appendix 1: corridor descriptions
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Alignments of Core Network Corridors (CNC) .............................. 1
Member States affected by the different CNC ................................ 3
Connections between the CNC ............................................................ 3
Baltic-Adriatic Corridor........................................................................ 4
North Sea-Baltic Corridor ................................................................. 12
Mediterranean Corridor .................................................................... 20
Orient/East-Med Corridor ................................................................ 27
Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor ........................................ 33
Rhine-Alpine Corridor ....................................................................... 44
Atlantic Corridor .................................................................................. 50
North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor ............................................... 56
Rhine-Danube Corridor ..................................................................... 65
Alignments of Core Network Corridors (CNC)
Name Alignment
Baltic Adriatic Corridor Gdynia – Gdańsk – Katowice/Sławków
Gdańsk – Warszawa – Katowice
Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – Wien
Szczecin/Świnoujście – Poznań – Wrocław – Ostrava
Katowice – Žilina – Bratislava – Wien
Wien – Graz– Villach – Udine – Trieste
Udine – Venezia – Padova – Bologna – Ravenna
Graz – Maribor –Ljubljana – Koper/Trieste
North Sea-Baltic Corridor Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga
Ventspils – Riga
Riga – Kaunas
Klaipeda – Kaunas – Vilnius
Kaunas – Warszawa
BY border – Warszawa – Poznań – Frankfurt/Oder – Berlin – Hamburg
Berlin – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover
Hannover – Bremen – Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven
Hannover – Osnabrück – Hengelo – Almelo – Deventer – Utrecht
Utrecht – Amsterdam
Utrecht – Rotterdam – Antwerpen
Hannover – Köln – Antwerpen
Mediterranean Corridor Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona
Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia
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Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona
Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Marseille/Lyon – Torino – Novara –
Milano – Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper - Ljubljana –
Budapest
Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border
Orient/East-Med Corridor Hamburg – Berlin
Rostock – Berlin – Dresden
Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven – Magdeburg – Dresden
Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Melnik/Praha - Kolin
Kolin – Pardubice – Brno – Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Timişoara –
Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia
Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas
Plovdiv – TR border
Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athina – Piraeus – Lemesos – Lefkosia
Athina – Patra/Igoumenitsa
Scandinavian-Mediterranean
Corridor
RU border – HaminaKotka – Helsinki – Turku/Naantali – Stockholm – Malmö
Oslo – Goteburg – Malmö – Trelleborg
Malmö – København – Kolding/Lübeck – Hamburg – Hannover
Bremen – Hannover – Nürnberg
Rostock – Berlin – Leipzig – München
Nürnberg – München – Innsbruck – Verona – Bologna – Ancona/Firenze
Livorno/La Spezia - Firenze – Roma – Napoli – Bari – Taranto – Valletta
Napoli – Gioia Tauro – Palermo/Augusta – Valletta
Rhine-Alpine Corridor Genova – Milano – Lugano – Basel
Genova –Novara – Brig – Bern – Basel – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz –
Koblenz – Köln
Köln – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Nijmegen/Arnhem – Utrecht – Amsterdam
Nijmegen – Rotterdam – Vlissingen
Köln – Liège – Bruxelles/Brussel – Gent
Liège – Antwerpen – Gent – Zeebrugge
Atlantic Corridor Algeciras – Bobadilla – Madrid
Sines / Lisboa – Madrid – Valladolid
Lisboa – Aveiro – Leixões/Porto
Aveiro – Valladolid – Vitoria – Bergara – Bilbao/Bordeaux – Paris – Le
Havre/Metz – Mannheim/Strasbourg
North Sea- Mediterranean
Corridor
Belfast – Dublin – Cork
Glasgow/Edinburgh – Liverpool/Manchester – Birmingham
Birmingham – Felixstowe/London/Southampton
London – Lille – Brussel/Bruxelles
Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussel/Bruxelles – Luxembourg
Luxembourg – Metz – Dijon – Macon – Lyon – Marseille
Luxembourg – Metz – Strasbourg – Basel
Antwerpen/Zeebrugge – Gent – Dunkerque/Lille – Paris
Rhine-Danube Corridor Strasbourg – Stuttgart – München – Wels/Linz
Strasbourg – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Regensburg –
Passau – Wels/Linz
München/Nürnberg – Praha – Ostrava/Přerov – Žilina – Košice – UA border
Wels/Linz – Wien – Bratislava – Budapest – Vukovar
Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Brašov/Craiova – Bucurešti – Constanta –
Sulina
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Member States affected by the different CNC
Connections between the CNC
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Baltic-Adriatic Corridor
Description
This 2400 km long Corridor will connect the Baltic ports in Poland with the ports of the
Adriatic Sea. It starts at the harbours of Gdansk and Gdynia going via strong economic
centres like Warsaw, Vienna and Venice to Trieste and Ravenna. The Corridor will have
some branches: Szczecin-Swinoujscie, Graz via Udine to Trieste and Graz via Ljubljana to
Trieste/Koper. The Corridor will provide better access to Baltic and Adriatic seaports for the
economic centres in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. It encompasses the
present Priority Projects 23 and 25 and Rail Freight corridor 5 (Gdansk-Ravenna). There is no
corresponding ERTMS corridor. The Baltic Adriatic Corridor crosses six Member States and
includes the following nodes of the TEN-T core network set out in Annex II of the TEN-T
guidelines:
urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to TEN-
T rail and road by
2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Gdańsk
Szczecin
Warszawa
Łódź
Poznań
Katowice
Kraków
Wrocław
Ostrava
Bratislava
Wien
Ljubljana
Venezia
Bologna
Warszawa Okecie
Wien
Gdańsk
Gdynia
Szczecin
Swinoujscie
Venezia
Bologna
Trieste
Koper
Inland core
network ports
Szczecin
Swinoujscie
Bratislava
Wien
Ravenna
Gdańsk
Szczecin
Szczecin/Swinoujscie
Warszawa
Łódź
Poznań
Katowice
Kraków
Wrocław
Ostrava
Prerov
Brno
Bratislava
Wien
Graz (Werndorf)
Ljubljana
Cervignano
Venezia
Padova
Bologna
Amongst the nine Core Network Corridors, the Baltic Adriatic Corridor will cross or tangent
five other Corridors namely the North Sea Baltic Corridor, the Mediterranean Corridor, the
Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, the Rhine Danube Corridor and the Orient/East-Med
Corridor.
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Rail Freight Corridor 5
Alignment: Gdynia – Katowice – Ostrava /Žilina -Bratislava/Vienna/
Klagenfurt – Udine – Venice / Trieste / Bologna /Ravenna/ Graz-
Maribor-Ljubljana-Koper/Trieste
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Poland, Slovenia
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November 2015
http://www.rne.eu/rne-news/items/european-rail-freight-corridors-
conference-2012.html
Main missing links
The main missing links of the Baltic – Adriatic Corridor are
the cross-border sections and
Semmering- and Koralm-Tunnel in Austria (alpine crossing).
The multimodal cross-border connections between Vienna, Bratislava, Ostrava and Katowice
need upgrading. Traffic management systems must be developed along the corridors and
multimodal connections with the ports should also be developed.
Interoperablity
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
different electrifications (3 kV DC in Poland and Italy, 3kV DC/25 kV 50 Hz in Czech
Republic and Slovakia, 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz in Austria), different standards with regards
to train length and axle loads.
The Baltic Adriatic Corridor belongs on short section in Slovenia and Italy to the
ERTMS corridor D.
Modal integration
Exploiting the multimodal dimension will require further development of efficient,
interoperable multimodal centres along the corridor (both and rail-road terminals and Inland
Waterways ports), able to attract private operators and generate additional demand.
Success stories
During the last decade in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia some road and rail sections
along the Baltic-Adriatic-Corridor have been updated, renovated or build. In Austria the
works to eliminate bottlenecks or missing links started or are close to be terminated:
The building of the new Vienna railway station is going to be finished by 2015. The
station was already partly opened in 2012.
The works at the 30 km long Koralm-Tunnel started in April 2011. This tunnel will
provide the first direct rail link between Klagenfurt and Graz in Austria. Once
operational in 2022, the travelling time from Vienna to Klagenfurt will be shortened
from 4 to 2.5 hours. The travel time between Warsaw and Klagenfurt will be reduced
by over 3 hours (compared to the current almost 12 hours to get from Warsaw to
Klagenfurt, in 2025 it should take less than 9 hours).
The preparatory works at Semmering Base Tunnel (27.3 km, 230 km/hmax) started in
April 2012.
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Austria will invest up to € 10 Billion to improve the capacities along the "Südbahn", including
€ 5.3 Billion for Koralm- Railway and € 3,3 Billion for the Semmering Base Tunnel.
Along the corridor, pre-identified projects can be co-financed from the Connecting Europe
Facility (CEF) by up to 40% for the works, up to 50% for ERTMS, RIS and VTMIS and also
up to 50% for studies.
Priority Projects 2010 - A Detailed Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/european-coordinators/doc/progress_report_longer_version_18jan2011_final2.pdf
CEF: Pre-identified projects
Gdynia - Katowice Rail Works
Gdynia, Gdańsk Ports port interconnections, (further) development of
multimodal platforms
Warszawa - Katowice Rail Works
Wroclaw – Poznań –
Szczecin/Świnoujście Rail Works
Świnoujście, Szczecin Port port interconnections
Bielsko Biala – Žilina Road Works
Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien &
Katowice - Žilina - Bratislava - Wien Rail
works, in particular cross-border sections PL-CZ, CZ-
AT, PL-SK and SK-AT, Brno-Přerov line; (further)
development of multimodal platforms and airport-rail
interconnections
Wien - Graz - Klagenfurt - Udine -
Venezia - Ravenna Rail
partially construction of new lines (Semmering Base
Tunnel and Koralm Railway line), rail upgrading; works
on-going; (further) development of multimodal
platforms; upgrading of existing two-track line between
Udine - Cervignano and Trieste
Graz - Maribor - Pragersko Rail studies and works for second track
Trieste, Venice, Ravenna, Koper Ports port interconnections, (further) development of
multimodal platforms
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor/Baltic-Adriatic Axis
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Slovakia
It is a European Co-operation initiated by the Austrian transportation ministry in 2006
to build a railway network connecting the Baltic Sea with the Adriatic. The countries
signed a Letter of Intent to expand the priority projects PP23 and PP25 to the south in
order to form the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor. The goals of the initiative are to eliminate
bottlenecks along the corridor, create intermodal linking of traffic flows and connect
with other European main corridors, eliminate structural and geographical
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disadvantages for under-served areas (such as the southern Austrian provinces),
increase the competitiveness of rail with roadway (truck) transport and to realize the
market development potentials of passenger traffic along the corridor.
http://vbb.ktn.gv.at/210082_EN-Networks-The_Baltic_Adriatic_Axis
2. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Cooperation (BATCo)
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Slovakia
Funding: CENTRAL EUROPE programme, co-financed by the ERDF.
In order to support the further development of the Baltic-Adriatic Axis 18 national and
regional partners the BATCo project started in March 2010. They developed technical,
environmental and economic interventions which shall facilitate the development of
the Baltic-Adriatic Axis. The project was developed under the leadership of the
Regional Government of Carinthia and finished beginning 2013. http://www.baltic-
adriatic.eu/en/batco/about-batco-background
3. North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA)
Members: Ports of Trieste, Venice, Koper, Rijeka, Ravenna
The association was founded in 2010 and wants to establish a Multi-Gateway-Region
via the increase of ports capacities, know-how transfer, elimination of infrastructural
and technical bottlenecks, fostering of hinterland-connections focusing on railway.
The NAPA shall form a European logistics platform, in particular with regard to
servicing the markets of the Far East as well as Central and Eastern Europe.
http://www.portsofnapa.com/
4. CETC-ROUTE 65 initiative
Countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia
Several regions and Member States signed a in June 2010 in Szczecin a common
declaration to develop a multi-modal corridor from Sweden until Croatia. The
initiative’s aim is to develop a system of multi-modal infrastructure and economic
links, allowing sustainable growth and increasing the competitiveness of this region.
http://www.cetc.pl/
5. Smooth journey between Baltic and Adriatic waters (SoNorA)
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia
Funding: CENTRAL EUROPE programme, co-financed by the ERDF.
The SoNorA project focuses on the development of multimodal transport
infrastructure and services in Central Europe, providing better connections between
the Baltic and Adriatic seas. The project is led by Veneto Region (Italy), the
consortium is composed of 25 Partners from 6 EU Countries (Austria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia) and 35 Associated Institutions.
http://www.sonoraproject.eu/
6. Transalpine Transport Architects (TRANSITECTS)
Countries: 16 partners from the four countries Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia.
Funding: CENTRAL EUROPE programme, co-financed by the ERDF.
TRANSITECTS dealt with creating sustainable intermodal solutions for transalpine
freight traffic which fit changing markets, improving the railway network’s
attractiveness and accessibility for the logistic market, disburdening alpine transport
routes and generate positive ecologic and economic impacts, implementing the shift
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from road to rail related traffic and activating synergies and leverage effects through
transnational cooperation. The project finished in 2012. http://www.transitects.org/
7. Introducing harmonised development in the cross-border region between Austria
and Slovakia (BAUM) (ERDF 2007-2013)
Countries: Austria (Burgenland, Niederösterreich), Slovakia (Bratislava Region)
Through a series of projects and joint initiatives, the Slovak capital Bratislava and the
neighbouring Austrian regions are engaged in cross-border co-operation to harmonise
the development of the region including mobility.
8. Kammerunion Elbe/Oder (KEO)
The Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO) is a consortium of German,
Polish and Czech chambers of industry and commerce between IHK
Flensburg (DE) and Hradec Králové (CZ), which jointly represent
the interests of companies in the region at a national and European
level. In 2010, 37.6 million people lived in the represented region,
representing a market share of 7.5% of the EU population. The gross
domestic product of the KEO region in 2008 was 716.6 billion
Euros, equal to 5.7% of the total EU GDP.
http://www.kammerunion.eu (only DE)
Bräuninger, Stiller, Teuber, Wedemeier: “Economic Development Perspectives of the
Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO)”, Hamburg 2013,
http://www.hwwi.org/uploads/tx_wilpubdb/HWWI_Policy_Report_Nr18_engl_WEB.
TEN-T Funding since 2005
PP18 Waterway axis Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube
1. 2007-AT-18020-P: Implementation integrated river engineering project Danube East
of Vienna
PP21 Motorways of the Sea/Ports
1. 2011-EU-21007-S: COSTA (framework conditions for the use of LNG for ships in the
Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea)
2. 2011-EU-21004-S: TrainMoS (supporting and training the human element of
Motorways of the Sea by defining the basis for a future EU virtual open MoS
University)
3. 2011-EU-21001-M: Adriatic Motorways of the Sea (ADRIAMOS)
4. 2010-EU-21112-S: LNG infrastructure of filling stations and deployment in ships
5. 2010-EU-21109-S: MonaLisa
6. 2010-EU-21101-S MoS 24 - ICT based Co-modality Promotion Center for integrating
PP24 into Mediterranean MoS
7. 2010-EU-21106-S: ITS Adriatic multi-port gateway (also: http://www.its-napa.eu/ )
8. 2009-EU-21010-P Baltic Link Gdyńia-Karlskrona
9. 2009-IT-91406-S: Strategic project for the development of the accessibility and
hinterland connections from the port of Venice to the TEN-T network
10. 2009-IT-00033-E: Infrastructural improvements in the inland waterways system of
Northern Italy
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11. 2009-IT-00073-E: Implementation of nautical accessibility in the port of Venice-
Marghera: operational and remedial dredging in two stretches of the west and south
ship canals
12. 2008-IT-91408-S: Feasibility study of Marco Polo Venice International Airport
Intermodality Node
13. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
ERTMS
1. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
2. 2011-PL-60001-P Retrofitting of 9 ES64U4 "Husarz" (EU44) locomotives with ETCS
SRS 3.x.0 and line tests on the railway infrastructure equipped with ETCS Level 1 and
2 SRS 2.3.0 in Poland, Czech Republic and Austria
3. 2011-NL-60003-P Prototyping, testing, renewed authorisation for placing in service
and the retrofit of Siemens ES64U2 locomotives with ETCS L1/L2 2.3.0.d for
Corridor A, B and E networks in DE, AT, HU and CH
4. 2009-SK-60108-P ETCS deployment on Corridor VI:Zilina-Cadca-State Border
SK/CZ
5. 2009-PL-60151-P: Project and development of ETCS level 1 system at the section of
the E65,CMK, railway line, Grodzisk Mazowiecki-Zawiercie
6. 2009-PL-60151-P Project and development of ETCS level 1 system at the section of
the E65,CMK, railway line, Grodzisk Mazowiecki-Zawiercie
7. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
8. 2009-SK-60108-P: ETCS deployment on Corridor VI:Zilina-Cadca-State Border
SK/CZ
9. 2007-SI-60460-S Implementation of the GSM-R system in Slovenian railway network
10. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
11. 2005-PL-92606-S Feasibility study and technical studies of the GSM-R system in
TEN-T Rail network in Poland
Others
1. 2011-IT-94006-S: Implementation study to prepare a PPP to improve the capacity of
the port of Venice and related logistics system
2. 2011-EU-92151-S: Green technologies and eco-efficient alternatives for cranes &
operations at port container terminals (GREENCRANES)
3. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
4. 2010-PL-92245-S: Feasibility study for the modernisation and extension of the
Katowice railway junction
5. 2010-IT-92244-S: ADRIATIC GATEWAY: the improvement of northern Adriatic
ports and the building of a strategic corridor for multimodal transport
6. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring
and electronic path request systems
7. 2009-EU-60138-P Retrofitment of locomotives with onboard ETCS equipment
8. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
9. 2009-EU-90002-S: Baltic Transport Outlook 2030
10. 2009-CZ-00079-E: Motorway D47 section 47092 Bohumín-state border Czech
Republic/Poland
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11. 2009-PL-92004-S: Elaboration of the technical documentation for S1 Expressway
construction on the section from Kosztowy II Interchange in Myslowice to Suchy
Potok Interchange in Bielsko-Biala
12. 2009-PL-92003-S: Study works related with long term development of Warsaw F.
