SEETO ComprehensiveSEETO Comprehensive Rail Rail Network Development Network Development

Nedim Begovic, Regional Railway Expert

Railway Days08/09 October 2013, Bucharest

ContentSEE Regional Transport Planning

Cooperation

SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network current condition and traffic flows

SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network investment and maintenance

Future development

Planned Regional Priority Projects

Conclusions

SEETO Regional Cooperation

ALBANIA

CROATIA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

KOSOVO*

SERBIA

MONTENEGRO

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with  UNSCR 1244 and  ICJ Advisory opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

South East Europe Transport Observatory SEETO

2004 - Memorandum of Understanding on the development of the South East

Europe Core Regional Transport Network

SEE regional transport cooperation

The main objectives of the SEETO cooperation:

– Develop the SEETO Comprehensive Network;– Improve and harmonise regional transport policies

and technical standards for the SEETO Comprehensive Network development;

– Maintain an effective coordination and communication network;

– Integrate the SEETO Comprehensive Network in the framework of the wider Trans European Network.

SEETO Comprehensive Network

SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network

Basic information:•4807 km length•58% electrified •12% double track sections

Participant km

Albania 392

Bosnia and Herzegovina 652

Croatia 1,422

the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 561

Montenegro 184

Serbia 1,445

Kosovo 151

Total 4,807

TEN –T Rail Network Romania - 3281 km

Present condition

Infrastructure condition below the average standard

Ageing and deteriorated:– Infrastructure – Singalling system– Rolling stock

Speed restrictions on several part of the network

Condition 2011:Very Good: 11%Good: 20%Medium: 61%Poor: 11%Very Poor: 3%No information:4%

Bottlenecks 2011:60 km double track195 km single track

Traffic on the Rail SCN Recorded traffic volumes:

– 12440 million tkm– 2023 million pkm

The SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network traffic volume – experieneced decline in 2011 from 2010

• passenger 19%• freight 2%

Corridor X, with 42% of freight and 67% of passenger traffic volume in 2011, was the main artery for

transportation and mobility in the region!

SEETO Comprehensive Network Investments

€13.2 billion total investments in the SEETO Comprehensive Network since 2004;

€4 billion ongoing/finance secured investments

€9.2 billion of implemented investments in more than 300 infrastructure projects on the SEETO Comprehensive Network;

– 83% of investments went into the road sector;

– 10 % (€ 920 million) share of railway investments.

SEETO CN Rail investment

Highest investments recorded in Croatia- €427 millionSecond highest in Bosnia and Herzgovina- €157 million

Maintenance expenditure

€97 million- total maintenance expenditures in the SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network (2011)– 54% infrastructure maintenance expenditures

Future development

€1.2 billion secured investments

Regional transport planning document

Presents overall picture of the SEETO Comprehensive Network development

Promotes investments and regional priority projects

Identifies regional transport policy measures

Multi Annual Plan 2013

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MAP 2013 Priority Project list comprise 44 projects

More than € 8.2 billion needed for priority projects implementation in the following 5 years:• 20 road projects• 11 rail projects (€2.9 billion)• 7 inland waterway projects• 4 seaports and 2 airport projects

Planned Regional Priority Projects

Conclusions

Railway infrastructure in WB was underinvested influencing overall competitiveness of railways

Shift of investments to railways together with higher traffic volumes could revitalize railways

Greater collaboration between regional railways

Thank you for your attention !Thank you for your attention !

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