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INTERCONNECT INTERCONNECTion Between Short- and Long-Distance Transport Networks DELIVERABLE D4.1 FACTORS AFFECTING INTERCONNECTIVITY IN PASSENGER TRANSPORT Due Date: 30 September 2010 Submitted: 13 October 2010 Main Author: Mcrit Dissemination: Public Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme, Theme 7 Transport Contract number 233846 Project Start Date: 1 June 2009, Project Duration: 24 months FACTORS AFFECTING INTERCONNECTIVITY Document Control Sheet Project Number: 019746 Project Acronym: INTERCONNECT Workpackage: WP4 In-Depth Analysis through Case Studies Version: V1.0 Document History: Version Issue Date Distribution V0.1 23 April 2010 Consortium V0.2 4 June 2010 Consortium V0.3 10 Sept 2010 Consortium V0.4 07 Oct 2010 Consortium V1.0 13 Oct 2010 Public Classification – This report is: Draft Final X Confidential Restricted Public X Partners Owning: All Main Editor: Andreu Ulied, Oriol Biosca (Mcr) Bryan Matthews, Jeremy Shires (ITS), Oliver Schnell, Benedikt Mandel (MKm), Christiane Bielefeldt, Gordon Wilmsmeier (TRI), Claudia de Partners Contributed: Stasio, Paola Raganato (TRT), Monika Bak, Przemyslaw Borkowski (UG), Søren Saugstrup (TET) Made Available To: All INTERCONNECT Partners Ulied A, Bielefeldt C, Biosca O, Matthews B, Shires J, Schnell O, Mandel B, Wilmsmeier G, de Stasio C, Raganato P, Bak M, Borkowski This document should P, Saugstrup S, ―Factors Affecting interconnectivity in Passenger be referenced as: Transport‖, Deliverable D4.1 of INTERCONNECT, Co-funded by FP7. TRI, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, October 2010 This document was created as part of the INTERCONNECT project. All information is public and we encourage the use. Copyright (c) 2010 Copyleft: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or use this document under the terms of the Free Documentation Dissemination License, Version 1, available at http://pauillac.inria.fr/~lang/licence/v1/fddl.html INTERCONNECT Project Office Transport Research Institute Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh, UK Tel: + 44 131 455 2635 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.interconnect-project.eu Date: 13/10/2010 Deliverable D4.1 Page i FACTORS AFFECTING INTERCONNECTIVITY TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................................ 1 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 INTERCONNECTIVITY AND CO-MODALITY IN EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORKS .............................. 5 1.1.1 The Complexity of Planning and Managing Interconnections in European Transport Networks ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.2 The Geography of Interconnections in Europe.................................................................. 6 1.1.3 Technological and Organisational Innovation in European Transport Networks ............. 15 1.2 A CASE STUDY APPROACH ....................................................................................................... 16 1.3 CASE STUDY PORTRAITS ........................................................................................................... 20 1.4 FOLLOWING UP CASE STUDIES: WP4 INPUTS FOR WP5 ............................................................... 23 2 FRANKFURT AIRPORT INTERCONNECTIONS ......................................................................... 26 2.1 THE KEY ISSUES ADDRESSED BY THIS CASE STUDY ................................................................... 26 2.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE STUDY ............................................................................. 26 2.2.1 Targets to be Achieved ................................................................................................... 26 2.2.2 Background and Current Situation .................................................................................. 27 2.2.3 Geographic Coverage ..................................................................................................... 29 2.3 SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CASE STUDY ...................................................................... 29 2.3.1 Modes and Infrastructure Involved .................................................................................. 29 2.3.2 Existing Institutional and Regulatory Barriers.................................................................. 30 2.3.3 Intermodal and Interconnection Opportunities ................................................................ 30 2.4 SOLUTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE ................................................................................................. 31 2.4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 31 2.4.2 The Long-distance Railway Station at Frankfurt Airport, its Links and Rail Services ...... 31 2.4.3 Rail&Fly: Integrated Ticketing and Pricing for Air/Rail Passengers ................................. 39 2.4.4 The AirRail Concept of Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn ................................................... 41 2.5 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................... 46 3 CATALAN AIRPORT SYSTEM INTERCONNECTIONS: BARCELONA, GIRONA, REUS AND LLEIDA ......................................................................................................................................... 47 3.1 THE KEY ISSUES ADDRESSED BY THIS CASE STUDY ................................................................... 47 3.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE STUDY ............................................................................. 48 3.2.1 The Current Situation ...................................................................................................... 48 3.2.2 Airport Traffic: Recent Evolution and Forecast................................................................ 50 3.2.3 Airport Capacity .............................................................................................................. 52 3.2.4 Geographic Coverage ..................................................................................................... 53 3.3 SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CASE STUDY ...................................................................... 55 3.3.1 Modes and Infrastructure Involved .................................................................................. 55 3.3.2 Intermodal and Interconnection Opportunities ................................................................ 57 3.3.3 Stakeholders Involved ..................................................................................................... 59 3.3.4 Current Cohesiveness of Multi-modal Networks ............................................................. 60 3.4 SOLUTIONS ENVISAGED ............................................................................................................ 74 3.4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 74 3.4.2 HSR Direct Access to Barcelona and Lleida Airport Terminals ....................................... 75 3.4.3 Barcelona City - Airport Interconnection: People-Mover, Metro and Heavy Rail Link Compared ....................................................................................................................... 80 3.4.4 HSR – Airport Interconnection in Girona and Reus: Tramway Links and Bus Shuttle Services Compared......................................................................................................... 86 3.5 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................... 91 Date: 13/10/2010 Deliverable D4.1 Page ii FACTORS AFFECTING INTERCONNECTIVITY TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 4 MILANESE AIRPORT SYSTEM INTERCONNECTIONS: MALPENSA, LINATE AND ORIO AL SERIO ........................................................................................................................................... 93 4.1 THE KEY ISSUES ADDRESSED BY THIS CASE STUDY ................................................................... 93 4.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE STUDY ............................................................................. 93 4.2.1 Milanese Airports Development ...................................................................................... 93 4.2.2 Geographic Coverage ..................................................................................................... 96 4.2.3 Airport Traffic ................................................................................................................. 97 4.2.4 Airport Regulation ......................................................................................................... 101 4.2.5 Alitalia’s Crises .............................................................................................................. 102 4.2.6 Traffic Forecasts ........................................................................................................... 103 4.3 SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CASE STUDY .................................................................... 103 4.3.1 Modes and Infrastructure Involved ................................................................................ 103 4.3.2 Intermodal and Interconnection