Chopin Airport
13. 2009-IT-40022-E: Italy Integration of Communication and Surveillance IP1
14. 2006-PL-92605-S: Technical documentation for the construction of S-69 expressway
Bielsko Biała-Żywiec-Zwardoń, section Przybędza-Milówka (Węgierska Górka
bypass)
15. 2008-PL-92001-S: Preliminary feasibility study for the task: modernisation and
expansion of the Katowice railway junction
16. 2008-PL-92004-S: Comprehensive study and technical documentation of development
of an International Airport Wroclaw
17. 2007-PL-92105-S: Studies on the long-term development of the International Airport
"Katowice" in Pyrzowice
21. 2006-PL-92608-S: Preparation of modernisation and extension of Warsaw Railway
Junction
22. 2008-SK-92307-S: Modernisation of corridor, state border CR/SR – Cadca-Krásno
nad Kysucou (outside) railway track
23. 2008-IT-91407-P: Functional adaptation of both road and rail networks in the stretch
Malcontenta-Fusina of "via dell'Elettronica" in the port of Marghera – Venice
24. 2007-CZ-90501-S: Reconstruction of the Railway Station Přerov
25. 2007-CZ-23020-S: Study for the upgrading of the railway line on the section
Blazovice-Nezamyslice
26. 2007-IT-91503-P: Strengthening and restructuring of the railway facilities and
network in the Marghera area – Completion of the project
27. 2006-CZ-92109-S: Studies concerning the optimisation of the railway section between
Mosty u Jablunkova at the Slovakian Border and Bystřice nad Olší
28. 2006-CZ-92101-S: Studies concerning the modernisation of the railway track line
Blazovice-Nezamyslice: preliminary design, EIA, geotechnical documentation
29. 2006-PL-92609-S: Adjustment of the John Paul II International Airport Krakow-
Balice as the TEN-T node, key airport for Malopolska Region (South-Eastern Poland)
for current and future traffic needs with safety, security and environment protection
requirements
30. 2006-EU-93017-S: Master Plan Studies for Development of the Baltic Sea
Information Motorways (BASIS)
31. 2005-SK-92804-S: Upgrading of the railway track Púchov-Žilina to a speed of 160
km/h
32. 2005-SK-92803-S: Pre-investment studies for Motorway D3 Cadca-Svrcinovec
33. 2005-SK-92801-S: Studies Motorway M1 Turany-Hubova
REGIO funding: ISPA, ERDF, Cohesion Fund
1. Smooth journey between Baltic and Adriatic waters
2. En route for growth
3. Express commitment to better road connections
4. Launch of rail transport services for Warsaw’s Fryderyk Chopin airport
5. Upgrading the S8 expressway between Powązkowska and Marki
6. Bypass for town burdened by traffic
7. Warsaw ring road gains essential new section
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8. Stage set for top-class sports and entertainment venue
9. Track and system enhancements to accelerate regional trains
10. The regeneration of Wrocław railway station
11. Construction of a new section of Wrocław’s Urban Ring Road to improve transit and
local traffic
12. New motorway to bring social, economic and environmental dividends
13. New road and bridge will smooth traffic flow
14. First rate investment in No. 1 national road in Poland
15. Intercity link upgrade runs to schedule
16. Express commitment to better road connections
17. Rail line upgrade promises quicker, safer journeys
18. Bypass to bring multiple benefits for congested town
19. Providing better rail services to Warsaw’s airport
20. New interchange will relieve busy routes
21. Warsaw links lifted by new bridge and roads
22. Rail connection between two of Poland’s big cities to receive major upgrade
23. Motorway stretch poised for upgrade
24. Extending Kraków’s Fast Tram line
25. Modernising key railway line brings many benefits
26. Tramline upgrade to support sustainable transport
27. Track and system enhancements to accelerate regional trains
28. The regeneration of Wrocław railway station
29. Rail line upgrade to reduce travel times
30. Upgrading regional rail mobility
31. Refreshed tram fleet to revitalise city's public transport
32. A new express road to bolster the Trans-European Corridor
33. Paving the way in Poland
34. New section of Poland’s A1 motorway under construction
35. New section of highway in Silesia brings major transport corridor a step closer to
completion
36. New road will improve traffic flow in Polish region of Silesia
37. Final section of cross-regional highway completed
38. Improving a crucial north-south stretch of Poland's national road network
39. Train marshalling concentrated at a single yard
40. New motorway improves links between Slovakia and neighbouring countries
41. Motorway D1 Sverepec-Vrtižer
42. Modernisation of railway line speeds up journey times on strategically important route
through northern Slovakia
43. Electrifying the railways in Jihovychod region
44. Rail junction upgrade will enhance national and cross-border journeys
45. Road enhancement brings smoother, faster traffic flow
46. Electrifying the line between Letohrad and Lichkov
47. Simplifying life on Czech roads
48. First-rate facilities for regional rail hub
49. New roads will connect regional capital to motorway network
50. Upgrade to Zábřeh-Šumperk rail line to improve transport for citizens
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North Sea-Baltic Corridor
Description
This 3200 km long Corridor will connect the Baltic ports of Helsinki/Tallinn with the North
Sea ports of Bremerhaven, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp as well as the inland port of
Brussels. It starts at the modern harbours on the Gulf of Finland of Helsinki (Vuosaari) and
Tallinn (Muuga) passing south through the three Baltic States and North Eastern Poland until
Warsaw. From there it follows the traditional East-West corridor to Lodz, Poznan and Berlin
continuing to the ports on the North Sea coast and Brussels. The Corridor will have some
branches: one to Ventspils in Latvia and another to Klaipeda and Vilnius in Lithuania.
The Corridor will for the first time provide modern transport links between Finland and the
three Baltic States and Poland, Germany and the countries of the Single Market to the West.
It encompasses the present Priority Project 27 and the Rail Freight Corridor 1 (Rotterdam -
Kaunas).
The North-Sea-Baltic Corridor crosses eight Member States and includes the following nodes
of the TEN-T core network set out in Annex II of the TEN-T guidelines:
urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to TEN-
T rail and road by
2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Helsinki
Tallinn
Riga
Ventspils
Klaipeda
Vilnius
Warszawa
Łódź
Poznań
Berlin
Hamburg
Hannover
Bremen
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Brussels
Tallinn
Riga
Warsaw
Berlin
Köln
Amsterdam
Brussels
Helsinki
Tallinn
Ventspils
Riga
Klaipeda
Hamburg
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Wilhelmshaven
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Inland core
network ports
Berlin, Hamburg
Braunschweig,
Hamm, Magdeburg
Hannover,
Dortmund
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Deventer, Hengelo
Nijmegen, Utrecht
Almelo
Antwerp, Brussels
Klaipeda
Kaunas
Vilnius
Warszawa
Łódź
Poznań
Berlin (Großbeeren)
Hamburg
Braunschweig
Hannover
Bremen
Dortmund
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
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In the network of the Core Network Corridors the North – Sea -Baltic Corridor will cross or
tangent five other Corridors namely the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, the Orient/East-Med
Corridor, the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, the Rhine Alpine Corridor and the North
Sea-Mediterranean Corridor.
Rail Freight Corridor 8
Alignment: Bremerhaven/Rotterdam/Antwerp-
Aachen/Berlin-Warsaw-Terespol/ Kaunas
Countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland,
Lithuania
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November 2015
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Presentations/RFC8%20-
%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
Main missing links
The main missing links of the North –Sea –Baltic Corridor are
The Rail Baltic project 1435 mm gauge direct line Tallinn- LT/PL border,
LT/PL border to Bialystok upgrade,
Warsaw –Bialystok upgrade,
the cross-border sections,
the cross-border operational systems, such as ERTMS (European Rail Traffic
Management System) for rail and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) for road.
Traffic management systems must be developed along the corridors and multimodal
connections with the ports should also be developed.
During the last five years there have been improvement works on the outskirts of Warsaw and
major track upgrading on the existing 1520 mm alignment in Estonia. In Latvia construction
has started on upgrading the 1520 mm line (Rail Baltica) south of Riga and work north of
Riga should start shortly. In Lithuania following the economic crisis and the lack of funds
available the authorities decided to install a dual gauge 1435/1520mm track between the
Polish border and Kaunas rather than construct a new 1435 mm direct line. This dual gauge is
complete from the Polish border to Sestokai but work needs to start on the remaining sections
to Kaunas which need to be completed by 2015.
In Poland work should start on a new direct 1435 mm line from Elk to the LT border and
widening and modernising the line from Bialystok to Elk. The Polish authorities indicate that
the new lines will be ready by 2023 the estimated date of the finishing of the Rail Baltic
construction.
Along the corridor pre-identified projects can be co-financed from the Connecting Europe
Facility (CEF) by up to 85% for the works, up to 50% for ERTMS, RIS and VTMIS and also
up to 50% for studies.
Interoperability
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
The coexistence of two gauges: Russian 1520mm gauge in the Baltic States and
Finland and 1435 mm gauge in the other Member States;
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different electrifications (3 kV DC in Estonia, Latvia and Poland, 25 kV 50 Hz in
Lithuania, 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz in Germany, 3kV DC in Belgium, 1.5kV DC in the
Netherlands), different standards with regards to train length and axle loads;
The North Sea Baltic Corridor belongs partly to ERTMS Corridor A (NL) and
Corridor F (DE, PL).
Annual reports of the EU Coordinator Pavel Telička
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
CEF: Pre-identified projects
Helsinki - Tallinn Ports, MoS
port interconnections, (further) development of
multimodal platforms and their interconnections,
icebreaking capacity, MoS
Tallinn - Riga - Kaunas - Warszawa Rail
(detailed) studies for new UIC gauge fully interoperable
line; works for new line to start before 2020; upgrading
and new line on PL territory; rail – airports/ports
interconnections, rail-road terminals, MoS
Ventspils – Riga Rail Upgrading, port interconnections, MoS
Klaipeda – Kaunas Rail Upgrading, port interconnections, MoS
Kaunas – Vilnius Rail Upgrading, airports interconnections, rail-road terminals
Via Baltica Corridor Road works for cross-border sections (EE, LV, LT, PL)
BY border - Warszawa - Poznań - DE
border Rail works on existing line, studies for high speed rail
PL Border - Berlin - Hannover -
Amsterdam/Rotterdam Rail
studies and upgrading of several sections (Amsterdam –
Utrecht – Arnhem; Hannover – Berlin)
Wilhelmshaven - Bremerhaven - Bremen Rail Studies and works
Berlin - Magdeburg – Hannover,
Mittellandkanal, West-German Canals,
Rhine, Waal, Noordzeekanaal, IJssel,
Twentekanaal
IWW studies, works for better navigability and upgrading
waterways and locks
Amsterdam locks & Amsterdam -
Rijnkanaal IWW
locks studies ongoing; port: interconnections (studies
and works, including Beatrix lock upgrade)
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. The inter-ministerial Task Force (TF)
Countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Observers: Finland, Poland)
This group which was set up in June 2012 is the overall coordination vehicle for the
project. Since then 4 meetings have been held as well as two working group meetings to
discuss the Joint Venture Study. Rules of Procedure were adopted in May 2013.
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2. The Rail Baltic Joint Venture (JV)
Countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Observers: Finland, Poland)
Due to be set up in July 2013
3. The Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC)
Countries: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany (coordinated by the
City of Helsinki and Aalto University).
Part financed by INTERREG
The RBGC is a stakeholder support
organisation which believes in the economic
development along the RB alignment. It was
set up in 2010 under an Interreg funded programme by the City of Helsinki and
coordinated by Aalto University business school. It attempts to create a cooperation
platform: the "Rail Baltica Transport Forum" to enhance interaction and policy dialogue
between high-level decision makers in the field of transport and regional development
within the Baltic Sea region. The "Rail Baltica Transport Forum" is working to create a
"Rail Baltica Growth Strategy", which communicates perspectives and challenges of
transport and economic development, and gives direct input for local and regional
development plans. The strategy strives to observe the needs of both the transport sector
and customers in line with the Green Corridor principles. The RBGC invites cities,
regions, transport sector, and ministries to build a common action plan to gain momentum
to the introduction of a truly transnational, customer-friendly, effective and sustainable
"Rail Baltic" connection. Membership of the group includes 21 cities, regions and
universities. www.rbgc.eu
4. The Rail Baltica Growth Corridor Russia
RBGC Russia promotes the development of transport and logistics networks between
North-West Russia and EU-states in Eastern Baltic Sea Region.
RBGC Russia is a sister project for Rail Baltica Growth Corridor, extending the activities
of the mother project beyond the EU borders
and involving North-West Russia in the
political dialogue about Rail Baltica. The
project provides the stakeholders analysis in
the private and public sectors of the North-
West Russia transport industry and implement
several pilot activities. http://www.rbgc.eu/fi/rbgc_russia/activities.html
5. TEN-T CORRIDOR 2: JOINING
FORCES FOR A COMPETITIVE
LOW-CARBON CORRIDOR
Countries: Netherlands, Germany, Poland
Together with regional and local partners
along the East-West Corridor from the
Dutch provinces Overijssel and Gelderland, the German federal states Nordrhein-
Westfalen and Niedersachsen and in Poland, EUREGIO initiated Corridor 2, starting with
the big conference in Osnabrück in November 2012 and giving impulses for drafts of
future studies on specific themes and challenges along this corridor. EUREGIO 129
German and Dutch municipalities and communities with about 3.37 million inhabitants.
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The intention of the project “Corridor 2” is to improve the cooperation along the future
North Sea-Baltic Corridor. The EUREGIO chairs the transnational initiative to create a
smoothly operating, green corridor, enhancing the economic and socio-cultural
performance of its adjacent cities and regions. The consortium is already tri-national with
stakeholders from governments, the private sector, universities and knowledge institutes.
It develops a corridor-wide project with different work packages. www.corridor2.eu and
www.euregio.de.
6. Kammerunion Elbe/Oder (KEO)
The Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO) is a consortium of German, Polish and Czech
chambers of industry and commerce between IHK Flensburg (DE) and
Hradec Králové (CZ), which jointly represent the interests of
companies in the region at a national and European level. In 2010,
37.6 million people lived in the represented region, representing a
market share of 7.5% of the EU population. The gross domestic
product of the KEO region in 2008 was 716.6 billion Euros, equal to
5.7% of the total EU GDP. http://www.kammerunion.eu (only DE).
Recently a study was published: “Economic Development
Perspectives of the Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO)”
http://www.hwwi.org/uploads/tx_wilpubdb/HWWI_Policy_Report_Nr18_engl_WEB.PD
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7. Studies
COWI study 2006: Funded by DG REGIO this was the first in-depth study on the
economic and commercial possibilities of a new north/south Baltic rail link.
AECOM study 2011: This second study looked exclusively into the aspects of a new
1435mm double track electrified line connecting Helsinki/Tallinn with Riga and
Kaunas.
TRINITI study 2013: The purpose of this study was to review the various structures
for a JOINT VENTURE used in similar previous major international infrastructure
projects and to propose a structure for the implementation of the RB project. It was
adopted in May 2013.
Ambrasaite I., Barfod M.B., Salling K.B. (2011): MCDA and Risk Analysis in
Transport Infrastructure Appraisals: the Rail Baltica Case, Procedia - Social and
Behavioral Sciences, No. 20, pp. 944-953
Beim M., Majewski J., (2012): Rail Baltica Growth Corridor Work Package 4 Final
Report
Busłowska, A. (2011): The Rail Baltica Growth Corridor – new perspectives for the
rail corridor development. Rail Baltica. Communication Review No. 3-4, pp. 42-44
Butkevičius J. (2007): Development of passenger transportation by railroad from
Lithuania to European States, Transport No. 22:2, pp. 73-79
EU-CONSULT Sp. z o.o. (2011): Private transport market stakeholders in the area of
Rail Baltica
Heiland M., Kämmerer G., Fejér S. (2012): Shifting Road- to Railway-Transport in
the Region of Ludwigsfelde
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Heiland, M., Kämmerer, G. and Winter, M. (2012): INIS - Intermodal Node
Information System for the Rail Baltica Growth Corridor
Hilmola O.-P., Karamysheva M., Henttu V. (2013) : Logistics of North-West
Russia and Rail Baltica:Standpoints of Private Sector
Hilmola, O.-P. (2011): Rail Baltica Influence Area: State of Operating Environment.
Hilmola, O.P. (2011): Should Czech Republic and Slovakia Have Rail Baltica
Strategy?, Quality, Innovation and Prosperity Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 5-16.
INDICATOR Centre of Marketing Research (2012): The operation of the transport
market and the new solutions recommended under the RBGC project
Jonaitis J. & Butkevičius J. (2005): Analysis of the possibilities of building the
railway Rail Baltica in Lithuania, Transport No. 20:5, pp. 204-213
Kovács G., Spens K. (2006): Transport infrastructure in the Baltic States post-EU
succession, Journal of Transport Geography No. 14, Issue 6, pp. 426-436
Laisi, M., Henttu, V. and Hilmola, O.-P. (2011): Enhancing Accessibility of Rail
Baltic Influence Area: Standpoints of Public Sector
Massel, A. (2006): Rail Baltica – the 1st Pan-European Transport Corridor, Rail
Transport Technology No. 7-8, pp. 42-46
Nazarko J., Urban J. (2010): The Rail Baltica Growth Corridor and the development
of logistical services, Economy and Management No. 4/2010, pp. 73-81
Paajanen, M. and Mattila, M. (2010): Rail Baltica Growth Corridor, Railway
Market – Central and Eastern European Review No. 3/2010 (16), pp. 30-31
Paajanen, M. and Mattila, M. (2011): Rail Baltica Growth Corridor, Government
Gazette October 2011, pp. 35
Saranen J., Hilmola O., Laisi M. (2011): Public Sector Actors' Views on Rail
Baltica, Scientific Journal of Riga Technical University Vol. 3, pp. 77-81.
Dobrzynski M., Dziekonski, K. (2013): Cross-border cargo train services in Poland,
RESEARCH REPORT (forthcoming, draft available)
Bräuninger, Stiller, Teuber, Wedemeier: “Economic Development Perspectives of
the Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO)”, Hamburg 2013,
http://www.hwwi.org/uploads/tx_wilpubdb/HWWI_Policy_Report_Nr18_engl_WEB.
TEN-T Funding since 2005
PP 27 Rail Baltica
1. 2011-LV-93133-S Preliminary design of Latvian railway network electrification
2. 2009-LV-00038-E Integration of Riga City and Riga Port into the TEN-T network;
construction of Viestura-Meza interchange
3. 2007-LV-27060-P Reconstruction/upgrading: cross-border section north Valmiera-Valka
and cross-border section south Jelgava-LT border 2) Reconstruction/upgrading Sigulda-
Valmiera
4. 2007-LV-91801-S Integration of Riga City and Riga Port into the TEN-T network:
Completion of studies for Riga Northern Transport Corridor
5. Northern Transport Corridor
6. 2007-LV-27050-S Studies for a European gauge line (Latvian studies)
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7. 2007-LT-27040-S Studies for Rail Baltica, Lithuanian part
8. 2007-LT-27030-P 1) Upgrading of existing railway line on the cross-border section
PL/LT state border-Marijampole 2) Cross-border section Siauliai - LV border.
