Growth opportunities in South East Europe ANTAL, Dániel p r e s i d e n t W i e n, 28th January 2008.

The enlarged European Rail Area Source:

Rail network density in Europe and in the SEETO Rail network density in EU-25 and in the SEETO (2005, km/km 2 ) Source: Eurostat, World Bank

Freight density on the open access networks Freight density on the open access networks in Europe and in the SEETO (2005, ton-km/km) Source: UIC, World Bank

GDP per capita growth in Europe GDP per capita growth in Europe (2005, %) Source: Eurostat, World Bank

Rail passenger density in Europe and in the SEETO Rail passenger density in the EU and in the SEETO (2005, passenger/capita) Source: UIC, World Bank

GDP PPS per capita in Europe (EU-27=100) GDP PPS per capita in Europe (2005) Source: Eurostat

The use and prices of the Hungarian rail network Left-hand side: Export, import, transit rail freight flows in Hungary Right-hand side: Relative infrastructure fees in Europe Source: Institute for Transport Sciences, Ministry of Economic and Transport, Hungarian Rail Office

Transition and growth in rail freight, Hungary Growth in rail freight, Hungary, EU-15, EU-10 Source: European Commission, Hungarian Rail Office Total no. decisions in 2007 (2006) 181 (22) including procedural and other EEA relevant licences decisions Freight 14, (2) itas Passenger +3 (0) zallitas National licence decisions Infrastructure +1 (0) Private infrastructure 49 (0) Regional railway 20 (0) Suburban railway 1 (0) Regulatory decisions Capacity-allocation 3 (1) Terms & pricing 4 (2) Business conduct 2 (0) yelet Fines imposed MÁV Zrt: 50 million HUF VPE Kft (CAB) 5 million HUF

Administration on border-crossing stations UkraineCroatiaSerbiaAustriaSlovakiaSloveniaRomania EU membershipnonegotiatednoyes Documents Letter of carriage, transfer schedule, carriage statement, train statement, trainload register Animal and plants medical test by freight’s trait no Generally required time of transit Within 24 hours Circa 6 hours1-5 hours0,25-1,5 hours1-5 hours1 hour2 hour Technologic factors Reloading 95%, axle resetting 5% Change of traction vehicle and staff Change of staff at all times, traction vehicle in case Change of traction vehicle and staff Change of staff at all times, traction vehicle in case Custom dutiesyes no Necessity of contributor yesno

Rail freight tonne kilometres, millions Rail Freight tonne kilometres (millions) Source: Schienen Controll Gmbh, Hungarian Rail Office

Regulatory problem areas in border crossing

Border crossings (average/maximum hours) 0,25 1, , ,5 1

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