Short summary of RFC 7

Orient-East/Med Corridor

Short summary of RFC 7

Orient-East/Med Corridor

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ContentContentThe beginning – start of the work

Our corridor connects 7! countries

The governance, our working structure

Contact with the RU-s and Terminals

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Regulation 913/2010/EUThe GOAL is – to lay down rules for the establishment and organisation of international rail corridors for competitive rail freight

To improve the interoperability

Common rules for time-tabling, reporting of trains, traffic management, investments, works

To eliminate the bottlenecks

Improve the coordination among Infrastucture Managers in Europe in order to guarantee relailable level of quality

Facilitite the ”One Stop Service” – C-OSS3

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The Corridor with its main lines

and alternative routesbased of the

Transport Market Study analyse and results

Governance of RFCs

Executive BoardThe EB shall be composed of representatives of the authorities of the Member States concerned.The body is responsible for defining the general objectives of the freight corridor, supervising andtaking measures if necessary for the improvement of the project.The participation of each Member States is obligatory.

Advisory Groups The MB shall set up an advisory group made up of • railway undertakings interested in the use of the corridor • managers and owners of the terminals of the freight corridor including, where necessary, sea and inland waterway ports. These AGs may issue an opinion on any proposal by the MB which has direct consequences for them. It may also issue own-initiative opinions. The MB shall take any of these opinions into account.

Management Board For each freight corridor, the infrastructure managers concerned and, where relevant, theallocation bodies as referred shall establish a Management Board responsible for taking all operative measures for the implementation of the regulation. The participation of each IM and AB is obligatory.

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Executive Board

Management Board

Advisory Groups

The Milestones Establishment - The Executive Board

Memorandum of Understanding – signed on 16th June 2011

Establishment – The Management Board Memorandum of Understanding - signed on 9th September 2011

The RFC-7 Secretariat is operated by MÁV Zrt. from January 2012

The 6 Working Groups were formed – spring 2012

The C-OSS started the operation – 1st May 2013 (Budapest)

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AdvisoryGroups Secretariat

MarketingInter -operability/ERTMS

Infra Developm

Traffic Managm

OSSIT Tools

Investment Plan

IT Support

TMSSatisfaction survey

Traffic Management, Priority Rules, Punctuality targets

*: Obligatory cooperation for

RUs&Terminals

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ERTMS, Interoperability

C-OSS officeC-OSS office

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Corridor product: the Corridor Train PathCorridor product: the Corridor Train Path

Pre-arranged pathPre-arranged path Reserve capacityReserve capacity

Protected at all phases of its lifecycle:Before capacity allocation: international train path catalogue pre-defined (Art. 14)After capacity allocation: protection from cancellation (Art. 14)During the use of capacity: protection in case of traffic disturbances (Art. 17)Single service point:Information about conditions for the use of the RFC in a single document (Art. 18)Joint body for handling capacity requests – Corridor One Stop Shop (Art. 13)Harmonised product parameters:Harmonized traffic management rules along the corridor (Art. 16)Coordinated infrastructure development (Art. 12)Active contact with customers :Regular consultations before decision-making – advisory groups (Art. 8)

Protected at all phases of its lifecycle:Before capacity allocation: international train path catalogue pre-defined (Art. 14)After capacity allocation: protection from cancellation (Art. 14)During the use of capacity: protection in case of traffic disturbances (Art. 17)Single service point:Information about conditions for the use of the RFC in a single document (Art. 18)Joint body for handling capacity requests – Corridor One Stop Shop (Art. 13)Harmonised product parameters:Harmonized traffic management rules along the corridor (Art. 16)Coordinated infrastructure development (Art. 12)Active contact with customers :Regular consultations before decision-making – advisory groups (Art. 8)

Regulation (EU) 913/2010

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RFC7 special characteristicsRFC7 special characteristics

Most countries (7) and companies (9)

involved

Most countries (7) and companies (9)

involved

Went operational as first of all

freight corridors

Went operational as first of all

freight corridors

Most demanding business environment

RUs do not plan long time ahead lot of ad-hoc path requests less demand for pre-arranged path, tailor-made offers are needed

Most demanding business environment

RUs do not plan long time ahead lot of ad-hoc path requests less demand for pre-arranged path, tailor-made offers are needed

Most efficiently operated management

Most efficiently operated management

Plenty of infrastructure

capacity at service

Plenty of infrastructure

capacity at service

RFC-7 AG groups were established

• 30th October 2012, Budapest• The Consultation Rules were accepted• The Representatives of TAG/RAG were nominated• Letter of intent signed for both AGs

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Tasks related to RFC AGsManagement Board

•Sharing information and proposals for discussion with AGs, •Consideration and utilization of AGs’ positions,•Defining the rules of consultation between MB & AGs, •Organizing 2- 3 regular AG meetings / year.

Advisory Groups

•Studying the information and proposals shared by MB,•Formulation of opinion on MB materials,•Internal discussion and meetings between AG member organizations,•Summarization of opinion of AG members,•Communication of AG position to the MB.

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Communication•in English•by e-mail

Information flow

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RU AG Representative: Rail Cargo Hungária Zrt. (corridor7AG@railcargo.hu)Founding Members: Rail Cargo Austria AG; METRANS /Danubia/ a.s.; Rail Cargo Hungária Zrt. ; AWT RAIL HU Zrt.; DB Schenker Rail Hungária Kft.; GYSEV Cargo Zrt.; SC Unitrans SA; CFR MARFA SA

Terminal AG Representative: Rail Cargo Austria AGDeputy Representative: WienCont Container Terminal GmbHFounding Members: Bohemiakombi; Rail Cargo Austria AG; WienCont Container Terminal; METRANS /Danubia/ a.s.; Business Park Sturovo Railway; BILK Kombiterminál; GYSEV Cargo; AWT RAIL HU Zrt.; MLSZKSZ; CFR Marfa S.A.; DB Schenker Rail Hungária Kft.

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Feedback from the marketFeedback from the market

Proposed additional routes/PaP sections:

•Sopron – Győr (alternative paths)•Stúrovo – Lőkösháza via Rákosrendező – Kőbánya teher – Kőbánya Kispest – Szajol (to avoid unnecessary loco turning round in Ferencváros)•Biharkeresztes – Bucuresti via Cluj Napoca (alternative paths)•Ruse – Burgas and Ruse – Simeonovgrad via Sindel – Junak – Karnobat – Nova Zagora (new paths)

Extention towards North and South• Direction to Germany

– Rostock– Wilhelmshaven– Bremerhaven– Hamburg

• Direction to Turkish border– from Sofia to Svilengrad

• Direction to Ionean See– from Sofia to Patras

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