Reconstruction/upgrading
9. 2007-EE-27020-P Cross-border section Tartu-Valga railway reconstruction / upgrading
10. 2007-EE-27010-S Studies for a European gauge line for Rail Baltica (Estonian section)
11. 2006-PL-92608-S Preparation of modernisation and extension of Warsaw Railway
Junction
12. 2006-LT-92401-S Preparation of territorial planning documents and technical designs for
Rail Baltica link from Lithuanian/Polish border to Kaunas
13. 2005-PL-92606-S Feasibility study and technical studies of the GSM-R system in TEN-T
Rail network in Poland
14. 2005-LV-92301-S Integration of Riga City and Riga Port into the TEN-T network:
Completion of studies for Riga Northern Transport Corridor
PP21 Motorways of the Sea/Ports
1. 2011-EU-21005-S LNG in Baltic Sea Ports
2. 2010-EU-21108-P The Baltic Sea Hub and Spokes Project
3. 2009-LT-91600-S Feasibility study and environmental impact assessment of Klaipeda
port expansion constructing the Outer port
4. 2008-LV-91500-S Elaboration of study and detail design for the project "Reconstruction
of Access channel for ships entrance into Riga port"
5. 2008-EU-21015-P Motorways of the Sea projects in the Baltic Sea Area Klaipéda-
Karlshamn link
6. 2008-LV-91500-S Elaboration of study and detail design for the project "Reconstruction
of Access channel for ships entrance into Riga port"
7. 2007-LV-91802-S Study of sustainable infrastructure development of Ventspils Free Port
and of secure and effective access to the existing territory of the port
ERTMS
1. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
2. 2007-EU-60440-P ERTMS on-board equipment of Thalys locomotives
3. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
4. 2007-DE-60080-P ETCS Trackside equipment of the first part (Aachen-Oberausen) of
the German part of the Corridor F Aachen-Warsaw / Belarus
5. 2007-DE-60490-P Equipment of the Railion Deutschland AG locomotives
6. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
7. 2009-EU-60138-P Retrofitment of locomotives with onboard ETCS equipment
8. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
9. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
8. 2011-PL-60002-P Development of ERTMS/ETCS Level 1 system on the E20/CE20 line,
at the Kunowice-Warsaw section
9. 2011-PL-60001-P Retrofitting of 9 ES64U4 "Husarz" (EU44) locomotives with ETCS
SRS 3.x.0 and line tests on the railway infrastructure equipped with ETCS Level 1 and 2
SRS 2.3.0 in Poland, Czech Republic and Austria
Others
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1. 2011-EU-95090-S Preparatory studies and activities of the RFC8 organisational structures
Bremerhaven/Rotterdam/Antwerp-Aachen/Berlin-Warsaw-Terespol (Poland-Belarus
border)/Kaunas for the corridor to become operational by 10 November 2015
2. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using Telematic
Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by RNE for rail
corridors
3. 2009-EU-90002-S Baltic Transport Outlook 2030
4. 2009-EU-40068-E Airborne Datalink Equipment
5. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring and
electronic path request systems
6. 2007-EU-40010-S SESAR SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) – Development
Phase
7. 2007-EU-15010-S Trans-European Satellite Navigation System (Galileo): Development
and validation phase
REGIO funding: ISPA, ERDF, Cohesion Fund
1. Busy road junction gets major overhaul
2. Redesigning roads for safer, faster travel
3. Upgrading the E20 Tallinn-Narva road
4. New trains modernise Riga’s suburban rail
5. Riga airport expands to welcome more passengers
6. Improving Latvian road links
7. Back on track with Latvian rail
8. Better road links between Latvian and Russian ports
9. Riga’s port cargo operations to be moved away from city centre 10. New bypass will ease congestion in busy Vilnius
11. Bypass for town burdened by traffic
12. Warsaw ring road gains essential new section
13. Rail line upgrade promises quicker, safer journeys
14. Bypass to bring multiple benefits for congested town
15. New motorway to bring social, economic and environmental dividends
16. Providing better rail services to Warsaw’s airport
17. New interchange will relieve busy routes
18. Warsaw links lifted by new bridge and roads
19. Rail connection between two of Poland’s big cities to receive major upgrade
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Mediterranean Corridor
Description
The Mediterranean Corridor will link ports in the south western Mediterranean region to the
Ukrainian border with Hungary, following the coastlines of Spain, France, and crossing the
Alps towards the east.
This corridor of about 3,000 km, integrating Priority Projects 3 and 6, ERTMS corridor D and
based mainly on rail freight corridor 6, will provide a multimodal link to the ports of the
western Mediterranean with the centre of the EU. It will also create an east-west link through
the southern part of the EU, contribute to intermodality in sensitive areas such as the Pyrenees
and the Alps and connect some of the major touristic areas of the EU with high speed trains.
Urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to TEN-
T rail and road by
2030
rail-road terminals
Algeciras
Sevilla
Madrid
Valencia
Tarragona
Barcelona
Marseille
Lyon
Torino
Milano
Venezia
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Budapest
Budapest
Ljubljana
Venezia
Trieste
Koper
Rijeka
Inland core
network ports
Marseille
Venezia
Trieste
Ravenna
Cremona
Mantova
Budapest (Csepel)
Antequera (Bobadilla)
Zaragoza
Barcelona
Marseille – Miramas
Lyon
Torino
Novara
Milano Smistamento
Verona
Padova
Cervignano
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Budapest - Soroksár
Rail Freight Corridor 6
Alignment: Almería-Valencia/Madrid-Zaragoza/
Barcelona-Marseille- Lyon-Turin-Milan-Verona-Padua/
Venice-Trieste/ Koper- Ljubljana-Budapest-Zahony
(Hungarian-Ukrainian border)
Countries: Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November
2013
http://www.corridord.eu/ and
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Presentations/RFC6%20-
%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
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Main missing links
The main missing sections are the new cross border rail links between France and Italy
("Lyon-Turin") and between Italy and Slovenia ("Trieste-Divača). Multimodal connections
with the ports in Spain have to be developed and some railway sections in Italy need to be
upgraded in order to remove key bottlenecks.
Interoperablity
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
The coexistence of two gauges; different electrifications (25kV AC in high-speed networks and in HU, 3kV DC on
conventional lines in Spain and Italy, 1.5 kV DC in Southern France – conventional
lines), different standards with regards to train length and axle loads;
the Mediterranean Corridor belongs to the ERTMS Corridor D.
Modal integration
Exploiting the multimodal dimension will require further development of efficient,
interoperable multimodal centres along the corridor (both and rail-road terminals and Inland
Waterways ports), able to attract private operators and generate additional demand.
Success stories
1. A recent success story: the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed line
The Madrid-Barcelona high speed line was opened in February 2008. This new 621
km line reduced the journey time between the two cities from 5 hours on a Talgo train
in 1996 to 2 hours 38 minutes today. It has attracted millions of passengers from air
and road transport because of the standards of comfort and a seamless city to city
connection. By 2009, the line was taking 5.8 million passengers, almost seven times as
many as use the conventional rail line. This line is now being extended towards France
via the Perpignan-Figueras cross-border tunnel, linking Spain to the trans-European
high speed network. The Madrid-Barcelona line has drastically cut back passenger
numbers on the saturated air route between the two cities.
2. An imminent success story: Barcelona-Perpignan
The works on-going will allow, by 2012, the connection of the Spanish and French
high speed networks and at the same time create a high capacity link for rail freight.
The journey from Barcelona to Perpignan will shrink from around 4 h to 50', allowing
travel from Barcelona to Paris in around four hours! The works that are advancing
well have allowed provisional services to be put in place (although not yet exploiting
the full potential of the line, 2h30' instead of more than five hours, plus train change in
Figueras) attracting more than 20,000 users in its first partially operational month. In
addition, the first seamless cross-border freight service for France and Spain has been
launched, allowing long-range train services in UIC gauge with high performance
standards to take place in the Iberian Peninsula. The promising "Barlyon" service was
launched in January 2011, with four weekly couples of 750 m long trains, that have
connected the port of Barcelona with Lyon and beyond with Germany and Benelux.
After two months in operation the service was expanded to daily trains following a
sharp increase in demand
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Annual reports of the EU Coordinator Carlo Secchi (PP3 and PP19)
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
Annual reports of the EU Coordinator Laurens Jans Brinkhorst
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
CEF: Pre-identified projects
Algeciras - Madrid Rail studies ongoing, works to be launched before 2015, to be
completed 2020
Sevilla - Antequera - Granada - Almería -
Cartagena - Murcia - Alicante - Valencia Rail studies and works
Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona Rail Upgrading of existing lines (gauge, sidings, platforms)
Valencia - Tarragona - Barcelona Rail construction between 2014 - 2020
Barcelona Port interconnections rail with port and airport
Barcelona - Perpignan Rail
cross-border section, works ongoing, new line completed
by 2015, upgrading existing line (gauge, sidings,
platforms)
Perpignan - Montpellier Rail bypass Nîmes - Montpellier to be operational in 2017,
Montpellier - Perpignan for 2020
Lyon Rail Relieving Lyon bottlenecks: studies and works
Lyon – Avignon – Marseille Rail upgrading
Lyon - Torino Rail cross-border section, works base tunnel ; studies and
works access routes
Milano - Brescia Rail partially upgrading, partially new high-speed line
Brescia - Venezia - Trieste Rail
works to start before 2014 on several sections in synergy
with upgrading actions undertaken in overlapping
stretches as in Baltic Adriatic Corridor
Milano – Cremona- Mantova – Porto
Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste IWW Studies and works
Cremona, Mantova, Venezia, Ravenna,
Trieste Inland Ports
Port interconnections, (further) development of
multimodal platforms
Trieste - Divača Rail studies and partial upgrading ongoing; cross-border
section to be realised until after 2020
Koper - Divača - Ljubljana – Pragersko Rail studies and upgrading/partially new line
Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest Rail Studies and works (including construction of new track
and second track between Rijeka and HU border )
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Rijeka Port Infrastructure upgrading and development, development
of multimodal platforms and interconnections
Ljubljana – Zagreb Rail Studies and works
Ljubljana node Rail rail node Ljubljana, including multi-modal platform; rail
airport interconnection
Pragersko - Zalalövö Rail cross-border section: studies, works to start before 2020
Lendava - Letenye Road cross-border upgrading
Boba- Székesfehérvár Rail upgrading
Budapest-Miskolc-UA border Rail upgrading
Vásárosnamény-UA border Road cross-border upgrading
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. New Railway Link Lyon-Turin (part of PP6): Cost-benefit analysis (summary):
http://www.governo.it/GovernoInforma/Dossier/TAV/
Presentazione_analisi_costi_benefici-NLTL.pdf
2. COWI/Ecorys study "Estimation des potentialités du trafic fret à travers les Alpes"
(with list of previous studies on Lyon-Turin on page 75): http://www.pedz.uni-
mannheim.de/daten/edz-os/gdv/06/2006_12_cowi_fr.pdf
3. Cross-border railway line Trieste-Divača (PP6): Feasibility studies (not published)
4. RFC 6: Transport market study (May 2013): http://www.corridord.eu/doc/further-
information/ (see under presentations2.zip\Railway Undertakings Advisory Group)
5. INTERALPES (INTERREG project, part of ALCOTRA Alpes Latines Coopération
Transfrontalières), http://www.interalpes.eu
6. ERTMS Corridor D: General information, http://www.corridord.eu
7. Rail Net Europe (RNE) corridors C06 and C08
1) Network Statements – overview page: http://www.rne.eu/members_ns.html
2) Corridor brochures C06 and C08: http://www.rne.eu/download/items/corridor-
6.html, http://www.rne.eu/download/items/corridor-8.html
TEN-T Funding
PP3 High-speed railway axis of southwest Europe
1. 2000-ES-603-S High Speed Railway Line Madrid-Barcelona-French border
2. 2006-FR-304a-S TGV Sud: Nîmes-Montpellier-Perpignan section (preliminary
studies) and terminal installations in the Perpignan-Figueras section
3. 2007-EU-03110-P Works for construction of a high speed railway section between
Perpignan and Figueras
4. 2007-FR-03010-P High speed railway line between Nîmes and Perpignan, works and
studies for bypassing Nîmes and Montpellier
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5. 2008-ES-92510-S Studies and projects for the development of the rail section
Talayuela-Cáceres
6. 2008-ES-92512-P Upgrading of the Barcelona-France line and access for operating an
international gauge
7. 2008-ES-92514-P Corridor linking Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona-Figueras-Perpignan-
Montpellier-Nimes: Railway bypass of Figueras
8. 2011-ES-93137-P Adaptation of the Port of Barcelona railway network to standard
(UIC) gauge
9. 2011-FR-93047-S Railway bypass round the Lyon conglomeration – Studies in
preparation for the northern section implementation phase
10. 2011-FR-94036-S Construction of the Nimes and Montpellier stations on the new
mixed high speed line of the Nimes and Montpellier (NJC) bypass
PP6 Railway axis Lyon-Trieste-Divača/Koper-Divača-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ukrainian
border
2005-EU-603a-S New Lyon-Turin Rail Link – International Section
1. 2005-IT-606a-S Strenghtening of the Turin-Modane line and Turin freight belt
2. 2005-IT-90901-S New AV/AC line Venezia-Trieste-(Lubiana) in Italian territory:
sections project
3. 2006-HU-92202-S Preparation of Design and Tender Documentation for Railways
Station Szolnok, Detailed Design and Tender Documentation for Railways Line
Debrecen-Záhony, Preparation activities for ETCS2 and for Sub-Stations for Szajol-
Záhony Railways Line Section
4. 2006-HU-92204-S Preparation of Detailed Design and Tender Documentation
(Infrastructure and Signalling) for the Implementation Works of the Railways Line
Szekesfehervar-Boba
5. 2007-EU-06010-P New Lyon-Turin Rail Link – Franco-Italian Common Part of the
International Section (Studies and Works
6. 2007-EU-06030-S Cross-border railway line Trieste/Divača: study and design of the
Trieste-Divača-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ukrainian border
7. 2007-FR-91209-S Lyon-Turin railway project: French accesses to the Base Tunnel
8. 2007-HU-06100-S Studies for preparation of approval of the railway line section
Budapest-Keleti-Miskolc-Nyiregyhaza
9. 2007-IT-06020-S Section Ronchi Sud-Trieste: Priority Project 6 – national section
10. 2008-FR-90902-S Rail project Lyon-Turin: studies on French access routes to base
tunnel
11. 2008-IT-91403-S Completion of final design of the Treviglio-Brescia Section, on the
Milano-Verona high speed/high capacity line
12. 2008-SI-92400-S Working out of preliminary studies for the construction of the new
line of high capacity/high speed line Divača-Ljubljana
13. 2008-SI-92401-S Working out of preliminary studies for the construction of the new
line of high capacity/high speed line Ljubljana-Zidani Most
14. 2009-IT-06047-E Hub of Torino, section Susa-Stura, Priority Project 6, removal of
bottleneck
15. 2010-SI-92232-S Elaboration of the executive design for upgrading of the section of
the railway line Poljcane-Pragersko
16. 2011-IT-93095-P Treviglio-Brescia HS/HC section: civil works phase
17. 2011-IT-93097-P Turin-Padua: technological improvements to the efficiency of the
Milan railway junction
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ERTMS
1. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
2. 2011-EU-60006-P ERTMS upgrade to ETCS Baseline 2 (version 2.3.0d) for the
Perpignan-Figueras high speed line
3. 2011-NL-60003-P Prototyping, testing, renewed authorisation for placing in service
and the retrofit of Siemens ES64U2 locomotives with ETCS L1/L2 2.3.0.d for
Corridor A, B and E networks in DE, AT, HU and CH
4. 2011-IT-60002-P Upgrading of ERTMS system on Trenitalia fleet to 2.3.0.d version
5. 2011-ES-60001-P Upgrade of Spanish HS Lines and Trains to ERTMS 2.3.0.d
6. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
7. 2009-EU-60122-P Deployment of ERTMS on Corridor D: Valencia to Budapest
8. 2009-IT-60102-P Upgrade of Roma-Napoli and Torino-Novara high speed lines in
order to ensure compatibility with ERTMS version 2.3.0d
9. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
10. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring
and electronic path request systems
11. 2007-EU-60120-P ERTMS Implementation on the Railway Corridor D (Valencia-
Budapest)
12. 2007-SI-60460-S Implementation of the GSM-R system in Slovenian railway network
13. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
14. 2006-IT-90906-S Study on the migration from the system SCMT to ETCS
MoS, Inland waterways
1. 2009-IT-00033-E Infrastructural improvements in the inland waterways system of
Northern Italy
2. 2009-IT-91406-S Strategic project for the development of the accessibility and
hinterland connections from the port of Venice to the TEN-T network
3. 2009-IT-91405-S Studies for the infrastructural improvement of Northern Italy
Waterway System
4.
5. 2009-IT-00073-E Implementation of nautical accessibility in the port of Venice-
Marghera: operational and remedial dredging in two stretches of the west and south
ship canals
6.
7. 2010-EU-21106-S ITS Adriatic multi-port gateway
8. 2010-IT-70203-S Studies for the Development of the RIS Operability along the
Northern Italy Waterway System
9. 2010-IT-92244-S ADRIATIC GATEWAY: the improvement of northern Adriatic
ports and the building of a strategic corridor for multimodal transport
Multi-modal
1. 2010-ES-91137-S Preparation of detailed design for Valencia-Fuente de San Luis and
Madrid-Vicálvaro railway freight terminals
2. 2009-ES-92510-S Intermodal logistics platform Vilamalla/el Far d'Empordà: previous
studies and projects for the establishment of an intermodal logistics platform to the
south of the Spanish-French border
3. 2008-IT-91408-S Feasibility study of Marco Polo Venice International Airport
Intermodality Node
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4. 2006-SI-92702-S Master plan at Ljubljana Airport including railway connection to
Ljubljana and Kranj (new railway line Ljubljana-Jesenice) in consideration of
European Union laws, e.g. security regulations
REGIO funding: ISPA, ERDF, Cohesion Fund
1. Consolidation des liaisons ferroviaires espagnoles
2. New railway station – pivotal link for transport networks
3. Extension of the northern sector of port of Valencia
4. Modernisation of the Ljubljana–Zidani Most–Maribor Railway Line
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Orient/East-Med Corridor
Description
This long north-south eastern Corridor will connect central Europe with the maritime
interfaces of the North, Baltic, Black and Mediterranean seas, making the best of Motorways
of the Sea ports. Along Priority Projects 7 and 22, and integrating ERTMS corridor E and rail
freight corridor 7, it will foster the development of those ports as major multimodal logistic
platforms and will improve the multimodal connections of major economic centres in Central
Europe to the coastline, using rivers such as the Elbe and the Danube. The Orient/East-Med
Corridor crosses eight Member States and includes the following nodes of the TEN-T core
network set out in Annex II of the TEN-T guidelines:
urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to TEN-
T rail and road by
2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Hamburg
Berlin
Praha
Ostrava
Bratislava
Wien
Budapest
Sofia
Thessaloniki
Athina
Hamburg
Berlin
Praha
Wien
Budapest
Athina
Hamburg
Rostock
Burgas
Athina (Piraeus)
Lemesos
Inland core
network ports
Hamburg
Berlin
Decin
Praha (Holesovice)
Pardubice
Melnik
Wien
Budapest (Csepel)
Hamburg
Bremen
Rostock
Berlin
Decin
Praha
Ostrava
Prerov
Bratislava
Wien
Budapest (Soroksar)
Craiova
Timisoara
Sofia
Plovdiv
Thessaloniki
Patras
Athina (Piraeus/
Thriasso Pedio)
Rail Freight Corridor 7
Alignment: Prague-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest,
Bucharest, Constanta, Vidin, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Athens
Countries: Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Greece
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November
2013
http://www.rfc7.eu/ and
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Pre
sentations/RFC7%20-
%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
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Main missing links
The main missing links are numerous, since most of the multimodal connections between
Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece remain to be built. The Danube and Elbe also need
important upgrading to be able to attract traffic flows. Cross-border traffic management
systems on rail and inland waterways should also be implemented on many sections.
Interoperablity
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
different electrifications (3 kV DC in Poland, 3kV D in Czech Republic and Slovakia,
25 kV 50 Hz in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, 15 kV 16 Hz in Austria and
Germany), different standards with regards to train length and axle loads;
the Orient/East-Med Corridor belongs partly to the ERTMS Corridor E (AT, SK, HU).
Modal integration
Exploiting the multimodal dimension will require further development of efficient,
interoperable multimodal centres along the corridor (both and rail-road terminals and Inland
Waterways ports), able to attract private operators and generate additional demand.
Success story
Rail development along the north – south line from Budapest until Athens
The Commission is already granting EU support for a study that will analyse traffic flows and
potential development of a rail link that will connect Budapest with Bucharest and Athens via
Timisoara, Vidin-Calafat and Thessaloniki. The link is not fully operational at the current
time and support is directly needed for creating the right preconditions for development along
this line, preparing investments in the oncoming multi-annual financial framework.
