Design of the new railway line connection between the existing network and the commercial port of kavala city, east macedonia, greece

The scope of the project consisted of the preliminary and detailed design of the water drainage system of the new single railway line connecting the commercial port of Kavala city to the existing railway line from Thessaloniki to Alexandroupoli, near the Toxotes area in Xanthi prefecture. Furthermore it included the service road drainage system along with the flood protection system from surrounding catchment areas with the necessary hydraulic structures (ditches, culverts, etc). The contract also involved the restoration of the existing irrigation networks. The project was divided into two parts. The first part involved the preliminary design of the water drainage system of the new single railway line(14,4Km).The second part involved the drainage system of the new single railway line(17.4Km).The new single railway line was designed parallel nearby the existing highway Egnatia so that most of the constructed culverts were designed to be extended to the railway line and be checked for design capacity.Three railway bridges were designed in preliminary stage over the Asprohomatos stream, the Xiropotamos stream and Nestos River that were checked for the design flow of T=100 yrs.