 Constraints ........................................................................................................................... 41 4.7 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 45 5. DEPARTURE AND WAITING TIME RESULTS ............................................................ 46 5.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 46 5.2 Train Network Results ......................................................................................................... 46 5.2.1 Athens – Thessaloniki Line .......................................................................................... 46 8 Institutional Repository - Library & Information Centre - University of Thessaly 06/10/2021 19:57:25 EEST - 170.106.203.120 5.2.2 Athens – Alexandroupoli ............................................................................................. 50 5.2.3 Athens – Chalkida Line ................................................................................................ 51 5.2.4 Athens – Kalampaka Line ............................................................................................ 57 5.2.5 Kalampaka – Paleofarsalos Line .................................................................................. 58 5.2.6 Thessaloniki – Larissa Line .......................................................................................... 60 5.2.7 Thessaloniki - Kalampaka Line .................................................................................... 65 5.2.8 Thessaloniki – Florina Line .......................................................................................... 66 5.2.9 Thessaloniki – Edessa Line .......................................................................................... 69 5.2.10 Thessaloniki – Paleofarsalos Line .............................................................................. 71 5.2.11 Thessaloniki – Dikaia Line ......................................................................................... 72 5.2.12 Larissa – Volos Line ................................................................................................... 74 5.2.13 Larissa – Kalampaka Line .......................................................................................... 80 5.2.14 Alexandroupoli – Dikaia Line .................................................................................... 81 5.2.15
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