Annual reports of the EU Coordinator Gilles Savary
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
Priority Projects 2010 - A Detailed Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/european-coordinators/doc/progress_report_longer_version_18jan2011_final2.pdf
CEF: Pre-identified projects
Dresden - Praha Rail studies for high-speed rail
Praha Rail upgrading, freight bypass; rail connection airport
Praha – Breclav Rail upgrading
Hamburg – Dresden – Praha – Pardubice IWW Elbe and Vltava studies, works for better navigability
and upgrading
Děčín locks IWW studies
Prague - Brno - Breclav Rail upgrading, including rail node Brno and multi-modal
platform
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Breclav – Bratislava Rail cross-border, upgrading
Bratislava – Hegyeshalom Rail cross-border, upgrading
Mosonmagyaróvár – SK Border Road cross border upgrading
Tata – Biatorbágy Rail upgrading
Budapest – Arad – Timişoara – Calafat Rail upgrading in HU nearly completed, ongoing in RO
Vidin – Sofia – Burgas/TR border
Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athens/Piraeus Rail
studies and works Vidin – Sofia – Thessaloniki - Athens;
upgrading Sofia – Burgas/TR border
Vidin – Craiova Road Cross-border upgrading
Thessaloniki, Igoumenitsa Port Infrastructure upgrading and development, multimodal
interconnections
Athens/Piraeus/Heraklion – Lemesos Port, MoS port capacity and multimodal interconnections
Lemesos – Lefkosia
Ports,
multimodal
platforms
upgrading of modal interconnection, including Lefkosia
South Orbital, studies and works, traffic managament
systems
Lefkosia – Larnaca Multimodal
platforms
Multimodal interconnections and telematic applications
systems
Patras Port Port interconnections, (further) development of
multimodal platforms
Athina - Patras Rail studies and works, port interconnections
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. Preparatory studies on the Athens-Hegyeshalom route
Co-financed by the TEN-T programme and supervised by the TEN-T Executive
Agency, the first phase of this study involves analysis of the technical, commercial,
financial, operational and socio-economic characteristics of the main route between
the four countries in the south-east area of PP22 in order to propose common technical
and operational characteristics for the four countries and to make specific
recommendations for different sections of the route. In the second phase, the analysis
will be used by the Member States to carry out preliminary studies in preparation for
the implementation of the recommendations resulting from the first phase.
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The first phase of the study took place over the course of 2011 and came to an end
with the start of the second phase in 2012 as scheduled. The work of the consultants
and Greek authorities responsible for the coordination of the works was very efficient
and comprehensive and enabled the Member States to gain a better understanding and
overview of the route, both on their national territories and those of neighbouring
countries. The meetings of the steering group were merged with those of the PP22
Correspondents Group, as both served similar cooperation and information-sharing
purposes. Consequently, all members of the Correspondents Group, including the
different services of the European Institutions, were able to benefit from the
information available.
The studies as part of the second phase are due to start in the second half of 2012 and
will focus on specific sections selected by the Member States on the basis of the
recommendations of the first phase. The scope of the studies is adapted to the specific
requirements of the sections, including environmental impact studies, design studies,
feasibility studies and cross-border interoperability studies. No fewer than 14 studies
are scheduled up to 2015, ensuring continued cooperation and providing a solid
foundation for the future development of the sections concerned.
2. Study on the implementation of PP22
The objective of the second study is to analyse the implications of the implementation
of PP22 with high ambitions in terms of standards (speeds of 160 km/h, double-track
over the whole route). The study will therefore examine the benefits to be expected in
terms of increased traffic and economic and social development of the regions
concerned, as well as the environmental and financial impact of the project.
Consequently, the study will provide a clear and comprehensive view of the
development of PP22, enable analysis of investment requirements in relation to antici-
pated benefits under different scenarios, providing both an overview and a country-by-
country analysis. This approach will provide essential data for determining the
investment levels required to exploit the full potential of PP22.
3. Kammerunion Elbe/Oder (KEO)
The Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO) is a consortium of German,
Polish and Czech chambers of industry and commerce between
IHK Flensburg (DE) and Hradec Králové (CZ), which jointly
represent the interests of companies in the region at a national and
European level. In 2010, 37.6 million people lived in the
represented region, representing a market share of 7.5% of the EU
population. The gross domestic product of the KEO region in 2008
was 716.6 billion Euros, equal to 5.7% of the total EU GDP.
http://www.kammerunion.eu (only DE)
Bräuninger, Stiller, Teuber, Wedemeier: “Economic Development Perspectives of the
Elbe/Oder Chamber Union (KEO)”, Hamburg 2013,
http://www.hwwi.org/uploads/tx_wilpubdb/HWWI_Policy_Report_Nr18_engl_WEB.
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TEN-T Funding since 2005
PP 21 Motorways of the Sea
1. 2011-EU-21007-S: COSTA (framework conditions for the use of LNG for ships in the
Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea)
2. 2011-EU-21001-M Adriatic Motorways of the Sea (ADRIAMOS)
3. 2010-EU-21105-S MIELE
4. 2010-EU-21102-S Monitoring and Operation Services for Motorways of the Sea
(MOS4MOS)
PP 22 Railway axis Athina–Sofia–Budapest–Wien–Praha–Nürnberg/Dresden
1. 2011-EL-93020-S Remaining studies to complete the upgrading of the main rail axis
Athens-Thessaloniki in the section ATHENS R.S. (KM 9+700 ) - AHARNES
ATTICA (KM 22+300)
2. 2009-CZ-90503-S Modernisation of railway section Veseli and Luznici-Tábor-II part,
Veseli and Luznici-Doubi u Tábora-detailed design
3. 2009-CZ-90502-S Modernisation of the Tábor-Sudoměřice u Tábora line - detailed
design
4. 2009-CZ-90500-S Modernisation of the Nemanice-Sevetin railway section -
preliminary design
5. 2008-CZ-23466-S Optimisation of Railway section Prague Hostivar - Prague main
railway station detailed design
6. 2007-HU-22020-S Preparation of design for approval for the railway line section
Biatorbagy (incl.)-Tata (excl.)
7. 2007-EU-22070-S Studies for the development of the Railway Priority Project 22
8. 2007-CZ-90503-S Reconstruction of the Olomouc Railway Station
9. 2007-CZ-22090-S Geotechnical and design studies for the construction of new rail
connection Praha-Beroun
ERTMS
1. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
2. 2011-PL-60001-P Retrofitting of 9 ES64U4 "Husarz" (EU44) locomotives with ETCS
SRS 3.x.0 and line tests on the railway infrastructure equipped with ETCS Level 1 and
2 SRS 2.3.0 in Poland, Czech Republic and Austria
3. 2011-NL-60003-P Prototyping, testing, renewed authorisation for placing in service
and the retrofit of Siemens ES64U2 locomotives with ETCS L1/L2 2.3.0.d for
Corridor A, B and E networks in DE, AT, HU and CH
4. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
5. 2009-HU-60139-P Retrofitting of MÁV-TRAKCIÓ locomotives with ETCS
equipment to be operated on “Corridor E”
6. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
7. 2009-EU-60122-P Deployment of ERTMS on Corridor D: Valencia to Budapest
8. 2009-AT-60147-P ERTMS deployment on Corridor E (Dresden-Constanta) Austrian
vehicles
9. 2009-CZ-60145-P Rail Corridor E ERTMS/ETCS in the section of German border-
Decín-Prague-Kolín
10. 2007-CZ-60010-P Corridor E: Trackside equipment in the Czech Republic
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11. 2007-CZ-60020-P ERTMS deployment on Corridor E (Dresden-Budapest): On-board
Equipment of Ceské dráhy, a.s.
12. 2007-EU-60120-P ERTMS Implementation on the Railway Corridor D (Valencia-
Budapest)
13. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
14. 2007-DE-60490-P Equipment of the Railion Deutschland AG locomotives
15. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
REGIO funding: ISPA, ERDF, Cohesion Fund
1. Electrifying the railways in Jihovychod region
2. Rail junction upgrade will enhance national and cross-border journeys
3. Bypass will take pressure off residential areas
4. Revamp on the cards for Prague station
5. Electrifying the line between Letohrad and Lichkov
6. Simplifying life on Czech roads
7. Optimising the railway line between Benešov u Prahy and Strančice
8. European boost to travel between the Czech Republic and Austria
9. Major motorway a step closer to completion
10. Railway optimisation in the Czech Republic
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Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor
Description
This multi-modal corridor north–south Corridor, based in part on a series of Priority Projects
(1, 11, 12 and 20), ERTMS corridor B and Rail freight corridor 3, is a crucial axis for the
European economy, linking the major urban centres in Germany and Italy to Scandinavia and
the Mediterranean.
The longest of the 10 TEN-T Core Network Corridors starts at the Finnish-Russian border,
and goes via Helsinki, Stockholm and Malmö to the European mainland. There it continues
via the German seaports of Hamburg and Rostock, following the major traffic flows in the
west of Germany, via Hannover, and the east, via Berlin and Leipzig. The eastern and western
sections come together in Nuremberg and continue to the south to Munich, following the
Brenner Corridor to Verona. In Italy, the corridor continues via Bologna, Rome and Naples,
with branches to the ports of Genova, Livorno, Bari and Taranto, before going to Palermo.
The last section connects Sicily with Malta via Motorways of the Sea.
urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to
TEN-T rail and road
by 2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Helsinki
Turku
Stockholm
Göteborg
Malmö
Købnhavn
Berlin
Bremen
Hamburg
Hannover
Leipzig
München
Roma
Bologna
Genova
Napoli
Palermo
Valletta
Helsinki/Vantaa
Turku
Stockholm/Arlanda
Købnhavn/Kastrup
Berlin (BER)
Hamburg
München
Roma Fiumicino
Helsinki
Kotka, Hamina
Turku
Stockholm
Malmö
Trelleborg
Købnhavn Havn
Bremerhaven
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
Lübeck
Rostock
Livorno
La Spezia
Valletta
Inland core
network ports
Berlin
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Hamburg
Lübeck
Hannover
Helsinki
Turku
Stockholm
Malmö
Købnhavn (Havn)
Taulov
Berlin (Großbeeren)
Rostock
Bremen
Hamburg
Hannover
Leipzig (Schkopau)
München (Riem)
Roma (Pomezia)
Ancona
Verona
Bologna
Genova (Vado)
Livorno
Napoli (Nola,
Marcianise-
Maddaloni)
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Rail Freight Corridor 3
Alignment: Stockholm, Malmö, Copenhagen, Hamburg,
Innsbruck, Verona, Palermo
Countries: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November 2015
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Presentatio
ns/RFC3%20-%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
Main bottlenecks
The main bottlenecks for the Scandinavian - Mediterranean
Corridor are
• the Fehmarn Belt crossing between Denmark and Germany,
• the Brenner Base Tunnel and its access routes between Munich and Verona,
Furthermore, multimodal interconnections with ports need to be developed in Finland,
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Italy. Also cross-border operational systems, such
as ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) for rail and ITS (Intelligent
Transport Systems) for road have to be developed and implemented.
Interoperablity
Some barriers to rail interoperability have to be overcome:
different electrifications (15 kV 16 2/3 Hz in Sweden, Germany and Austria, 25 kV 50
Hz in Denmark, 3 kV DC in Italy), different standards with regards to train length and
axle loads;
the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor includes the ERTMS Corridor B
Stockholm-Napoli.
Major cross-border sections
1. Brenner corridor
The cross-border section between Munich and Verona, including the northern access
route between Munich and Innsbruck, the Brenner Base Tunnel between Innsbruck
and Fortezza and the southern access route between Fortezza and Verona is a major
bottleneck on the Scandinavian - Mediterranean Corridor. The removal of this
bottleneck is crucial for the realisation of the entire project.
Moreover, the realisation of the Brenner Corridor will have an effect on other rail
networks linking northern and southern Europe. Together with the Gotthard-Monte
Ceneri axis in Switzerland and the Lyon-Turin rail connection, the Brenner Corridor
will establish a complex of high-capacity rail links. Not only will they deliver a major
contribution to the completion the Trans-European Transport Network but they will
also help achieve the environmental objectives set by the EU and ensure the modal
shift from road to rail so necessary for the future of the ecologically sensitive Alpine
region.
The Brenner Corridor section will mainly focus on freight transport. When completed
in 2025, the freight capacity of this section will increase to 400 trains per day. This
will lead to an estimated CO2 reduction of 100,000 tonnes along the Brenner Corridor.
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The success of this section and the entire Corridor will largely depend on the
realisation of the 55 km long Brenner Base Tunnel.
The Brenner Corridor bottleneck can only be removed if the tunnel and access routes
are completed in parallel. It is clear that the added value of the new base tunnel can be
optimised only if the new or upgraded access routes can cope with the same traffic
capacity.
The works on the Brenner Base Tunnel are making impressive progress. Excavation
works on the exploratory and access tunnels already started in 2008. The works on the
55 km long main tunnel were launched on 18 April 2011. The total costs of the
Brenner Base Tunnel have been agreed at €8 billion, including the €786 million
committed by the EU from the TEN-T budget during the financial perspective 2007-
2013. The tunnel is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
2. Fehmarn Belt crossing
The Fehmarn Belt crossing is a key component in the main north-south route between
central Europe and the Nordic countries. This cross-border bottleneck will be removed
by the construction of the new immersed rail/road tunnel spanning the 19 km wide
Fehmarn strait between Rødby in Danmark and Puttgarden in Germany.
The project will provide an alternative for the ferry link between Rødby (Denmark)
and Puttgarden on the Fehmarn Island in Germany. It is expected to stimulate
economic development in the Baltic Sea regions of Denmark and Germany. Once
completed, it will attract passenger and freight traffic estimated at more than 3.5
million vehicles and more than 40,000 trains annually. After the completion of the
project, the travel time between Copenhagen and Hamburg will be reduced by
approximately one hour, and for rail freight transport by approximately two hours.
The project also includes improvements to related rail hinterland connections in
Denmark and Germany. On the railway section Copenhagen-Ringsted (60 km),
substantial capacity improvement is required; therefore a new line between
Copenhagen and Ringsted via Køge will be constructed. The 120 km section Ringsted-
Rødby will be electrified and the section between Orehoved and Rødby will be
upgraded to a double track rail line. A decision will be taken soon whether the rail link
on the Storstrøms Bridge will remain single track or double track. The projects will be
implemented before the opening of the Fixed Link. On the German side, considerable
investments will be needed to make the section Lübeck (Bad Schwartau)-Puttgarden
(today single track and not electrified) fully operational. According to the German-
Danish Treaty, Germany will guarantee sufficient capacity on the railway line Bad
Schwartau-Puttgarden when the fixed link opens. On behalf of the German federal
government, DB AG is currently working on the preliminary design for the section
between Lübeck and Puttgarden.
Success stories
1. A Scandinavian success story: the Øresund fixed link
The Øresund Bridge is a combined two track rail and four lane road bridge and tunnel
across the Øresund Strait between Sweden and Denmark. It is the longest combined
road and rail bridge in Europe. Works started in 1995 and the link was opened to
traffic on 1 July 2000, with a project cost of €2.7 billion. All funds for planning,
designing, building and operating the Øresund link as a whole are covered by road and
rail fees. The repayment period is approximately 30 years. Railway transport has
developed quickly with a growth of 230% since 2001, amounting to 11.2 million
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passengers in 2009. The construction of Citybanan in Malmö and the perspective of
the Swedish plans of higher speed trains will further increase the connecting rail
capacity. In 2009, seven million vehicles crossed the Øresund Bridge. The high
increase in traffic is mainly a result of the increased integration between the areas in
both sides of the link. The traffic across the bridge has increased 10 to 16 % each year
since the opening. The EU contributed €127 million from the TEN-T budget.
2. An Italian success: The Milano – Napoli high speed line
The Milano – Roma – Napoli high speed line became fully operational with the
completion of the section between Bologna and Firenze at the end of 2009. The
travelling time between Milano and Roma has been reduced from 5 hours to 2 hours
45 minutes. This high speed section now takes 60% of the total passenger traffic flow
between the two cities. For the high peed section Roma- Napoli, travelling time has
been reduced from 1 hour 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes and a further reduction to
55 minutes is planned. Altogether, the passenger volume between Milan and Napoli
has increased by approximately 25%. In 2010, almost 20 million passengers used this
line.
Annual reports of the EU Coordinators Karel van Miert and Pat Cox (PP1)
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
Priority Projects 2010 - A Detailed Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/european-coordinators/doc/progress_report_longer_version_18jan2011_final2.pdf
CEF: Pre-identified projects
HaminaKotka – Helsinki Port, rail port interconnections, rail upgrading, icebreaking
capacities
Helsinki Rail airport-rail connection
RU border – Helsinki Rail Works ongoing
Helsinki – Turku Rail Upgrading
Turku/Naantali – Stockholm Ports, MoS port interconnections, icebraking capacity
Stockholm - Malmö (Nordic Triangle) Rail Works ongoing on specific sections
Trelleborg - Malmö – Göteborg – NO
border
Rail, port,
MoS
Works, multimodal platforms and port hinterland
connections
Fehmarn Rail studies ongoing, construction works Fehmarn Belt fixed
link to start in 2015
København - Hamburg via Fehmarn:
access routes Rail
access routes DK to be completed by 2020, access routes
Germany to be completed in 2 steps: one track
electrification with the completion of the fixed link and
two-track seven years later
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Rostock Ports, MoS interconnections ports with rail; low-emission ferries;
ice-breaking capacity
Rostock - Berlin - Nürnberg Rail studies and upgrading
Hamburg/Bremen - Hannover Rail studies ongoing
Halle – Leipzig – Nürnberg Rail works ongoing, to be completed by 2017
München – Wörgl Rail access to Brenner Base Tunnel and cross-border section:
studies
Brenner Base Tunnel Rail studies and works
Fortezza - Verona Rail studies and works
Napoli - Bari Rail studies and works
Napoli – Reggio Calabria Rail Upgrading
Verona – Bologna Rail Upgrading ongoing
Ancona, Napoli, Bari, La Spezia, Livorno Ports Port interconnections, (further) development of
multimodal platforms
Messina - Catania – Augusta/Palermo Rail upgrading (remaining sections)
Palermo/Taranto - Valletta/Marsaxlokk Ports, MoS port interconnections
Valletta - Marsaxlokk Port, airport upgrading of modal interconnection, including
Marsaxlokk-Luqa-Valletta
Bologna – Ancona Rail upgrading
Existing Co-operations
1. Austria-Italy Intergovernmental Commission (CIG)
The CIG was originally set up for the preparatory phase of the Brenner Base Tunnel
project. This phase was completed by the Decision of 18 April 2011 to launch the
main construction phase (Phase III). At the meeting on 15 May 2012, Italy and Austria
agreed to extend the mandate of the CIG enabling it to deal with the main construction
of the tunnel.
2. Brenner Corridor Platform
The Brenner Corridor Platform (BCP) is a forum for cooperation among the three
Member States (Austria, Germany and Italy), five regions (Bavaria, Tyrol, South
Tyrol, Trento and Verona) and the rail infrastructure managers (RFI, ÖBB and DB).
The BCP is chaired by the Coordinator, who can invite other interested parties as
observers.
To ensure an integrated policy approach for the Brenner Corridor, the BCP created
specific working groups covering subjects such as interoperability, infrastructure and
capacity planning and terminals, but also environmental monitoring, accompanying
policy measures, cross-financing schemes and the Green Corridor concept which
brings together transport, environment and energy aspects.
3. Action Community Brennerbahn
In the Action Community Brennerbahn, the provinces and regions along the Brenner
Corridor cooperate with the Chambers of Commerce of Bavaria, Tyrol, Bolzano,
Trento and Verona. The AGB-CAB focuses on improving rail traffic between Munich
and Verona, both in its current and future setting to the benefit of the population and
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industry along the Brenner Corridor. Communication between the partners and with
the European Union is also an important component of the AGB-CAB work. Members
of the AGB-CAB meet regularly in the expert committee and at the annual Presidents’
Conference.
By the end of 2011 the AGB-CAB commissioned a study on the economic benefits of
the Brenner corridor project to the Chamber of Commerce of Bolzano. The first results
of this study have been presented at the AGB President’s conference on 13 November
in Bolzano in the presence of the Coordinator and published in the AGB Magazine
"Transfer" (ed.3/12).
