The Process of Including Pan-European Corridor X (Xa) in the Rail Freight Corridor Network (in Line with Regulation 913/2010/EU)

Subtitle: How to bring Corridor X back to the Family of European Corridors

Thomas Wimroither – Association <Corridor X PLUS>, Secretary General

HDŽI’s 6th International Symposium – Zagreb, May 28th-29th, 2014

The Process of Including Pan-European Corridor X (Xa) in the Rail

Freight Corridor Network (in Line with Regulation 913/2010/EU)

Attracting more Traffic to Corridor X

I. The Purpose of the Association Corridor X PLUS

II. What is a Rail-Freight-Corridor?

III. How other Rail-Freight Corridors perform?

IV. Tasks and Challenges for Corridor X (Xa)

V. Next Steps

VI. Conclusions

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Table of Contents

• close cooperation between railway

organisations along Corridor X

• founded in 2001

• to push railway subjects on Pan-

European Corridor X

• to generate and carry out market-

oriented projects

• to attract more traffic to Corridor X

Geographical Area of Activity

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I. The Purpose of Corridor 10 Plus


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Regulation (EU) No 913/2010concerning a European rail network for competitive freight

• is the basis for the implementation of 9 Rail-Freight-Corridors (RFC) almost all over Europe,

which has to be performed by all railway infrastructure managers and (capacity) allocation

bodies involved in a respective RFC

• aims at a more professional and consistent corridor approach towards customers (railway

undertakings, terminal owners and operators, ports, forwarders, logistic providers etc.) that

makes borders disappear

institutionalizes the right of customers to participate in the Advisory Groups of each RFC



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• ensures harmonised investment plans for the purpose of removing bottlenecks and

avoiding bottlenecks in the future along each corridor in accordance with a corridor-wide

elaborated transport market study focussing on future market developments and

addressing customer needs

• provides one single ONE-STOP-SHOP for each corridor as single contact point for customers

interested in using the corridor for the purpose of corridor-wide capacity allocation



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• aims at a harmonised approach with regard to

capacity allocation for freight trains for the annual time-table as well as for

short- term transports (ad-hoc, during the year)

the management of network operation

performance management for freight trains

the trans-national coordination of maintenance-works



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• requires the publication of trans-national corridor-information-documents for the whole

corridor as marketing- and sales-tool

• takes into account the needs of passenger transport

• in order to attract more freight traffic to such RFCs



3 RFCs in Corridor X‘s Catchement Areas


III. How other Rail-Freight Corridors perform?

By 10 November 2016

By 10 November 2018

Tasks

• Joint application of the Transport Ministries of the Corridor X Countries at the European

Commission. – The EC would be pleased with such an application.

• Contractual solution with countries outside of the European Union. – This issue can be

solved.

• Memorandum of Understanding to be signed by the involved railway infrastructure

managers and (capacity) allocation bodies – already drafted!

• The railways are in a waiting position! – They need support from those who

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IV. Tasks and Challenges for Corridor X


V. Next Steps

Creation of Organizational Structures for a new RFC

• Creation of an Executive Board of the involved Transport Ministries.

• Creation of a Management Board of the involved railway infrastructure managers and

allocation bodies (within the scope of the Association <Corridor X PLUS>, which will act as

legal entity of this future RFC.

• Structuring of tasks in different working groups for the purpose of meeting the demands of

implementing an RFC (e.g. for issues like harmonized investments, interoperability, traffic

management, construction and maintenance planning, marketing, OSS etc.).

• Kick-off immediately after the approval by the European Commission!


VI. Conclusions

Today‘s Key Take-Away!

• There is no more time to lose!

• The railways are already standing at the starting line!

• The starting pistol has to be fired by the states and by the

European Commission!

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