Parallel Session 1 – Station Design 1

Arak High speed Railway Station

Transport and Mobility Study

M. Zanjanipour, A. Ghanbari, P. Pashin

HSL Project Dep. of RAI

High Speed Rail Expert

Existing

Under construction

Planned

Arak

Iranian Railways

Ridership: 21 millions

System length: 12,998 kilometers

Stations numbers: 360

Freight: 31 million tons

Distance from Arak Station to Tehran: 260

km

RAILWAY SYSTEM AND PROVISIONS

WIDE AREA ANALYSIS

Legend:

Route: Malayer – Teharan - Mashad

Route: Teharan – Ahvaz - Khorramshahr

Arak Station Train Schedule:

2 trains a day | train no. 182, 183

9 trains a day | train no. 118, 119, 130,

131, 132

11 TRAINS A DAY | 7 TRAINS LINES

Train Station

To Tehran

To Tehran

Arak

Province: Markazi Province

Population: 526,182

Area: 55,750 sqm

Length of new line: 117 km

Low income

Residential

Residential

WIDE AREA ANALYSIS

PROJECT LOCATION (TEHRAN-QOM-ARAK HIGH SPEED RAIL)

To Ahvaz

4

EXISTING STATION AND RAILWAYS

1470 m2

Main Station Building

6080 m2

Police Office & Mosque Area

2720 m2

Offices/ Depository

6760 m2

Trains Depot

Residence

Low income

Residence

New

Residence

P

Spontaneous parking lots

Reserved parking lots

P Local roads

Secondary roads

Taxi station Taxi Primary roads

LAND USE ANALYSIS | MAIN FUNCTIONS WIDE AREA ANALYSIS LAND USE ANALYSIS | POINTS OF INTEREST

Persian Gulf Hwy 56

Secondary roads

Primary roads

Railway

Station’s path from Hwy

EXISTING ROAD NETWORK WIDE AREA ANALYSIS

The catchment area (isochronal) analysis maps the

streets covered in 45 minutes by car from the train

station, taking in consideration the current vehicular

traffic within the area.

Most of the city area is covered up to 25 minutes.

CATCHMENT AREA ANALYSIS | BY CAR | MULTIPLE MODES WIDE AREA ANALYSIS

By Bike By Car

0 - 5 min

6 – 10 min

11 – 15 min

By Walk

PHASE 1 : SUGGESTED DESIGN FOR STATION

South part of the city

Residential

The City

The City

South part of the city

Residential

PHASE 2 : FUTURE BUILDING EXPANSION

South part of the

city

Residential

The City

The City

South part of the

city

Residential

PHASE 3 : FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

PHASE 1

Improving both private and public (buses)

transport

Reconfiguration of road access

The proposed new road parallel to Chahar

Sarbaz

The parking area results well connected

with the urban surroundings

A bus terminal, taxi stop and a drop-off/

pick-up area are proposed in the station

forecourt to enhance intermodal

connectivity between rail and other

transport modes

Go to north entry point Existing situation

Proposed Connections

WIDE AREA ACCESSIBILITY ACCESS AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM

P

Station’s exit

towards West

Access to/from

West-South-

East (higway)

Access to/from

East-North

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

Reconfiguration of the southern access

Proposing a new connection from the

south linking the railway station to the

Persian highway from the station from

the eastward and west ward of road

Linking between the highway and railway

station

Additional parking and drop-off area in

the south part

Go to north entry point Existing situation

Proposed Connections

Pedestrian link

Station’s exit

towards West (higway)

Station’s entrance

from East (higway)

P

P

Station’s exit

towards West (higway)

Access

to/from West

Access to/from

East-North

CIRCULATION SYSTEM ACCESS AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM

Drop-off/ Pick-up path Pedestrian path | Kiss & Ride Bus Taxi

Existing building New building | technical area Existing building New building | technical area

Bus path Taxi path

Existing building New building | technical area Existing building New building | technical area

Bus verification

Existing building New building | technical area

The suggested access system proposal is geometrically

verified against potential critical maneuver to ensure a

sufficient space for car and bus circulation. The analysis is

carried out considering a travel speed between 10 km/h and

15 km/h, for private car 10km/h for buses, turning radius

stands at 10m.

GEOMETRICAL VERIFICATION

12 m

2.5 m

10 m

kerb to kerb

turning radius

Vehicle dimensions

ACCESS AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM

The parking area counts 154 angled parking places, served through a counterclockwise

loop.

PARKING LAYOUT ACCESS AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM

New Building | Technical area

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