4. SoNorA - SOuth-NORth Axis, Improving transport infrastructure and services
across Central Europe
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia
Funding: CENTRAL EUROPE programme, co-financed by the ERDF.
The SoNorA project focuses on the development of multimodal transport
infrastructure and services in Central Europe, providing better connections between
the Baltic and Adriatic seas. The project is led by Veneto Region (Italy), the
consortium is composed of 25 Partners from 6 EU Countries (Austria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia) and 35 Associated Institutions.
http://www.sonoraproject.eu/
5. Scandria - The Scandinavian-Adriatic Corridor for Innovation and Growth
Countries: Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway
Funding: Baltic Sea Region Programme (BSRP) of the European Union.
The Scandria corridor connects capitals and metropolitan regions along the shortest
way from Scandinavia to the Adriatic Sea. Scandria is a cooperation of 19 partners
from willing to assume a future role in developing a green and innovative transport
corridor. Scandria fosters co-modality, rail transport and environmentally friendly
solutions in road transport. http://www.scandriaproject.eu/
6. Transalpine Transport Architects (TRANSITECTS)
Countries: 16 partners from the four countries Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia.
Funding: CENTRAL EUROPE programme, co-financed by the ERDF.
TRANSITECTS dealt with creating sustainable intermodal solutions for transalpine
freight traffic which fit changing markets, improving the railway network’s
attractiveness and accessibility for the logistic market, disburdening alpine transport
routes and generate positive ecologic and economic impacts, implementing the shift
from road to rail related traffic and activating synergies and leverage effects through
transnational cooperation. The project finished in 2012. http://www.transitects.org/
7. iMonitraf!
Countries: Zentralschweizer Regierungskonferenz, Tirol, Région Rhône-Alpes,
Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta, Autonome Provinz Bozen Südtirol, Friuli Venezia
Giulia, Piemonte, Cantone Ticino
Funding: Alpine space programme European Regional Development Fund (ERDF),
iMONITRAF!s objectives are to develop common strategies for transalpine traffic and
to put them into action. A long-lasting political network shall be established, which
serves as common voice of the Alpine regions and which is recognised on regional,
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national and EU level. It pushes innovative measures for more sustainable regional
development.
iMONITRAF! will develop a broad political network to find common strategies.
http://www.imonitraf.org/
8. Alpine Convention
Countries: Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Liechtenstein,
Monaco
The Alpine Convention is an international treaty between the Alpine countries
(Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland)
as well as the EU, aimed at promoting sustainable development in the Alpine area and
at protecting the interests of the people living within it. It embraces the environmental,
social, economic and cultural dimensions. On 10.6.2013 the EU ratified the Alpine
Convention’s Transport Protocol. The Transport Protocol is an important instrument
to protect the sensitive alpine environment and to promote sustainable mobility in the
Alps. It offers a template for effective international coordination and management of
trans-alpine transport and strongly supports modal shift, in particular by promoting
alternative modes of transport than road, especially for freight transport. It therefore
provides a valid framework for accompanying measures and contribute to lessening
the fragmentation of pan Alpine transport policy. http://www.alpconv.org/
TEN-T Priority Projects - EU co-funding of since 2005
PP 1: Railway axis Berlin-Verona/Milano-Bologna-Napoli-Messina-Palermo
9. 2011-DE-93033-P VDE 8.1, 4-track extension of the Eltersdorf-Paul Gossenstraße
section
10. 2010-AT-91134-P Intermodal Terminal Wörgl (TEN-T Priority Project 1 - Section
Kufstein-Innsbruck)
11. 2009-IT-01088-E Rome Hub, Priority Project no. 1 - upgrade of Rome Tiburtina
Station
12. 2009-DE-01075-E New railway line (NBS) Ebensfeld-Erfurt: sections in Bavaria (BA
3121 Füllbachtal bridge, BA 3122 Fornbach Bridge)
13. 2007-IT-01030-M Southern Access line to Brenner
14. 2007-EU-01190-S Priority Project TEN no. 1 Brenner Base Tunnel – Studies
15. 2007-EU-01180-P Priority Project TEN no. 1 Brenner Base Tunnel – Works
16. 2007-DE-01050-P Works for the construction of the section between Erfurt and
Halle/Gröbers
17. 2007-AT-01130-P Works for construction of new high speed line between
Kundl/Radfeld and Baumkirchen
18. 2006-DE-101f-P North-South high speed line Berlin-Palermo, Section between
Nuremberg and Ebensfeld, Part Nuremberg-Fürth
19. 2006-DE-101a-P North-South high speed line Berlin-Palermo, Nodal point Berlin:
Main and Südkreuz railway Stations
PP 12: Nordic Triangle railway/road axis
1. 2011-SE-93119-S Stockholm Bypass, tunnel safety studies
2. 2011-SE-93090-S Upgrading of maritime infrastructure in Lake Malaren
3. 2011-SE-93049-S Western link - railway tunnel in Gothenburg
4. 2011-FI-93125-S Improving of punctuality/reliability of passenger train traffic
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5. 2011-FI-93118-P E18 Hamina bypass road
6. 2010-FI-92239-S Road E18 Helsinki - Vaalimaa studies
7. 2009-SE-92605-P Nordic Triangle-Malmö C-completion works
8. 2009-SE-92600-S E 6.21 Marieholm Tunnel
9. 2009-SE-12040-E E6.21 Partihall Connection
10. 2008-SE-92607-P Works for the upgrading of the Road E6 Trelleborg-Vellinge
11. 2008-SE-92605-S Nordic Triangle - Reconstruction of Malmö Central
12. 2008-SE-92603-S Nordic Triangle: Götaland Line - (Borås-Jönköping-Linköping) -
High Speed Line
13. 2008-SE-92600-S Norrköping Intermodal Infrastructure Package – Road Bypass
Norrköping, Study
14. 2008-FI-90802-P National Railway Yard (Ilmala)
15. 2008-FI-90801-S Studies for upgrading the E18 Road
16. 2008-FI-90800-P Works for the construction of the Road E18 Muurla-Lohja
17. 2007-SE-92401-S Nordic Triangle: Ostlanken (Jarna-Linköping)
18. 2007-SE-12100-P Works for construction of City tunnel project
19. 2007-SE-12090-P Works for construction of the road section Norra Lanken
20. 2007-FI-12050-P Works for the development of the railway connection between
Helsinki airport and the PP12 lines
21. 2007-FI-12040-P Main railway connection to Russian border, works for development
of railway section between Lahti and Vainikkala
22. 2007-FI-12010-P Rail connection from Kouvola to Kotka/Hamina ports, works for
improving and construction of a new railway yard
PP 20: Railway axis Fehmarn belt
1. 2011-DK-93122-S First phase of detailed planning studies - programme phase - for
upgrading the railway access lines to the future Fehmarn Belt fixed link - from
Ringsted to Roedby
2. 2007-EU-20050-P Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
3. 2007-DK-20070-S Studies for upgrading the railway access lines to the future
Fehmarn Belt fixed link - from Ringsted to Rødby and the intersection in Kastrup
4. 2007-DK-20060-S Studies for the capacity improvements of the section between
Copenhagen and Ringsted
5. 2007-DE-20010-S Studies for linking to Fehmarn belt fixed link between Lübeck-
Puttgarden
6. 2006-DE-DK-3009-S Studies for the Fehmarn belt Fixed Rail-Road Link
PP 21: Motorways of the Sea
1. 2011-SE-92148-P Fjalir
2. 2011-EU-21010-M Green Bridge on Nordic Corridor
3. 2011-EU-21007-S COSTA
4. 2011-EU-21005-S LNG in Baltic Sea Ports
5. 2011-EU-21004-S TrainMoS
6. 2011-EU-21002-P On Shore Power Supply - an integrated North Sea network
7. 2011-EU-21001-M Adriatic Motorways of the Sea (ADRIAMOS)
8. 2010-EU-21112-S LNG infrastructure of filling stations and deployment in ships
9. 2010-EU-21109-S MonaLisa
10. 2010-EU-21108-P The Baltic Sea Hub and Spokes Project
11. 2010-EU-21107-P Motorway of the Sea Rostock – Gedser
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12. 2010-EU-21105-S MIELE
13. 2010-EU-21102-S Monitoring and Operation Services for Motorways of the Sea
(MOS4MOS)
14. 2010-EU-21101-S MoS 24 - ICT based Co-modality Promotion Center for integrating
PP24 into Mediterranean MoS
15. 2009-EU-21010-P Baltic Link Gdyńia-Karlskrona
16. 2008-EU-21020-P Motorways of the Sea Esbjerg – Zeebrugge
17. 2008-EU-21015-P Motorways of the Sea projects in the Baltic Sea Area Klaipéda-
Karlshamn link
18. 2008-EU-21010-P High Quality Rail and Intermodal Nordic Corridor Königslinie
19. 2006-EU-93016-S West Med Corridors
ERTMS
1. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
2. 2011-DE-60004-P Hochrustung der Strecke Berlin - Halle/Leipzig (VDE 8.3) von
ETCS Level 2 (SRS 2.2.2+) auf ETCS Level 2 (SRS 2.3.0d)
3. 2011-IT-60002-P Upgrading of ERTMS system on Trenitalia fleet to 2.3.0.d version
4. 2011-IT-60001-P Deployment of ERTMS trackside equipment on the Railway
Corridor B Stockholm-Naples/Subpart Fortezza to Verona of the Italian Corridor B
part (Brennero-Verona-Naples)
5. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
6. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
7. 2009-EU-60138-P Retrofitment of locomotives with onboard ETCS equipment
8. 2009-SE-60144-P Deployment of ERTMS in Sweden
9. 2009-IT-60149-P Deployment of ERTMS trackside equipment on the Railway
Corridor B Stockholm-Naples: Sub-part from Brenner to Verona of the Italian
Corridor B part (Brenner-Naples)
10. 2009-IT-60102-P Upgrade of Roma-Napoli and Torino-Novara high speed lines in
order to ensure compatibility with ERTMS version 2.3.0d
11. 2009-AT-60153-P ERTMS deployment on Corridor B (Stockholm-Naples) Austrian
vehicles
12. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
13. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring
and electronic path request systems
14. 2007-IT-60030-P Migration towards ERTMS/ETCS for Trenitalia on-board
equipment
15. 2007-AT-60450-P 2007-AT-60450-P, ERTMS deployment on Corridor B
(Stockholm-Naples) – Austrian section
16. 2007-DE-60490-P Equipment of the Railion Deutschland AG locomotives
17. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
18. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
19. 2006-IT-90903-P ERTMS installation on the high speed section Bologna-Firenze
20. 2006-IT-90906-S Study on the migration from the system SCMT to ETCS
21. 2006-SE-91401-S Detailed technical planning for ERTMS on Botniabanan
22. 2005-SE-91401-S ERTMS Test section for Botniabanan 2005-2007
23. 2003-SE-1402-S ERTMS Botniabanan: Planning and detailed technical design of the
signalling system compliant with the ERTMS standard for the Botniabanan line
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24. 2003-DE-306-S Study and implementation of the migration of the DB ERTMS/ETCS
pilot project for installation in the Munich-Ingolstadt-Nurnberg section
Studies
Brenner Corridor
1. Brenner Basistunnel – Report 2002: Begründung und Aussichten des Projektes,
Geologie – Erkundungsarbeiten, Vermessung, Verkehrsprognosen – externe Kosten,
Technisches Projekt, Betriebssimulation, Finanzierung Konzession, Pläne
2. Brenner Basistunnel EWIV, 29 October 2004: Cost-benefit analysis Phase II
3. D'Appolonia, 25 November 2005: Brenner Basistunnel - Preisuntersuchung
4. Progtrans, 31 Juli 2006: Aktualisierung der Personen- und Güterverkehrsprognose für
den Brenner 2015 und 2025
5. ECORYS, Décembre 2006: Estimation des potentialités de trafic fret à travers les
Alpes
6. ERNST & YOUNG, Dezember 2006: Neue Unterinntalbahn - Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
7. BBT SE, Juni 2007: Aktualisierte synthetische Darstellung der Verkehrsstudie,
Aktualisierte synthetische Darstellung der Tarifstudie
8. Consortium Transalp (CTA), Juni 2007: Finanzierungs- und Rechtsstruktur für das
Projekt: vorläufige Empfehlung PPP von BBT SE, Zwischenstand
9. Progtrans, 30. Mai 2008: Prognosen zur Nachfrageentwicklung im
Schienengüterverkehr am Brenner: Vergleich verschiedener Studien
10. ALPCORS - Alpen Corridor South, Countries: Austria, Italy, Germany, Funding:
INTERREG III, http://www.transport-
research.info/web/projects/project_details.cfm?id=4412
11. BRAVO - Brenner Rail Freight Action Strategy Aimed at Achieving a Sustainable
Increase of Intermodal Transport Volume by Enhancing Quality, Efficiency, and
System Technologies, Funding: FP6-SUSTDEV-2 - Sustainable Surface Transport,
http://www.bravo-project.com/home/index.shtml
Fehmarnbelt corridor
1. The Copenhagen – Ringsted line:
http://uk.bane.dk/visBanearbejde_eng.asp?artikelID=15469 (English)
http://www.bane.dk/visModulbeholder.asp?artikelID=18122 (Danish)
EIA-report and CBA-report
http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/6986/VVM%201.pdf
http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/8526/Samfundskonomi%20fagnotat.pdf
http://www.bane.dk/visModulbeholder.asp?artikelID=17975 (in Danish). See also
the attached file (in Danish), ‘Decision memo’.
2. The Ringsted-Fehmarn hinterland line: http://uk.bane.dk/visBanearbejde_eng.asp?artikelID=18563 (English)
http://www.bane.dk/visBanearbejde.asp?artikelID=17696 (Danish)
CBA-report of speed upgrade to 200 km/h relative to 160 km/h
http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/13130/Samfunds%F8konomisk%20sammenligning%
20af%20grundl%F8sninger.pdf
EIA
http://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=18373 (in Danish).
3. The Fehmarn Belt fixed link: CBA-report and forecasts
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http://www.trm.dk/~/media/Files/Publication/English/Fehmarn%20Belt%20Forecast.
http://www.trm.dk/~/media/Files/Publication/English/FTC_APPENDIKS.pdf
http://www.trm.dk/~/media/Files/Publication/English/Fehmarn_Belt_Forecast_2002
_Reference_Cases_Supplement_to_Final_Report_of_April_2003.pdf
4. The ‘Storstrøms’ bridge: Summary report (including CBA) concerning actions for
the bridge on the Ringsted-Fehmarn hinterland line
http://www.trm.dk/~/media/Files/Publication/2012/Storstr%C3%B8msbroen/Storstr
%C3%B8m%20resumerapport.pdf
5. Vamdrup-Vojens (in southern Jutland, along the Padborg-Øresund corridor): EIA-
report and ‘fact-sheet’ about the project
http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/11846/BDK-Vamdrup-Vojens-220212.pdf
http://www.trm.dk/~/media/Files/Publication/2012/Elektificeringsaftale%20070212/
Faktaark%20-%20Dobbeltspor%20Vamdrup-Vojens.pdf
6. Capacity improvements on the Øresund line: EIA-report
http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/9670/Milj%F8redeeg%F8relse_%D8resundsbanen.p
df
For the moment Rail Net Denmark investigates a further solution for capacity
improvement at Kastrup station, i.e. directional operation.
Transport studies
1. TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM –FREIGHT FOCUS -
Research contributing to integration and interoperability across Europe
http://www.transport-
research.info/Upload/Documents/201006/20100602_172959_30571_TRKC_Freight_
Logistics.pdf
2. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR LAND TRANSPORT - Research to increase the
capacity, efficiency, sustainability and safety of road, rail and urban transport
networks
http://www.transport-
research.info/Upload/Documents/200909/20090915_180031_11989_TRKC%20Traffi
c%20Management%20for%20Land%20Transport.pdf
Accesses to other studies/programmes see: http://www.transport-research.info/web/index.cfm
RNE Corridor 4
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/Corridor/C04/C04.pdf
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Rhine-Alpine Corridor
Description
This north–south Corridor, based on ERTMS Corridor A and Priority Projects 5 and 24 and
rail freight corridor 1, is made of one of the busiest freight routes of Europe. It connects the
North Sea ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp to the Mediterranean basin in Genoa, via
Switzerland and some of the major economic centres of the western EU. This multimodal
corridor (including the Rhine basin) will provide connections to several east–west axes.
urban nodes,
including their
ports and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to be
connected to TEN-T
rail and road by 2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Genova
Milano
Mannheim
Köln
Düsseldorf
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Bruxelles/Brussel
Antwerp
Milano
Köln
Düsseldorf
Amsterdam
Bruxelles/Brussel
Genova
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Vlissingen
Gent
Antwerp
Zeebrugge
Inland core network
ports
Vlissingen
Köln
Düsseldorf (Neuss)
Duisburg
Mannheim, Mainz
Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, Utrecht,
Moerdijk, Nijmegen
Terneuzen, Vlissingen
Liege (Can. Albert,
Meuse), Antwerp,
Gent,Bruxelles/Brussel
Genova
Milano(Smistamento)
Karlsruhe
Koblenz
Mainz
Köln
Duisburg
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Rail Freight corridor 1
Alignment: Zeebrugge-Antwerp/Rotterdam, Duisburg, (Basel), Milan,
Genoa
Countries: Netherlands, Germany, Italy, (Switzerland)
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November 2013
http://www.corridor1.eu/
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Missing links
The main missing links on this corridor are the bottlenecks in Germany and Italy, where
capacity upgrades are required, and a better interconnection between the Belgian and Dutch
networks with the German one, particularly between Emmerich and Oberhausen. In addition,
the access routes to the Swiss tunnels on EU territory need to swiftly progress, as the Gotthard
and Monte Ceneri tunnels will create a fl at trajectory for rail freight through the ecologically
sensitive Alps as of 2019. Capacity upgrades as well as better multimodal connections in the
ports are also necessary.
Interoperablity
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
different electrifications (1,5 kV DC in the Netherland, 3 kV DC in Belgium and Italy,
15 kV 16 2/3 Hz in Germany and Switzerland, 25 kV 50 Hz in Denmark), different
standards with regards to train length and axle loads;
the Rhine-Alpine Corridor belongs to ERTMS Corridor A.
Success stories
1. The Betuwelijn (Betuwe Line - Priority Project 5)
The Betuwe Line, a Priority Project of its own, is also a major component of Priority
Project 24 Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen. A 143
km long, two track railroad dedicated to freight, the Betuwe Line was put into service
in June 2007, linking Rotterdam harbour to the German border. Traffic on the Betuwe
Line is progressing. In 2010, an average of 55 southbound international freight trains
used the Betuwe Line between Kijfhoek and Emmerich daily, compared to 41 in 2008.
At the border point between Germany and The Netherlands, an increase of demand for
train paths by 80% to 144 paths daily in 2015 is forecasted. This evolution is expected
to occur due to the entry into service of the Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam in
2013. The cost of the infrastructure amounted €4.7 billion, with EU contributions
amounting to €179 million since the year 2000.
2. The Lötschberg Tunnel
Part of the AlpTransit3 Project, the Lotschberg Base Tunnel is a 35 km long railway
tunnel cutting through the Swiss Alps. It is currently the world’s longest land tunnel in
use and accommodates both passenger and freight trains. Breakthrough was made in
April 2005 and construction ended in 2006 for a full scale operation in December
2007. It is a centrepiece of the Rotterdam – Genova corridor: built to ease lorry traffi c
on Swiss roads, the tunnel allows an increased number of lorries and trailers to be
loaded onto trains in Germany, pass through Switzerland on rail and be unloaded in
Italy. It is also used for bringing tourists to the Alpine resorts by train as well as for
local commuting. About 110 trains per day use the Lotschberg Base Tunnel, including
passenger trains and intermodal freight transport plus heavy freight trains.
