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Thessaloniki’S METRO (Red Line) and Its Future Extensions Action 3.1: Mapping ongoing public and private investments ACTION 3.1: MAPPING ONGOING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS 1 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE HUB 3 1.1 Transport services at urban / regional level and key actors in policy making and service provision 3 1.1.1 Transport services at national level and key actors in policy making and service provision 11 1.1.2 Transport services at transnational level and key actors in policy making and service provision 16 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGAL BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN TRANSPORT PROVISION 21 4. MAPPING OF ONGOING AND PLANNED INVESTMENTS 25 5. CONCLUSIONS 33 6. REFERENCES 36 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Urban area served by OASTH................................................................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: The basic axis of Thessaloniki’s METRO (red line) and its future extensions .......................................................... 4 Figure 3: Suburban area served by OASTH ............................................................................................................................. 5 Figure 4: Intermodal connectivity in Thessaloniki’s hub ........................................................................................................ 6 Figure 5: OASTH e- platform ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 6: E-platform of Thessaloniki's Intelligent Urban Mobility Management System ....................................................... 9 Figure 7: Services of Kalamaria’s Mobility Center ................................................................................................................ 10 Figure 8: Greek Railways ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 9: Rail connection of Thessaloniki in previous years ................................................................................................. 19 Figure 10: TRAINOSE e-platform ........................................................................................................................................... 20 1 1. Introduction The main scope of the current report is to map the ongoing and planned investments as regards the transportation system of Thessaloniki’s hub. The whole report follows a 3 level rational, thus it examines the transportation system at; Regional / local level (city hub integration) National level (city hub accessibility) Transnational level (city hub interconnectivity) The report starts with a brief presentation of the transportation services provided in Thessaloniki’s hub and continues with a description of the legal background of the organizations involved in transport issues (policy makers, operators, managers, transport associations etc). This preliminary stage helps to create the profile of the hub and of the main actors involved in transport system, which will facilitate the understanding of the potential changes brought up by the future plans. For the collection of the requested information HIT/CERTH implemented a series of interviews with key players and stakeholders of the under examination transport sector in Thessaloniki. Those interviews clarified and gave added value to the results of the bibliographic and internet search conducted at a former stage. In more details, HIT/CERTH implemented interviews with: The Manager of Thessaloniki Airport “Macedonia”, Mr. Achilleios Topouzas. Issues raised regarded the development plans of Thessaloniki’s Airport, the scheduled flights, the recent modifications in services provided and the airport – hub integration after the realization of Thessaloniki’s Metro. The threats along with the challenges deriving from the hard economic situation in Greece were also discussed with Mr. Topouzas. The Chairman of THEPTA, Thessaloniki's Integrated Transport Authority, Prof. Panagiotis Papaioannou for issues related to the responsibilities of the organization and for information on the legal status of OASTH, Organization of Urban Transportation of Thessaloniki and its investment plans. Mr. Papaioannou provided us also with his aspirations for the development of Single Metropolitan Transport Authority that will manage and organize all transport providers in Thessaloniki’s agglomeration. Through the interview key intentions for future cooperation among transport providers in Thessaloniki, after the realization of Thessaloniki’s Metro, on issues such as integrated ticketing, harmonized timetables and governance schemes derived. The President and CEO of TRAINOSE, the National Railway Provider, Prof. Ath. Ziliaskopoulos and with Mr. E. Katsaros, Safety, Security and Projects Special Adviser at TRAINOSE S.A for the future plans of the Organization. The comparative assessment of the current (AS IS) situation in transport services provision in Thessaloniki’s hub with the ongoing investments is estimated to conclude to useful messages as regards the opportunities and threats in the future development of the hub. This Action seeks to find out whether the planned investments will upgrade city hub’s integration (at regional level), accessibility (at national level) and interconnectivity (at international level). Furthermore, Action 3.1 will act as a preliminary step before the formulation of the pilot activities of Thessaloniki’s hub in the framework of RAIL4SEE project. At the end of this report and after evaluating all data collected and after making a connection of the future investments with the 4 main pillars of RAIL4SEE (services projecting & management, governance in hubs development, financing of services and PTPs) and RAIL4SEE pilots (on integrated ticketing, 2 timetables harmonization and info provision), the study team will be able to answer up to which extent the mapped investments will contribute in the increase of rail’s competitiveness in Thessaloniki’s hub. 2. Description of transportation services provided in the hub Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece with a population of approximately 790.000 inhabitants in the urban area and almost 1.000.000 in the entire metropolitan area. In the framework of Action 3.1 “Mapping ongoing investments” and for the purposes of RAIL4SEE project, Thessaloniki’s transportation system is examined at 3 levels as described above; urban/regional, national and transnational. In this chapter, HIT/CERTH aims to provide a brief but comprehensive picture of the transportation services offered in each of the 3abovementioned levels. 1.1 Transport services at urban / regional level and key actors in policy making and service provision The trips in Thessaloniki reach a maximum of 2.500.000 in a daily basis. As can be seen in the following chart, the private car ranks first in passengers’ choice with a percentage of 47.3% followed by Public Transport (35.95%), which in the case of Thessaloniki refers for the moment only to bus services, and leaving behind walking, motorcycles, taxi and bicycles with 9.72%, 3.53%, 2.88 and 0.62% percentages respectively. Chart 1: Modal share for daily trips in Thessaloniki OASTH, the Organization of Urban Transportation of Thessaloniki, is up to now the only PuT provider for the hub. O.A.S.TH serves both urban and regional transportation needs. The urban services, depicted in the following figure, cover almost the whole agglomeration with frequent lines. 3 Figure 1: Urban area served by OASTH Within the next years the construction of Thessaloniki’s Metro is expected to be completed. The project will connect the Railway Station (located in the centre of Thessaloniki) to Nea Elvetia (at the Eastern site) via 13 modern center platform stations and 9.5 km of line. 18 ultra-automatic and state-of-the-art trains will operate on the line while two extensions are foreseen to be available to the passengers after 2017 (the first to Stavroupoli at the West Side of the city and the second to Kalamaria, an eastern suburb of Thessaloniki. The estimated demand after the completion of the extensions is approximately 250.000 passengers per day. Figure 2: The basic axis of Thessaloniki’s METRO (red line) and its future extensions As regards the suburban areas of Thessaloniki, those are also served by O.A.S.TH which operates approximately 16 main lines at the wider Region of Thessaloniki. The regional coverage is shown in Figure 3. 4 Figure 3: Suburban area served by OASTH Regional transportation services are also provided by intercity buses. Intercity buses of Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki’s KTEL connect the city of Thessaloniki with major regional destinations (Stauros, Asprovalta, Vrasna, Olimpiada, Apolonnia located at the Eastern site of Thessaloniki’s prefecture). Regional transport services are also offered by suburban railway. The suburban railway connects Thessaloniki to the neighboring Prefectures of Larissa (≈186km) and of Edessa (≈94km). Table 1: Thessaloniki’s suburban railway Origin - Destination Basic characteristics Thessaloniki – Larissa Electrified line Distance: ≈186km Frequency: 1-2 hours Trip duration: ≈1h and 40min Cost: 14€ (22.4 € retour) 13 trips / day (from Thessaloniki 5.30 to 22:00) Thessaloniki – Edessa Distance: ≈94km Frequency: 1-2 hours Trip duration: ≈1h and 35min 5 Cost: 7€ 11 trips / day (from Thessaloniki 4.30 to 22:00) As regards intermodal connectivity inside Thessaloniki’s
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