EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - CONSPACE PROJECT: TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE RAILWAY LINE IN THE VIPACCO VALLEY (SLOVENIA)

COMMITMENT: Province of Gorizia, Dept. n. 3 - Land and Environment

DATE: 2004–2005

PROJECT VALUE: Electrification of the railway line in the Vipacco valley: for the operational scenario referred to passengers traffic (local and international): approx. € 13 millions; for the operational scenario referred to the goods international traffic: approx. € 15 millions.

TYPE OF WORK: Technical-economic feasibility

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITY:

Study 1: “Regional Development depending on scenarios for transport in cross-border area”. Proposals of road and rail interventions to improve the transport infrastructures existing in the border area between Italy - Slovenia. Pre-feasibility study of the electrification of the railway line in the Vipacco valley: 3.000 Volt DC; conversion of electrical substations: n. 3 for the passenger service; n.4 with goods service. Checks the voltage drop, as show in the following figures.

Study 2: “Congruency and correspondence of TEN/TINA nets and special attention to Corridor V”.

PROJECT OF THE RAILWAY AXIS UPGRADING MUNICH/GERMANY – VERONA/ITALY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BASE TUNNEL OF THE BRENNERO ALPINE PASS

COMMITMENT: ELC Electroconsult S.p.A. - Milan (Italy)

DATE: 1992-1993

PROJECT VALUE: US $ 15 billions

TYPE OF WORK: Technical-Economic and Financial Feasibility Study

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITY:

Upgrading of the rail link Munich-Verona with the implementation of a new double track railway (410 km) with the base tunnel construction of the Brennero alpine pass (54 km):

• definition of the influence area
• marketing analysis with the identification of the areas typologies and of the main traffic attracting/generating poles
• analysis of the existing transport offer
• analysis of the current transport demand (passengers/goods) and estimation of the potential future demand
• analysis and choice of the alternative itineraries
• definition and analysis of the direct and indirect benefits
• economic-financial analysis and verification of the possibility to finance the infrastructure by Project Financing with B.O.T. scheme (Build-Operate-Transfer).

HIGH SPEED/HIGH CAPACITY RAILWAY LINES: MILAN-BOLOGNA (CEPAV1: 230 KM) AND MILAN-VERONA (CEPAV2: 125 KM) – ITALY

COMMITMENT: Snam Progetti S.p.A. – ENI Group – San Donato Milanese - Italy

DATE: 2004–2005-2006-2009-2010-2012

PROJECT VALUE: € 4,9 billions for line Milan-Bologna; € 1,5 billions for line Milan-Verona

TYPE OF WORK: Basic and Final Design; consultancy and supervision activity during the construction.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITY:

Basic and Final Design of the Milan-Verona High Speed/High Capacity Railway Line (CEPAV2):

• design of the railway marshalling yards inside the storage areas to support the construction of the line; sizing of the areas to store the railway materials (rails, sleepers, ballast, etc.)
• definition of the railway layout inside storage areas
• basic design of the tracks linking the areas with the existing railway lines and of the tracks inside the storage areas of Treviglio, Ospidaletto, Montirone, Rezzato, Gardesana, Lugagnano
• equipment/material quantities estimation and investment costs estimation
• preliminary activity to solve the interferences between the new line and the existing railway lines, which can create delays and/or interruptions of the existing services (railway junctions, road access, tunnels, causeways, etc.); identification of the interference and technical schedule of the solution.

Final Design and construction of the Milan-Bologna High Speed/High Capacity Railway Line (CEPAV1):

• consultancy and supervision activity
• verification of the final design for what concerning data coming from the installed control units (UAD) regarding the civil infrastructures on the Melegnano-Fidenza section (50 km).

INTEGRATED LOGISTIC POLE OF MORTARA (LOMBARDIA, ITALY)

COMMITMENT: Polo Logistico Integrato di Mortara S.p.a. - Italy

DATE: 2005-2012

PROJECT VALUE: € 24 millions

TYPE OF WORK: Technical-Economic and Financial Feasibility Study; Basic Design; Construction Design; Construction Supervision; Safety Planning and Safety Coordination during the construction; Project Management.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITY:

Transplan has carried out all the project phases, inclusive the supervision during the construction of the multimodal terminal, which is operating from December 2009 inside the Pole of Mortara.

The multimodal terminal covers an area of approx. 110.000 sq.m. and includes n.3 tracks for the loading/unloading operations with 630 m length, n.4 electrified tracks to support with 650 m length and a railway electrified branch (approx. 2 km) linked with the Mortara station. The terminal has a maximum capacity of 9 trains couples/day, supposing the use of gantry cranes, given that the fixed runways are already predisposed.

During the planning phase, TRANSPLAN has designed:

• the railway and multimodal lay-out,
• the yard sizing with the verification of the areas width to permit the circulation/manoeuvres of the road heavy vehicles,
• the electrification of the railway branch up to the Mortara station and the electrification of the n.4 supporting tracks,
• the modification to the signalling system of the Mortara station.

During the construction phase, TRANSPLAN has coordinated and given supervision to the following activities:

• railway superstructure,
• electrification the line up to the Mortara station,
• signalling and telecommunication systems.

The project in progress: the first operating phase started up at December 2009 with the traffic opening of the railway terminal.

INTEGRATED LOGISTIC POLE OF MORTARA: DESIGN EXEMPLES OF THE RAILWAY SUPERSTUCTURES, ELECTRIFICATION AND SIGNALLING SYSTEM