3. A success story under construction: the Gotthard Tunnel
Also part of the AlpTransit project, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel
beneath the Swiss Alps. With a route length of 57 km and a total of 151.84 km of
tunnels, shafts and passages, it is the world’s longest rail tunnel. The construction
works of the tunnel began in 1996 and the tunnel should be operational at the end of
May 2016, cutting the 3.5-hour travel time from Zurich to Milan by an hour and from
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Zurich to Lugano to 1 hour 40 minutes, by establishing a direct route usable by high
speed rail and heavy freight trains.
4. Rail Freight Corridor 1 – railway backbone of the Rhine-Alpine Corridor
The EU Regulation 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive
freight has been elaborated with the overall purpose of increasing international rail
freight’s attractiveness and efficiency, so that rail can increase its competitiveness and
market share on the European transport market.
In order to achieve this, the Regulation has the general objective of improving the
conditions for international rail freight by reinforcing cooperation at all levels – and
especially among Infrastructure Managers – along selected Rail Freight Corridors,
with the twofold aim:
(1) to develop the rail freight corridors in terms of infrastructure capacity and
performance in order to meet market demand both quantitatively and qualitatively
(2) to lay the ground for provision of freight services of good quality meeting
customer expectations.
Rail Freight Corridor 1 runs from Rotterdam to Genoa along the River Rhine through
the industrial heart of Europe and is connected to Zeebrugge and Antwerp via Cologne
and builds on the existing ERTMS Corridor A. According to 913/2010 this corridor
has to be operational by the 10th of November 2013 which implies the completion of
the following tasks:
To set up the governance structure of the corridor, comprising the Executive
Board, the Management Board and the Advisory Groups
To designate railway lines and terminals to a corridor
To create the Implementation Plan
To set up or designate the One-Stop-Shop and to provide for the provision and
dissemination of information
To specify the designated capacity (pre-arranged train paths and ad hoc-
capacity)
To develop harmonised processes and rules for handling capacity requests,
capacity allocation and traffic management, this latter in conformity with TSI
OPE4
The completion of these tasks for RFC 1 is at an advanced stage: the governance
structure was set up closely after the Regulation came into force. The governance of
the (at that time existing) ERTMS Corridor A provided the basis for the Management
Board and Executive Board of the Rail Freight Corridor 1; they meet at regular basis.
Rail Freight Corridor 1 has established a homepage (http://www.corridor1.eu/) that
contains relevant information for the public, among others the draft Implementation
Plan which mainly deals with the near future developments planned by the different
Infrastructure Managers, allocation body and Terminals involved in corridor 1 on the
basis of the decisions and development plans of the involved member states.
Annual reports of the EU Coordinators Karel Vinck (ERTMS)
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
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Priority Projects 2010 - A Detailed Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/european-coordinators/doc/progress_report_longer_version_18jan2011_final2.pdf
CEF: Pre-identified projects
Genova Port Port interconnections
Genova - Milano/Novara - CH border Rail studies; works starting before 2020
Basel – Antwerpen/Rotterdam -
Amsterdam IWW works for better navigability
Karlsruhe - Basel Rail works ongoing
Frankfurt - Mannheim Rail studies ongoing
Liège Rail port and airport rail connection
Rotterdam – Zevenaar Rail studies ongoing, upgrading
Zevenaar - Emmerich - Oberhausen Rail works ongoing
Zeebrugge – Gent – Antwerp - DE border Rail Upgrading
Existing cooperations and studies
1. The project 'CODE24' intends the interconnection of economic development, spatial,
transport and ecological planning along the trans-European railway axis (TEN-T) no.
24 from Rotterdam to Genoa. Corridor 24 covers a number of the most important
economic regions in Europe. The major European north-south transport axis across the
Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy is linking the North Sea port of
Rotterdam and the Mediterranean port of Genoa. Its catchment area comprises 70
million inhabitants and operates 50% (700 million tons/year) of the north-south rail
freight. The opening of the Lötschberg Tunnel in 2007 and the Gotthard Tunnel
(expected in 2017) and the parallel expansion of the feeders will further improve the
importance of Corridor 24. Nevertheless, some major bottlenecks and a lack of trans-
regional coordination still threaten
the potential of the axis, limiting its
economic and spatial development.
CODE24 aims at a coordinated
transnational strategy to support the improvement and the development of the corridor.
The overall objective is to accelerate and jointly develop the transport capacity of the
entire corridor by ensuring optimal economic benefits and spatial integration while
reducing negative impacts on the environment at local and regional level. By
focussing on regional aspects in the corridor area and joint development strategies, the
project will strengthen the position of regional actors and stakeholders. It will provide
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planning tools and tailor made solutions to remove major bottlenecks and enable pro-
active stakeholder participation. This encompasses both: the development of the
railway system as well as a sustainable spatial development. CODE24 was approved
under the Strategic Initiatives Framework of the INTERREG IVB NWE programme.
http://www.code-24.eu
2. Studies on ERTMS Corridor A (http://www.bav.admin.ch/verlagerung/01510/02367/
index.html?lang=fr)
a. Progress-Report 2011 Executive Board Rail Freight Corridor 1 (2011)
b. Corridor A, Progress reports 1-6
c. Corridor A/1 Mission Statement
TEN-T Funding
PP24: Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen
1. 2011-NL-93022-S Freight corridor Betuweroute-southeast Netherlands-Germany
(Corridor I)
2. 2011-IT-93096-P Genoa rail node: improvement of the traffic management systems
3. 2011-FR-93054-S Project-level studies and archaeological excavations of the 2nd
phase of the Rhine-Rhone Eastern Branch
4. 2010-NL-92227-S Studies concerning the extension railway yard Maasvlakte West-
Phase 1
5. 2010-NL-92226-S Studies concerning the construction of the third Track Zevenaar-
German border
6. 2010-FR-92204-P Adaptation of the existing line between Mulhouse and the border
for use by high-speed (TGV) or intercity express (ICE) trains on the Mulhouse-
Mullheim (Freiburg) corridor
7. 2009-IT-91404-S Upgrade of the Tortona-Voghera section, Priority Project 24, Final
Design
8. 2008-DE-91003-S Studies for the removal of the level crossings on the section
Oberhausen-Emmerich
9. 2007-IT-24010-S Railway node of Genova - Study for upgrading the section Genova
Voltri-Genova Brignole
10. 2007-FR-24070-P Works for high speed line Rhine-Rhône - Eastern section
11. 2007-EU-24090-S "Iron Rhine"
12. 2007-DE-24060-P Works for construction and re-construction of the partially existing
railway section between Karlsruhe and Basel
13. 2007-DE-24040-P Studies and works for the upgrading of the high speed railway line
Duisburg-Emmerich
14. 2007-DE-24030-S Studies for the construction of the high speed section between
Frankfurt and Mannheim
15. 2005-DE-90308-S Planning for the upgrading of the railway connection line NL/D
border – Emmerich-Oberhausen
PP21: Motorways of the Sea
1. 2010-EU-21101-S MoS 24 - ICT based Co-modality Promotion Center for integrating
PP24 into Mediterranean MoS
2. 2008-EU-21020-P Motorways of the Sea Esbjerg – Zeebrugge
3. 2006-EU-93016-S West Med Corridors
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ERTMS
1. 2011-NL-60003-P Prototyping, testing, renewed authorisation for placing in service
and the retrofit of Siemens ES64U2 locomotives with ETCS L1/L2 2.3.0.d for
Corridor A, B and E networks in DE, AT, HU and CH
2. 2011-EU-60005-S Preparatory studies for the implementation of additional measures
on ERTMS Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa and ERTMS Corridor Antwerp-Basel-Lyon
3. 2009-EU-60146-S Programme management office for the ERTMS deployment on the
corridor from Rotterdam to Genoa
4. 2009-EU-60138-P Retrofitment of locomotives with onboard ETCS equipment
5. 2009-DE-24070-E Equipment with electronic interlocking of the railway line between
Emmerich (Dutch-German border) and Basel (German-Swiss border), within Corridor
A Rotterdam-Genoa
6. 2009-DE-60120-P Equipment of freight locomotives with ETCS on-board-units
according to SRS 2.3.0.d
7. 2009-NL-60142-P Retrofitting of ETCS onboard equipment for locomotives to run in
ERTMS Corridor A
8. 2009-NL-60128-P Fitting of ETCS onboard equipment to SRS 2.3.0d for use in the
Betuwe line
9. 2009-NL-60124-P ERTMS upgrade of existing locomotives to ensure compatibility
with SRS 2.3.0d for use in the Betuwe line
10. 2009-NL-60123-P Upgrade of ETCS system to 2.3.0d in the Betuwe Route
11. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
12. 2007-EU-60400-P Deployment of ERTMS on the corridor Antwerp-Basel/Lyon
13. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
14. 2007-EU-60410-S Programme Management Office for the ERTMS deployment on the
corridor Rotterdam-Genoa
15. 2007-NL-60060-P ERTMS implementation on the railway corridor Rotterdam-Genoa-
Netherlands Part - Kijfhoek & Zevenaar
16. 2007-NL-60160-P Serial fitment of onboard ETCS equipment SRS 2.3.0 in 109
freight locomotives
17. 2007-NL-60310-P ERTMS implementation the Railway Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa-
Netherlands part - Section Port Railway of Rotterdam
18. 2007-NL-60380-P Retrofit of 90 Siemens ES64F4 E-locomotives with Alstom ETCS
L2 equipment for usage on EU freight corridors and various conventional networks
19. 2007-DE-60320-P Equipment with ETCS of the railway section Emmerich (border)-
Oberhausen as part of the Corridor A Rotterdam-Genoa
20. 2007-DE-60490-P Equipment of the Railion Deutschland AG locomotives
21. 2007-IT-60360-P Trackside ERTMS equipment on Italian part of Corridor A (600 km)
22. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
23. 2005-NL-91102-S Type approval of the first locomotive equipped with ETCS
Others
1. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
2. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring
and electronic path request systems
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Atlantic Corridor
Description
This diagonal Corridor will link the Iberian Peninsula to Paris and Frankfurt/Strasbourg, with
high speed rail lines and parallel conventional ones, providing for the continuity of the rail
network between the three countries.
urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to TEN-
T rail and road by
2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Porto
Lisboa
Madrid
Bilbao
Bordeaux
Paris
Mannheim
Lisboa
Madrid
Paris (CDG, Orly)
Porto (Leixoes)
Lisboa
Sines (Port)
Madrid
Bilbao
Bordeaux
Le Havre
Inland core
network ports
Le Havre
Metz
Paris
Strasbourg
Mannheim
Bordeaux
Le Havre
Paris
Strasbourg
Largely based upon Priority Project 3 Atlantic and
Iberian branches, the interoperable links will
improve the connections between the most
important urban zones of the area and foster a shift
of traffic from the congested air and road
transport. It will provide for a better use of the
conventional network for freight trains by making
the best use of parts of rail freight corridor n° 4.
The maritime dimension plays a crucial role in this
corridor, which links and enhances the role of the
westernmost core ports of continental Europe
(Sines, Lisboa/Sertibal, Leixoes-Porto), and is
connected with the North Sea through a multimodal axis Paris-Le Havre (IWW, Railways and
roads). The route of the corridor includes also the crucial ports of Cantabria / Biscay bay, i.e.:
Bilbao, Bordeaux and Nantes. The parallel road routes provide an efficient alternative from an
infrastructural point of view, but it crosses the most congested cross-border section on the
Atlantic side of the Pyrenees.
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Rail Freight Corridor 4
Alignment: Sines-Lisboa / Leixões | Sines-Elvas /
Algeciras – Madrid - Medina del Campo/ Bilbao / San
Sebastian – Irun – Bordeaux – Paris / Le Havre / Metz
Countries: Portugal, Spain, France, Germany
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November
2013
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/P
resentations/RFC4%20-
%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
Missing links
The main missing link is the cross-border connections between Lisboa and Madrid. The
section Porto –(Aveiro – Salamanca) – Valladolid is affected by lack of electrification on the
Spanish side. Additionally the lack of interoperability (difference in gauge, electrification,
signalling systems and train length) affects the existing San Sebastian – Bordeaux lot, where
the new line has not reached the development consent. Still unclear the optimal path for an
interoperable route for freight across Madrid and from there to (-Valladolid-) Burgos, and the
subsequent needs.
Cross-border sections
- Evora-Mérida
- Aveiro-Salamanca
- Vitoria-Dax
Interoperability
Many barriers to interoperability of rail hinder the Corridor:
The coexistence of two gauges (Iberian gauge on conventional lines in the Iberian
Peninsula throughout the corridor (The Y Basque –mix high-speed and freight line is
in UIC Gauge),
3 different electrifications (25kV AC in Portugal, northern France and high-speed
networks, 3kV DC on conventional lines in Spain, 1.5 kV DC in Southern France –
conventional lines), different standards with regards to train length and axle loads. In
addition, part of the connection Aveiro-Salamanca is not electrified on the Spanish
side.
only a partial deployment of ERTMS/ETCS (GSM-R is being widely deployed in FR
and ES, but still missing in PT).
Besides, maximum train length is constrained to 450 m along various stretches, notably in
Spain, limiting the performance of rail transport.
With regards to roads, the electronic tolling systems are not interoperable yet, although
Portugal and Spain are starting interoperable systems along the Atlantic coast.
Modal integration
Efficient logistics and modal integration has to start in port operations with the full
deployment of the Maritime Single Window towards the full deployment of e-freight.
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Portugal appears to be the front runner in it as well as in removing market barriers to the port
activity.
Port enhancement and better port accessibility will also allow deploying Motorways of the
Sea that provide an alternative route (notably PT-FR) along the Atlantic coast.
Besides, exploiting the multimodal dimension will require further development of efficient,
interoperable multimodal centres along the corridor (both and rail-road terminals and Inland
Waterways ports), able to attract private operators and generate additional demand.
Governance and cooperation structures in place
Interreg structure of the Euroregion Aquitaine-Basque Contry and project CFA-
Effiplat
EEIG & IGC Vitoria-Dax
AVEP (High-speed connections Spain-Portugal, EEIG)
Traffic Observatory for the Pyrenees
Traffic Observatory Spanish-Portuguese
Success stories
In June 2011, with the contribution of the European Commission and the European
Investment Bank (EIB),the €7.8 billion Tours-Bordeaux high speed rail line Public Private
Partnership (PPP) project officially reached financial close. It is the first high speed rail PPP
ever signed in France. Works are due to start in 2012, and the service should start by 2018.
The 50-year concession contract covers the financing, design, construction, operation and
maintenance of the high speed rail line between Tours and Bordeaux.
The EIB is contributing €1.2 billion via the combination of the senior debt, an equity bridge
loan and the Loan Guarantee on TEN-T projects (LGTT), an instrument put in place jointly
with the European Commission. This is the largest
loan ever awarded in France by the EIB.
The concession financing also includes public subsidies made by the French government,
local communities and the EU for a total amount of €3 billion, plus a contribution from
Reseau Ferré de France (RFF) of around €1 billion.
