A New European Rapid Railway Line in Sicily Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering Department of Civil Constructional and Environmental Engineering Master’s degree in Transport Systems Engineering Supervisor: Candidate: Prof. Stefano Ricci Atieh KianiNejadOshah 1734077 Co-Supervisor: Ing. Pierangelo Rivoli A.A 2017-2018 Contents List of Figures: ........................................................................................................................................... 5 List of Tables: ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................... 10 1 Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ 11 2 Introduction and purpose of the research ...................................................................................... 12 2.1.1 Main constraints of the existing line: ............................................................................... 14 2.1.2 Objective: Improvement of Railway Accessibility in Palermo-Catania ............................ 16 3 General review of Capacity Methodologies .................................................................................... 20 3.1 Synthetic Method: .................................................................................................................... 22 3.1.1 UIC’s Compression Method – LEAFLET 406: ..................................................................... 22 3.1.2 Calculation of Capacity Consumption ............................................................................... 32 3.2 Analytical Method .................................................................................................................... 33 3.2.1 UIC's analytical method-leaflet 405R ................................................................................ 34 3.3 Analogical Method ................................................................................................................... 36 3.4 Result of Analysed Capacity Calculation Methods: .................................................................. 36 3.4.1 Combined Analytical- Analogical Approach ...................................................................... 37 3.4.2 Future Development: Utilization of UIC’s Leaflet 406 for Calculation Capacity ............... 38 4 Analysed Scenarios .......................................................................................................................... 38 4.1 Existing scenario ....................................................................................................................... 38 4.1.1 Overview of The Sicilian Network ..................................................................................... 38 4.1.2 Existing Line Characteristic ............................................................................................... 39 4.1.3 Existing Operation Plan ..................................................................................................... 44 4.1.4 Existing Rolling Stock......................................................................................................... 44 4.1.5 Existing Travel Time .......................................................................................................... 46 4.1.6 Existing Line Capacity ........................................................................................................ 48 4.2 Corridor D1-(SABIR): Doubling of The Existing Line in The Fiumetorto – Bicocca .................... 52 4.2.1 Functional Analysis of Corridor D1 ................................................................................... 53 4.2.2 Results of Corridor D1 ....................................................................................................... 59 2 4.3 Corridor A: Double Track Castelbuono-Pollina-Catenanuova .................................................. 60 4.3.1 Functional Analysis of doubling Castelbuono-Pollina ....................................................... 60 4.3.2 Result of Corridor A: ......................................................................................................... 61 4.4 Corridor B: Double Track Castelbuono-Pollina- New Enna ...................................................... 65 4.4.1 Functional Analysis of Corridor B ...................................................................................... 65 4.4.2 Results of Corridor B ......................................................................................................... 66 4.5 Corridor C-(Highway): Double Track Enna-Fiumetorto ............................................................ 68 4.5.1 Functional Analysis of Corridor C: ..................................................................................... 68 4.5.2 Result of Corridor C ........................................................................................................... 69 4.6 Scenario D2 -(Future Corridor): Existing Line Upgrade+ New Rapid Single Track .................... 70 4.6.1 Future Line Characteristic ................................................................................................. 72 4.6.2 Future Operating Model ................................................................................................... 83 4.6.3 Future Rolling Stock .......................................................................................................... 86 4.6.4 Future Travel Times .......................................................................................................... 87 4.6.5 Future Capacity ................................................................................................................. 90 5 Evaluation of scenarios through AHP method-Expert choice Software and Cost-Benefit Analysis: 95 5.1 Implementation of the AHP Methodology............................................................................... 97 5.1.1 Computing the vector of criteria weights ......................................................................... 97 5.1.2 Computing the matrix of option scores ............................................................................ 98 5.1.3 Ranking the options .......................................................................................................... 99 5.1.4 Checking the consistency .................................................................................................. 99 5.1.5 Automating the pairwise comparisons ........................................................................... 100 5.1.6 Implementation of AHP method for selection of optimal scenarios in the Sicilian network: ......................................................................................................................................... 101 5.2 Result of analysed Corridors (D1, A, B, C, D2) ........................................................................ 101 6 Operation Methodology and Opentrack® Software ...................................................................... 106 6.1 Input data: .............................................................................................................................. 108 6.1.1 Rolling Stock: ................................................................................................................... 108 6.1.2 Infrastructural Data ......................................................................................................... 115 6.1.3 Timetable ........................................................................................................................ 120 3 6.2 Simulation............................................................................................................................... 120 6.3 Output Data: ........................................................................................................................... 121 6.3.1 Result of Simulated Options by Opentrack® ................................................................... 122 7 Results ............................................................................................................................................ 130 8 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 131 9 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................... 132 4 List of Figures: Figure 1:Timetable for the master thesis during a period of 11 months ............................................... 11 Figure 2: European high speed corridor n.5 ........................................................................................... 12 Figure 3: local network ........................................................................................................................... 13 Figure 4: TEN-T core network corridors. corridor n°5 Helsinki-La Valletta ........................................... 14 Figure 5: Comparison means of transport (Minuetto train and bus services) ......................................