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CATEGORY: Transport infrastructure, Inter-city Passenger & Freight
LOCATION: Greece
START/END: 2003
CONSULTANCY BUDGET: 300,000 €
CLIENT: Piraeus Port Authority
PARTNERS: Denco; Hamburg Consult; Voyiatzis; G.Giannelis; C.Andreou
LDK’s BUDGET SHARE: 10%
STAFF PROVIDED: 3
Type of Services
LDK contributed its expertise to the following studies:
- traction power supply study;
- electrical power system study;
- low voltage system study;
- water supply & drainage study;
- catenary study;
- fire detection and fire protection study.
Description
The objective of the project was to design a system of constant rail vehicle in the central port of Piraeus. The project comprised the following activities:
- traffic and technical study of two options:
- tramway system (assessment of port needs; study of various technical solutions; study of the alignment and the capacity of the system);
- monorail system (assessment of port needs; study of various technical solutions; definition of basic parameters).
- preliminary feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis of the two options (financial analysis and evaluation; socioeconomic analysis and evaluation of cost-benefit analysis);
- selection of the system;
- structural studies;
- environmental impact assessment;
- suggestion of the appropriate legal frame of the new system;
- preliminary electromechanical study of tramway system.