Annual reports of the EU Coordinator Carlo Secchi (PP3 and PP19)
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
CEF: Pre-identified projects
High Speed rail Sines/Lisboa - Madrid Rail, ports studies and works ongoing, upgrading of modal
interconnection ports of Sines/Lisboa
High speed rail Porto - Lisboa Rail studies ongoing
Rail connection Aveiro – Salamanca –
Medina del Campo Rail cross-border: works ongoing
Rail Connection Bergara - San Sebastián -
Bayonne Rail completion expected in ES by 2016, in FR by 2020
Bayonne - Bordeaux Rail ongoing public consultation
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Bordeaux - Tours Rail works ongoing
Paris Rail southern high-speed bypass
Baudrecourt - Mannheim Rail upgrading
Baudrecourt - Strasbourg Rail works ongoing, to be completed 2016
Le Havre - Paris IWW Upgrading
Le Havre - Paris Rail Studies, upgrading
Le Havre Port, Rail Studies and works on port capacity, MoS and
interconnections
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. EUROREGIO Aquitaine-Euskadi– EGTC: EGTC Aquitaine-Euskadi :
http://www.aquitaine-euskadi.eu/un-gect-euroregional.html; http://www.aquitaine-
euskadi.eu/l-accessibilite-et-le-report-modal.html
2. Project CFA EFFIPLAT: http://www.arcatlantique.org/pdf/doc_travail/ 601_en.pdf
3. EEIG & IGC Vitoria-Dax: http://www.geie-seavitoriadax.com/en/fr/accueil
4. AVEP (High-speed connections Spain-Portugal, EEIG)
http://www.adif.es/es_ES/conoceradif/doc/0208_Actividades_clave_DAE_final2rev.p
df
5. Traffic Observatory for the Pyrenees:
a. http://www.midi-pyrenees.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/observatoire-des-
trafics-a-travers-r1951.html
b. http://www.fomento.gob.es/NR/rdonlyres/72ED2920-B9DF-48C8-8914-
B8BDBCB41C9C/116012/OTP2011.pdf
6. Traffic observatory ES-PT:
a. http://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM/LANG_CASTELLANO/DIRECCIONES
_GENERALES/ OBSERVATORIOS_TRAFICO/PORTUGAL/
7. Annual reports of the EU coordinator:
a. http://tentea.ec.europa.eu/en/ten-t_projects/ten-
t_projects_by_country/spain/2011-es-93104-p.htm
8. Rail Freight Corridor n° 4:
a. http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Presentations/RFC4%2
0-%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
b. http://www.rne.eu/rne-news/items/european-rail-freight-corridors-conference-
2012.html
9. LGV Tours-Bordeaux:
a. http://www.rff.fr/reseau/projets/nouvelles-lignes/lgv-tours-bordeaux-sud-
europe-atlantique
b. http://www.lgvsudeuropeatlantique.org/
10. GPSO
a. http://www.rff.fr/reseau/projets/nouvelles-lignes/projets-sud-ouest
b. http://www.gpso.fr/
11. Y Basque
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a. http://www.midi-pyrenees.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/observatoire-des-
trafics-a-travers-r1951.html
12. Venta de Baños – Burgos – Vitoria
a. http://www.adif.es/es_ES/infraestructuras/lineas_de_alta_velocidad/valladolid
_burgos_vitoria/valladolid_burgos_vitoria.shtml
13. LAV Madrid-PT:
a. http://www.adif.es/es_ES/infraestructuras/lineas_de_alta_velocidad/madrid_ex
tremadura_fronteraportuguesa/madrid_extremadura_fronteraportuguesa.shtml
TEN-T Funding
PP3: High-speed railway axis of southwest Europe
1. 2011-ES-93104-P: Track bed works of the sub-sections Amorebieta/Etxano-Lemoa and
Lemoa–Galdakao
2. 2011-ES-93101-P: Platform Works and services for follow-up works on subsection
Amorebieta/Etxano-Amorebieta/Etxano
3. 2011-ES-93094-P: Works on the platform subsection Durango-Amorebieta/Etxano and
services for follow up works
4. 2011-ES-93091-P: Track bed works of the sub-section Venta de Baños junction:
Valladolid-Burgos and Leon-Palencia-Burgos connections and services for follow up
works
5. 2010-PT-93306-S: Studies supporting the PPP programme for high speed rail
implementation in Portugal
6. 2010-ES-92255-S: High speed railway line Basque country-French border. Drafting of
design studies
7. 2010-ES-92210-S: PP High speed railway line Madrid-Lisbon. Sub-section Madrid
Oropesa. Studies (phase 1)
8. 2009-PT-92105-S: Detailed design studies for the high speed railway section Poceirão-
Évora, part of the Lisbon-Madrid axis (Withdrawn)
9. 2009-PT-92104-S: Detailed design studies for the high speed railway section Moita-
Poceirão, part of the Lisbon-Madrid axis (Withdrawn)
10. 2009-PT-92103-S: Studies for the implementation of the Portuguese high-speed rail
network – PP3 and PP19
11. 2009-PT-60152-P: Implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management System
on the high speed stretch between Lisbon and Caia, an integral part of the Lisbon-
Madrid (Withdrawn)
12. 2009-PT-03082-E: Preparatory works for the implementation of the connection between
the third Tagus crossing and the Oriente-Lisbon station
13. 2009-ES-92516-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: section Mondragón-Elorrio
14. 2009-ES-92514-S: High speed railway line Madrid-Exremadura-Lisboa: studies and
projects section Talayuela-Cáceres, phase II
15. 2009-ES-03102-E: High speed line Valladolid-Burgos-Vitoria. Track bed works for
sub-sections: Nudo Norte de Valladolid-Cabezón de Pisuerga, San Martín de Valvení-
Nudo de Venta de Baños y Torquemeda-Quintana del Puente
16. 2008-ES-92510-S: Studies and projects for the development of the rail section
Talayuela-Cáceres
17. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring and
electronic path request systems
18. 2007-PT-03030-P: Studies and works in the high speed railway axis of southwest
Europe (PP3) - Lisbon-Madrid axis: Third Tagus Crossing (TTC) (Withdrawn)
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19. 2007-FR-03130-S: High Speed Railway Line Paris-Madrid: Bordeaux-Spanish border
20. 2007-FR-03120-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: Elimination of rail
bottlenecks around Bordeaux
21. 2007-EU-91002-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: Section Abadiño-Durango
22. 2007-EU-03080-P: Studies and works for the high speed railway axis of southwest
Europe (PP3) - Lisbon-Madrid Axis: Cross-Border Section Evora-Merida
23. 2007-EU-03040-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: Section Vitoria-Dax
24. 2007-ES-03150-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: Section Arrazua/Ubarrundia –
Mondragón
25. 2007-ES-03140-S: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: Valladolid-Burgos-Vitoria
26. 2007-ES-03070-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: Valladolid-Burgos
27. 2007-ES-03050-P: High speed railway line Paris-Madrid: New Railway Network
Guipúzcoano
28. 2005-FR-90601-S: South Europe Atlantic high speed line - Angoulême-Bordeaux
section- Studies
PP17: Railway axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava
1. 2009-FR-17044-E New high speed railway line "LGV Est" - second phase: section
Baudrecourt-Vendenheim
2. 2007-FR-17210-P New railway high speed line "LGV Est" Second phase: section
Baudrecourt-Vendenheim
3. 2005-FR-401b-P High speed line east – Vaires-Baudrecourt section: new maintenance
facility at Ourcq and new stations
PP21: Motorways oft he Sea
1. 2011-EU-21007-S: COSTA (framework conditions for the use of LNG for ships in the
Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea)
2. 2011-EU-21009-M IBUK – intermodal corridor
3. 2010-EU-21105-S MIELE
4. 2010-EU-21102-S Monitoring and Operation Services for Motorways of the Sea
(MOS4MOS)
ERTMS
1. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
2. 2011-ES-60001-P Upgrade of Spanish HS Lines and Trains to ERTMS 2.3.0.d
3. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
4. 2009-FR-60132-P Migration of the French East European high speed line to
Specification Baseline 2.3.0.d
5. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
6. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
7. 2006-FR-401c-S, ERTMS Corridor C Railway high speed line "LGV Est" section
Vaires – Baudrecourt – Saarbrücken: Migration of ERTMS, corridor Paris-Frankfurt
Others
1. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
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North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor
Description
This multimodal corridor is encompassing a range of Priority Projects: PP 2, 13, 14, 26, 28
and 30. This corridor includes mainly ERTMS corridor C as well as rail freight corridors 2
and partly 6. It aims not only at offering better multimodal services between the North Sea
ports, along the Maas, Rhine, Scheldt, Seine, Saone and Rhone river basins but also better
interconnecting the British Isles with continental Europe. The goals are reducing travel times
and offering a larger modal choice and better services for passengers and freight.
urban nodes,
including their ports
and airports
Airports – to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports - to
be connected to
TEN-T rail and road
by 2030
rail-road terminals
in core network
Dublin
Cork
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Birmingham
London
Lille
Brussel/Bruxelles
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Luxembourg
Paris
Lyon
Marseille
Strasbourg
Dublin
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Manchester
London (Gatwick,
Heathrow, Luton,
Stansted)
Brussel/Bruxelles
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Paris (CDG, Orly)
Lyon (St. Exupéry)
Dublin
Cork
Glasgow (Clydeport,
King George V dock,
Hunterston, Greenock)
Edinburgh
(Forth, Grange-mouth,
Rosyth and Leith)
Liverpool, Felixstowe,
Harwich
London (London,
Gateway, Tilbury)
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp, Zeebrugge
Gent
Dunkerque
Marseille
Inland core
network ports
Brussel/Bruxelles
Antwerp, Gent
Luxembourg
(Mertert)
Metz
Paris
Strasbourg
Glasgow
Birmingham
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Luxembourg
(Bettembourg)
Lille (Dourges)
Paris
Dijon
Marseille (Miramas)
Strasbourg
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Rail Freight Corridor 2: Alignment: Rotterdam-Antwerp-Luxembourg-Metz-Dijon-Lyon/
(Basel)
Countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France,
Switzerland
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November 2013
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Presentations
/RFC2%20-%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
Rail Freight Corridor 6
Alignment: Almería-Valencia/Madrid-Zaragoza/
Barcelona-Marseille- Lyon-Turin-Milan-Verona-Padua/
Venice-Trieste/ Koper- Ljubljana-Budapest-Zahony
(Hungarian-Ukrainian border)
Countries: Spain, France, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November
2013
http://www.corridord.eu/ and
http://www.rne.eu/tl_files/RNE_Upload/News/052012/Presentations/RFC6%20-
%20Corridors%20Conference%202012.pdf
Missing links
In the northern part of the corridor the main missing link is the cross-border rail connection
between Dublin and Belfast which needs upgrading and the new high speed line 2 through
Great Britain to improve travelling times between London and the North.
The main missing links on the “continental part” are the inland waterways bottlenecks and
missing links between Seine and Scheldt as well as between the Rhine and the Rhone. The
cross-border rail connections between Brussels – Luxembourg and Lyon need to be upgraded
to be able to compete with road transport.
Interoperability
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
different electrifications (25kV AC in Great Britain,
northern France, 3kV DC in Belgium and Italy, 15kV 16
Hz in Germany), different standards with regards to train
length and axle loads.
This corridor belongs to ERTMS Corridor C (see map)
Modal integration
Efficient logistics and modal integration has to start in port operations with the full
deployment of the Maritime Single Window towards the full deployment of e-freight.
Besides, exploiting the multimodal dimension will require further development of efficient,
interoperable multimodal centres (rail, road, IWW) along the corridor, able to attract private
operators and generate additional demand.
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Success Stories
1. Priority Project 14 “West Coast Main Line”
Priority Project 14 West Coast Main Line” was completed in 2009. This complex
railway system linking London with major agglomerations in the West Midlands, the
North West, North Wales and Scotland offers reduced travel times (30 minutes gained
between Scotland and Birmingham) and better capacity (50% increase in hourly
services between London and the West Midlands) on this important route for the
United Kingdom. The competitiveness of rail has been increased on these routes. The
induced traffic growth was in excess of 30%.
2. High speed network London – Brussels – Paris and beyond
Europe’s first cross-border high speed passenger rail project (Priority Project 2, Paris –
Brussels – Koln – Amsterdam – London), linking major cities in Belgium, France,
Germany, The Netherlands and United Kingdom became fully operational in 2010.
This project, which includes major cross-border initiatives such as the Channel
Tunnel, fostered major changes in the traffic flows between these economic centres.
An important growth in traffic occurred in parallel with a strong modal shift from air
and road transport to rail, due to the important gain in time and frequency (between
Paris and Brussels, a train leaves every 30 minutes during peak times, with a travel
time reduced by half to 1 hour 22 minutes, compared to 3 hours by car). The
development of high speed lines has consistently cut journey times between various
urban and economic centres in the EU. At present, London is 2 hours 15 minutes from
Paris and 1 hour 51 minutes from Brussels. In 1989, it took 5 hours 12 minutes from
London to Paris and 4 hours 52 minutes from London to Brussels. The Eurostar
attracts more than 60% of the traffic between London and Paris.
3. The eastern branch of the high speed line Rhine-Rhône
The full high speed line Rhine-Rhone project encloses three branches (east, west,
south) that will connect the high speed network around Lyon to those of eastern
France and with Switzerland and Germany. The first phase of the new eastern branch
Dijon - Mulhouse (190 km) was opened on 11 December 2011 along the 140 km
stretch between Villers-les-Pots and Petit-Croix. This significantly cut travel times: 3
hours 40 minutes from Strasbourg to Lyon instead of 4 hours 45 minutes and minus 75
minutes from Frankfurt to Lyon (5 hours 55 minutes). The financing of the 2nd
phase
(50 km) was agreed on national level on 18 January 2012, the works shall start in
2014.
In 2012 10 Million passengers used the TGV Rhine-Rhone, 58% from/to Paris, 42%
in North-South direction including the new service Frankfort-Marseille. Around 20%
of the customers are from Germany or Switzerland.
Priority Projects 2010 - A Detailed Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/european-coordinators/doc/progress_report_longer_version_18jan2011_final2.pdf
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Annual reports of the EU Coordinator EU Coordinator Karla Peijs (PP30):
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
CEF: Pre-identified projects
Cork - Dublin - Belfast Rail Studies and works; Dublin Interconnector (DART);
Belfast
Port,
multimodal
connections
upgrading
Glasgow - Edinburgh Rail Upgrading
Manchester – Liverpool Rail Upgrading and electrification, including Northern Hub
Birmingham – Reading – Southampton Rail Upgrading of the freight line
Dublin, Cork, Southampton Ports, Rail Studies and works on port capacity, MoS and
interconnections
Dunkerque Port Further development of multimodal platforms and
interconnections
Calais - Paris Rail preliminary studies
Bruxelles/Brussel Rail studies and works (North-South connection for
conventional and high-speed)
Felixstowe – Midlands
Rail, port,
multimodal
platforms
rail upgrading, interconnections port and multimodal
platforms
Maas, inculding Maaswerken IWW Upgrading
Albertkanaal/ Canal Bocholt-Herentals IWW Upgrading
Rhine-Scheldt corridor: Volkeraklock and
Kreekaklock, Krammerlock and Lock
Hansweert
IWW locks: studies ongoing
Terneuzen Maritime locks: studies ongoing; works
Terneuzen - Gent IWW studies, upgrading
Zeebrugge Port locks: studies, interconnections (studies and works)
Antwerp
Maritime,
port, rail
locks: studies ongoing; port: interconnections (including
second rail access to the port of Antwerp)
Rotterdam - Antwerp Rail upgrading rail freight line
Canal Seine Nord; Seine - Escaut IWW ; studies and works; upgrading including cross-border
and multimodal connections
Dunkerque – Lille IWW studies ongoing
Antwerpen, Bruxelles/Brussels, Charleroi IWW upgrading
Waterways upgrade in Wallonia IWW studies, upgrading, intermodal connections
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Brussel/Bruxelles - Luxembourg -
Strasbourg Rail works ongoing
Antwerp – Namur - LUX border – FR
border Rail upgrading of rail freight line
Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel Rail upgrading
Rail Connections Luxembourg - Dijon -
Lyon (TGV Rhin - Rhône) Rail studies and works
Lyon Rail eastern bypass: studies and works
Canal Saône - Moselle/Rhin IWW preliminary studies ongoing
Rhône IWW upgrading
Port of Marseille-Fos Port interconnections and multimodal terminals
Lyon - Avignon - Port de Marseille - Fos Rail upgrading
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. Study “INTERNALISATION OF EXTERNAL COSTS IN THE PRICING OF
THE TRANSPORT MODES”
Partners: European Commission, Voies navigables de France (VNF), Réseau Ferré
de France (RFF), Region Wallonie, Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV (WenZ) and the
Ministry of Transport of the Netherlands
This study – along TEN-T PP30 - is about the internalisation of external costs to help
balancing the modal shares between rails, IWT and roads, to bring additional revenues
based on the polluter pays principle, to improve the environmental footprint of
transport operations.
http://www.vnf.fr/sne/IMG/pdf/Internalisation_des_couts_externes_GB-5.pdf
2. Rail Freight Corridor 2: Market Study Task 2.1 & 2.2, drs. A.A. Roest Crollius
MBR; Dr E. Morcello, Dr E. Delhaye, Zoetermeer, February 2013
INTERREG Projects
1. Enhancing road transport in central Ireland
2. On the road to Ballinasloe – Ireland’s new Motorway
3. Travelling light and speedily across the Fair City
4. Remote need not mean restricted thanks to ROADEX
5. Private partnership for public success: the Nottingham tramway
6. Transport on demand in rural Scotland
7. Better access to Port Talbot on the horizon
8. 'A la carte' public transport: we’re on the way!
9. Maritime safety is everyone’s business
10. Ships set sail for greener cargo transportation
11. Clean shipping technology for the North Sea
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12. A modern public transport system for Le Havre
13. Added spark for rail journeys between Bourges and Saincaize
14. Dijon: a tram network carrying ambitions
15. Rapid train travel hits Bretagne
16. Brest: room made for clean transport
17. Testing fuel cells
18. A Fresh Wind Blows Over the Porte océane
19. A modern public transport system for Le Havre
20. Val de Sambre moves rapidly forward with upgraded bus network
21. Port to gain competitive edge
22. Trains ready to roll along reopened line
23. In the steps of Jules Verne: onboard energy
24. Port to gain competitive edge
TEN-T Funding since 1995
PP2 High-speed railway axis Paris-Bruxelles/Brussel-Köln-Amsterdam-London:
PBKAL
1. 2007-BE-90203-P: PBKAL: F/B border, Bruxelles-Liège-B/D border, Bruxelles B/NL
border: Belgian part of the northern European high speed network
2. 2007-BE-02030-P: Diabolo: Rail link of the Zaventem airport to the Thalys high
speed network
3. 2006-BE-1102-P: EuroCap rail : modernisation de l'axe Bruxelles-Luxembourg
4. 2006-BE-204-P: PBKAL
5. 2004-NL-20101-P: PBKAL: Dutch section (~100 km) - Contract Noordelijk Holland.
Construction of the crossing of the High speed rail link with the A4 motorway
6. 2004-NL-20102-P: PBKAL: Dutch section (~100 km) - Contract Boortunnel
7. 2004-NL-20103-P: PBKAL: Dutch section (~100 km). Realisation of the Civil
Infrastructure for the High Speed Railway between Heerjansdam and Lage Zwaluwe
8. 2005-NL-201D-P: Modification of Rotterdam Central Station in connection with
PBKAL project Amsterdam-Dutch/Belgian border
9. 2003-BE-204-P: PBKAL :F/B border-Brussels-Liege-B/D border; Brussels-B/NL
border
10. 2003-GB-202C-P: Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) – Section 2 Ebbsfleet to St
Pancras.London-Cheriton
11. 2003-NL-20101-P: PBKAL Dutch Part: Construction of the crossing of the high-speed
rail link with the A4 motorway
12. 2003-NL-20102-P: PBKAL Dutch Part: Bored tunnel HSL-Zuid
13. 2002-BE-204-P: PBKAL :F/B border-Brussels-Liege-B/D border; Brussels-B/NL
border
14. 2002-GB-202A-P: CTRL Studies and WorksSections 1
15. 2002-GB-202C-P: Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) – Section 2 Ebbsfleet to St
Pancras.London-Cheriton
16. 2002-NL-201A-P: PBKAL :Dutch section (~100 km) Nederlands deel van het
PBKAL-project: aanleg van de kruising van de hogesnelheidsspoorli
17. 2002-NL-201B-P: Bored tunnel HSL-Zuid
18. 2002-NL-201C-P: Contract Zuid-Holland Zuid; realisation of the Civil Infrastructure
for the High Speed Railway between Heerjansdam and L
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19. 2001-BE-204-P: PBKAL :F/B border-Brussels-Liege-B/D border; Brussels-B/NL
border
20. 2001-NL-201C-P: PBKAL :Contract Zuid-Holland Zuid; realisation of the Civil
Infrastructure for the High Speed Railway between Heerjansda
21. 2001-NL-201B-P: PBKAL :Bored tunnel HSL-Zuid
22. 2001-NL-201A-P: PBKAL :Dutch section (~100 km) Nederlands deel van het
PBKAL-project: aanleg van de kruising van de hogesnelheidsspoorl
23. 2001-GB-202A-P: CTRL Construction of high-speed railway London – Cheriton.
Known as Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) Section 1 – Cheriton
24. 2001-GB-202B-S CTRL Continuation for design and support studies to commence
construction of high speed railway. Section 2 Ebbsfleet to
25. 2000-BE-201-P: Partie Belge du réseau à grande vitesse PBKAL
26. 2000-GB-1501-P: Channel Tunnel Rail Link
27. 2000-NL-1101-P: Bored tunnel High Speed Line-Zuid - part of NL PBKAL
28. 1999-BE-167-P: Partie Belge du réseau à grande vitesse nord-européen PBKAL
29. 1999-GB-164-P: Channel Tunnel Rail Link
30. 1999-NL-107-P: PBKAL/NL Fly-over and covering of tracks in Barendrecht
31. 1999-NL-108-S: PBKAL/NL Technical and design studies
32. 1997-GB-290-S: Channel Tunnel Rail Link
33. 1997-NL-197-S: Technical and design studies on the Dutch Section of the PBKAL
34. 1996-GB-86-S: Feasibility Study - Channel Tunnel Rail Link
35. 1995-BE-305-P: PBKAL Belgian section : construction of new infrastructure and
modernization of existing infrastructure
36. 1995-GB-308-S: Feasibility Study on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
37. 1995-NL-104-S: Technical and design studies for PBKAL-NL
PP13: Road axis United Kingdom/Ireland/Benelux
1. 2009-UK-92708-S: A8 Belfast to Larne (Coleman's Corner to Ballyrickard Road)
2. 2009-UK-13027-E: A14 Corridor Traffic Management Scheme
3. 2007-UK-13010-P: Package for improvements and upgrade of road infrastructure on
Priority Project 13: sections of A14, M6 and A1
4. 2006-IE-130102-P: New Project UK-IRL-Benelux road link. Section: N1 Dundalk to
the border with Northern Ireland
5. 2005-IE-1301a-S: Planning and Design of Ireland Element of the Ireland/United
Kingdom/Benelux Road Link
6. 2005-IE-1301b-P: UK-IRL-Benelux road link. Section: N1 Dundalk to the border with
Northern Ireland
7. 2004-IE-130101-S: Planning and Design of Ireland Element of the Ireland/United
Kingdom/Benelux Road Link
8. 2004-IE-130103-P: Ireland/United Kingdom/Benelux road link: N8 Cashel By-Pass
PP14: West coast main line
1. 2004-GB-1401-P: West Coast Main Line HSR project
PP26: Railway/road axis Ireland/United Kingdom/continental Europe
1. 2011-UK-93069-P: PP26: North West England electrification, Manchester-Liverpool
2. 2011-UK-93016-S: York Street interchange - Improvement to Belfast Port hinterland
cConnections
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3. 2010-UK-92219-P: Priority Axis 26: Nuneaton North Chord and Kennett Re-
signalling Works
4. 2009-UK-26029-E: Felixstowe-Nuneaton route work
5. 2007-IE-26010-S: Dublin Interconnector Tunnel Study - Design and Railway Order
Phase
6. 2005-GB-91502-P: A1/N1 Newry-Dundalk Link Road in Northern Ireland (to the
border with the Rep of Ireland)
PP28 EuroCap-Rail on the Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg railway axis
1. 2007-LU-28020-P: EuroCap-Rail: modernisation of the Brussels-Luxembourg-
Strasbourg rail axis
2. 2007-BE-28050-P: EuroCap-Rail on the Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg railway
axis
3. 2006-BE-1102-P: EuroCap rail : modernisation de l'axe Bruxelles-Luxembourg
PP21 Motorways of the Sea
1. 2011-EU-21007-S: COSTA (framework conditions for the use of LNG for ships in the
Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea)
2. 2010-EU-21112-S LNG infrastructure of filling stations and deployment in ships
PP30: Inland Waterway Seine-Scheldt
1. 2011-FR-91084-S: Preliminary studies for the development of four multimodal
platforms Canal Seine-Nord Europe & their road and rail connections
2. 2011-EU-93076-S: Planning study for a new maritime lock in Terneuzen
3. 2011-BE-93073-S: Additional studies in the Seine-Scheldt network in Flanders
4. 2010-FR-91118-S: Studies to upgrade the Oise river between Compiègne and Creil to
Vb gauge
5. 2009-FR-90910-P: Rebuilding of the dams in Boran and Venette on the river Oise
6. 2009-FR-90909-P: Upgrade of Deûle river size to 3,000 tonnes between Sequedin and
Deûlémont
7. 2009-BE-90200-S: Study of the navigability of the 'Upper-Seascheldt' and the
'Southern Ghent Ring Canal' for class Va motor vessels (1500-3000 tonnage)
8. 2008-EU-30001-P: Implementation of RIS on the Westerscheldt river
9. 2007-FR-91207-S: Extension of the Grand Canal du Havre
10. 2007-EU-30010-P: The Seine-Scheldt inland waterway network - cross-border section
between Compiègne and Ghent
11. 2006-FR-93007-S: Services d'Information Fluviale pour la Seine (Seine-Escaut)
12. 2005-FR-90602-S: PP 3: Etudes de faisabilité et actions de concertation en vue de la
costruction d'une nouvelle ligne ferroviaire entre Bordeaux et la frontière espagnole
13. 2005-FR-90610-S: Voie navigable Canal Seine Nord (partie du projet prioritaire n°
30): Etudes de l'avant-projet sommaire, phase 2
ERTMS
1. 2011-EU-60013-S Facilitating and speeding up ERTMS deployment
2. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
3. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
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4. 2009-EU-60106-P ERTMS implementation on the Railway Corridor C (Antwerpen-
Lyon/Basel)
5. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
6. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring
and electronic path request systems
7. 2008-LU-91700-P Deployment of ETCS Level 1 on Luxembourg railway network
8. 2007-EU-60440-P ERTMS on-board equipment of Thalys locomotives
9. 2007-EU-60400-P Deployment of ERTMS on the corridor Antwerp-Basel/Lyon
10. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
11. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
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Rhine-Danube Corridor
Description
This Corridor will provide the main east–west link between continental European countries,
connecting France and Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria all along
the Main and Danube rivers to the Black Sea by improving (high speed) rail and inland
waterway interconnections. It includes sections of Priority Projects 7, 17, 18 and 22. The parts
in CZ and SR are also covered by the Rail Freight corridor 9.
nodes, including
their ports and
airports
Airports – to
be connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2050
Maritime ports
- to be
connected to
TEN-T rail and
road by 2030
Inland core
network ports
rail-road
terminals
Strasbourg
Mannheim
Frankfurt
Nürnberg
Stuttgart
München
Wien
Bratislava
Budapest
Timisoara
Bucuresti
Costanta
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
München
Wien
Budapest
Costanta Strasbourg
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Frankfurt
Nürnberg
Stuttgart
Enns
Wien
Bratislava
Komarno
Budapest
Calafat
Cernavoda
Drobeta-Turnu
Severin
Galați
Giurgiu
Costanta
Strasbourg
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Stuttgart
Frankfurt/Main
Nürnberg
München
(Riem)
Wien
Wels
Bratislava
Zilina
Rail Freight corridor 9
Alignment: Prague, Horni, Lidec, Zilina, Kosice- Cierna nad Tisou
Countries: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic
Deadline for making corridor operational: 10 November 2013
Main missing links and bottlenecks
The main missing links are the cross-border rail network interconnections between Germany
and its neighbours, France and Austria, with the view to develop a cross-border network.
Bottlenecks between Austria and Slovakia, in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria also
need to be removed. The navigation on the Rhine River as well on the connection Rhine-
Main-Danube Canal is not hampered by the presence of bottlenecks for a thorough inland
waterway transport, along the Danube River navigability of the Danube must be improved in
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order to offer a real modal choice for freight transport. In addition, the Western Balkans
section of the Danube should be considered in the analysis and functioning of this corridor.
Interoperability
Some barriers to interoperability of rail have to be overcome:
Different electrifications (25kV AC in northern France, Hungary, Romania and
Bulgaria, 15 kV 16 Hz in Germany and Austria), different standards with regards to
train length and axle loads.
This corridor belongs partly to ERTMS Corridor E (Dresden-Budapest).
Modal integration
Since there are numerous TEN-T airports and waterways along this line, it is recommended
that they are linked at intermodal terminals for passengers and/or freight.
With regard to the new TEN-T guidelines core network, some of the core airports (those with
an annual passenger volume of more than 7.8 million) should be connected to the rail network
by 2050: This implies that some efforts have to be made in particular at Munich airport, while
other airports (Stuttgart and Vienna) are already connected or have plans to be connected
during the next 10 years.
Exploiting the multimodal dimension will also require further development of efficient,
interoperable multimodal centres (rail, road, IWW) along the corridor to be able to attract
private operators and generate additional demand.
Major issues
Development of (high-speed) rail
During the last decade several rail sections of PP17 have been upgraded or build. Especially
in Austria and France
In France, the TGV-Est service started in 2007 between Paris and Strasbourg, gaining
100 minutes of travelling time between Paris and Strasbourg (from 4 hours down to 2
hours 20 minutes). The final high-speed section Baudrecourt-Vendenheim is expected
to put into operation by 2016. Between 2007 and June 2012 more than 6 million
travellers used the TGV-Est, 3.6 million of them on the TGV Paris-Frankfurt and 2.7
million on Paris-Stuttgart-Munich. On the Paris-Strasbourg and the Paris-Stuttgart
connections, TGV gained market leadership with respectively 90% (2007: 30%) and
56%.
The Kehl Bridge crossing the Rhine was opened in December 2010 increasing the
efficiency, capacity and speed on this section (from 50 km/h to 160 km/h).
Works on Stuttgart-Ulm started in 2010 and the section shall be fully operational by
2020.
Works on the Wels-Linz section are on-going and expected to be finished by
2021/2025. The complete four-track Linz-Vienna section (including the St. Pölten
freight rail bypass) shall be in operation by 2017. Along the alignment some
milestones have already been reached:
o The new station of St. Pölten was inaugurated on 10 September 2010.
o St. Pölten-Vienna section is in operation since December 2012, allowing a 15
minute reduction in travel time (now 25 minutes).
o New Vienna Station was partly opened in December 2012; it will be fully
operational by 2015.
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The rail connection Vienna – Budapest was upgraded to 140 km/h in Austria and up to
160 km/h of Hungarian sections, already in the 1990ies.
The railway line Budapest – Lököshaza (border HU-RO) has already been upgraded,
upgrading on the Romanian side via Arad – Brasov – Bucuresti is on-going (with a
few subsections completed), the Bucuresti – Constanta section has greatly been
upgraded already.
The development along PP17 and related projects are co-funded by the European Commission
with €682.89 million (1995-2015) through the TEN-T budget (€597.5 million), the European
Recovery Plan (€85.4 million) and – in the Slovak Republic – also from the Cohesion Fund.
Inland waterways transport
The main inland connection between Rhine, Main and the Danube represents the backbone of
the inland navigation between north-western European basins and the south-eastern Black
Sea. While the Rhine and the Main and Main canal do not need any urgent infrastructural
interventions, the Danube River presents bottlenecks that reduce its availability for
sustainable freight traffic.
The first bottleneck coming from the Main Canal is at the Bavarian sites between the cities of
Straubing and Vilshofen where, in a stretch of 70 km there is a narrow bent and free flowing
current.
The refurbishment of navigability in the section east of Vienna till the border with Slovakia is
being successfully dealt with through a best practice that is being tested via a pilot project
inside the natural protected area.
The old bridge in Bratislava is being lifted up in order to allow the transit of vessels at Cat VI.
In Hungary a study has been performed to evaluate the necessary intervention in thirty-one
sites. Works have not yet started as the study is still been kept on hold for environmental
reasons.
Studies have also been undertaken in the section that forms the border between Bulgaria and
Romania. An inter-ministerial committee has been set up in order to coordinate the efforts and
to develop a strategy for a territorial development of the region along the Danube.
In Romania, at Calarasi-Braila, an experimental monitoring programme, supported by the
ICPDR, has been set up to evaluate the impact on the flora and fauna during and after the
construction of the infrastructures meant to redirect part of the flow from the Bala branch to
the main branch of the river.
Along the corridor, pre-identified projects can be co-financed from the Connecting Europe
Facility (CEF) by up to 40% for the works, up to 50% for ERTMS, RIS and VTMIS and also
up to 50% for studies.
Annual reports of the EU Coordinators Karla Peijs (PP18), Péter Balász
(PP17) and Gilles Savary (PP22)
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/annual-reports_en.htm
Priority Projects 2010 - A Detailed Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/infrastructure/ten-t-implementation/priority-
projects/european-coordinators/doc/progress_report_longer_version_18jan2011_final2.pdf
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CEF: Pre-identified projects
Rail connection Strasbourg - Kehl
Appenweier Rail works interconnection Appenweier
Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - München Rail studies and works ongoing
Ostrava/Prerov – Žilina – Košice – UA
border Rail upgrading, multimodal platforms
Zlín – Žilina Road cross-border road section
München – Praha Rail studies and works
Nürnberg – Praha Rail studies and works
München - Mühldorf - Freilassing -
Salzburg Rail studies and works ongoing
Salzburg - Wels Rail studies
Nürnberg - Regensburg - Passau - Wels Rail Studies and works
Rail connection Wels - Wien Rail completion expected by 2017
Wien – Bratislava / Wien – Budapest /
Bratislava – Budapest Rail
studies high speed rail (including the alignment of the
connections between the three cities)
Budapest - Arad Rail studies for high speed network between Budapest and
Arad
Komárom – Komárno IWW Studies and works for cross-border bridge
Arad - Brašov - Bucurešti - Constanta Rail upgrading of specific sections; studies high-speed
Main – Main-Donau-Canal IWW
studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks;
inland waterway ports:multimodal interconnections with
rail
Slavonski Brod Port Studies and works
Giurgiu, Galați Port Further development of multimodal platforms and
connections with the hinterland: studies and works
Danube (Kehlheim -
Constanța/Midia/Sulina) IWW
studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks;
inland waterway ports:multimodal interconnections
Sava IWW Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks
(including cross-border bridge)
Bucharest – Danube Canal IWW Studies & works
Constanta Port, MoS port interconnections, MoS (including icebreaking
services)
Craiova – Bucharest Rail Studies and works
Existing Co-operations and studies
1. Main Line for Europe
Countries: France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary
The “Main Line for Europe” is an initiative of 14 cities, nine regions and also nine
chambers of commerce working in close cooperation with « Association TGV Est-
Européen » and the federal States in Germany and Austria. The aim of the initiative is to
achieve the upgrading of the West-East rail line ”Paris –Bratislava/Budapest” to a
continuous high-performance rail line for passenger and freight transport and the line’s
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optimum linkage to local and regional public transport along the entire corridor. Studies
made by or with contributions of this initiative:
How to connect Germany to the French high speed network? (1986)
Integration effects, economic stimulus, locational advantages (2001, INTERREG
II C)
Plannungsatlas 2006
Güterverkehr (2007, INTERREG III C)
Magistrale für Europa-Züge für Europa (2009)
http://www.magistrale.org/index.php
2. CETC-ROUTE 65 initiative
Countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Slovakia
Several regions and Member States signed a in June 2010 in Szczecin a common
declaration to develop a multi-modal corridor from Sweden until Croatia. The initiative’s
aim is to develop a system of multi-modal infrastructure and economic links, allowing
sustainable growth and increasing the competitiveness of this region. http://www.cetc.pl/
3. Transport research & Innovation Portal: http://www.transport-
research.info/web/index.cfm
TEN-T Funding
PP17: Railway axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava
1. 2011-AT-93059-P TEN-T PP17: Salzburg-Vienna section, high speed extension of the
Westbahn - Lambach-Breitenschutzung line improvements and works
2. 2011-AT-93108-P TEN-T PP17: Salzburg-Vienna section, high speed extension of the
Westbahn - works for the St. Polten freight train pass
3. 2011-AT-93051-P TEN-T PP17: Salzburg-Vienna section, high speed extension of the
Westbahn - closing the gap east of Amstetten station
4. 2011-AT-91153-P Linz Trimodal
5. 2010-AT-91136-S Terminal Wien Inzersdorf – Planing, (PP 17 – Section: Vienna-
Salzburg)
6. 2009-AT-17104-E Four-track development of the Western Line, construction project
Ybbs-Amstetten, Burgstaller Tunnel (skeleton construction)
7. 2009-AT-17100-E Four-track development of the Western Line Vienna-Salzburg: gap
closure St. Pölten-Loosdorf (freight rail bypass) bridge construction works
8. 2009-AT-17098-E Four-track development of the Western Line Vienna-Linz: Melk
railway station
9. 2008-DE-91007-S Preliminary planning for the electrification of Markt Schwaben-
Tüßling-Freilassing
10. 2007-FR-17210-P New railway high speed line "LGV Est" Second phase: section
Baudrecourt-Vendenheim
11. 2007-DE-60320-P Equipment with ETCS of the railway section Emmerich (border)-
Oberhausen as part of the Corridor A Rotterdam-Genoa
12. 2007-DE-17220-P Works for construction and modernisation of the section between
Kehl – Appenweier
13. 2007-DE-17200-P Works for the construction of the high speed line between Stuttgart
and Wendlingen
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14. 2007-DE-17020-P Works and studies for upgrading of the section München -
Mühldorf - Freilassing, cross-border section DE / AT
15. 2007-DE-17010-P Works for the construction of a high speed line between
Wendlingen and Ulm
16. 2007-AT-17170-P Works for the modernisation of the cross border section Salzburg –
German border
17. 2007-AT-17040-P Works and studies for upgrading the Wien - Bratislava railway line
18. 2006-DE-1005-P Upgrade of Augsburg-Olching section for high speed railway traffic
19. 2006-DE-1004A-S Studies for the new construction of the Stuttgart-Ulm high speed
line
20. 2005-AT-90103-P Equipment of A Network with ETCS Level 1; Phase 1: Wien West
– Salzburg and Wels Passau
PP18 Waterway axis Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube
1. 2008-SK-92308-S Project Documentation and Modernisation of Bratislava old bridge
2. 2007-RO-92301-S D. A. N. U. B. E.: Danube Access Network – Unlocking
Bottlenecks in Europe, by developing a high quality TEN-T ports infrastructure in
Romania on optimal economic terms – Feasibility study phase
3. 2007-NL-18010-P Maasroute, Upgrade of inland waterways from class Va to class Vb
specifications
4. 2007-HU-18090-S Improvement of the navigability on the Danube
5. 2007-DE-18050-S Independent variant research on the development of the Danube
between Straubing and Vilshofen
6. 2007-DE-18030-P New construction of the rail bridge above the Danube at
Deggendorf
7. 2007-BE-18070-P Construction of a 225 x 25 m chamber navigation lock, its ancillary
works and a pumping station / hydroelectric power plant on the Albert Canal, to the
east of the existing lock complex at Lanaye
8. 2007-BE-18040-P Studies for the construction of a 225m x 25m (Class VIb) lock in
Huy (Ampsin-Neuville) and the works of a 225m x 25m (classe VIb) lock in Flémalle
(Ivoz-Ramet), both on the Meuse river
9. 2007-AT-18020-P Implementation integrated river engineering project Danube East of
Vienna
PP 22 Railway axis Athina–Sofia–Budapest–Wien–Praha–Nürnberg/Dresden
1. 2007-HU-22020-S Preparation of design for approval for the railway line section
Biatorbagy (incl.)-Tata (excl.)
2. 2007-EU-22070-S Studies for the development of the Railway Priority Project 22
PP21 Motorways of the Sea
1. 2011-EU-21007-S: COSTA (framework conditions for the use of LNG for ships in the
Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea)
ERTMS
1. 2011-NL-60003-P Prototyping, testing, renewed authorisation for placing in service
and the retrofit of Siemens ES64U2 locomotives with ETCS L1/L2 2.3.0.d for
Corridor A, B and E networks in DE, AT, HU and CH
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2. 2010-EU-92240-S Studies on improving the Freight Corridor Concept by using
Telematic Applications for Freight, and methods, tools and procedures developed by
RNE for rail corridors
3. 2009-EU-60138-P Retrofitment of locomotives with onboard ETCS equipment
4. 2009-EU-60126-S Support to the ERTMS Consolidation
5. 2009-EU-60122-P Deployment of ERTMS on Corridor D: Valencia to Budapest
6. 2009-HU-60139-P Retrofitting of MÁV-TRAKCIÓ locomotives with ETCS
equipment to be operated on “Corridor E”
7. 2009-AT-60147-P ERTMS deployment on Corridor E (Dresden-Constanta) Austrian
vehicles
8. 2008-EU-91901-S NETLIPSE
9. 2008-EU-90000-S Feasibility study on international rail real time traffic monitoring
and electronic path request systems
10. 2007-EU-60120-P ERTMS Implementation on the Railway Corridor D (Valencia-
Budapest)
11. 2007-EU-60040-P EEIG: ERTMS Users Group - testing activities
12. 2007-DE-60490-P Equipment of the Railion Deutschland AG locomotives
13. 2006-EU-93001-S ERTMS development and consolidation
14. 2005-AT-90103-P Equipment of A Network with ETCS Level 1; Phase 1: Wien West
– Salzburg and Wels Passau
REGIO funding: ISPA, ERDF, Cohesion Fund
1. Smoother rail transport across Slovakia
2. Signalling the way forward in Hungarian rail travel
3. Smooth traffic flows around Budapest’s Ring Road
4. Budapest tramlines set for major upgrade
5. Main Budapest bridge receives an upgrade
6. Modernisation of railway line speeds up journey times and increases capacity on
major transport route
7. Development of Urban Tramways in Miskolc
8. Keeping the river traffic flowing: Improving navigation on the DanubeUpgraded local
rail line strategically vital for Europe
9. New Danube bridge to speed up international traffic
10. Motorway will bring major benefits
11. Extending the northern breakwater in Constanta port
12. Rolling out faster and safer road transport
13. Piloting Europe’s latest railway signalling system
14. On the road to better transport infrastructure
15. Romanian railway line brought up to speed
16. Refurbishment of railway line will speed up journeys through central and western
Romania
17. New motorway benefits entire region