RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight service between North Sea and Black Sea WP 12: Knowledge Base ETIS+ Conference, Brussels 27 May 2011 Paul van de Lande, TNO

Contents Background and objectives RETRACK RETRACK project structure and activities WP 12: Knowledge Base Work planning

Policy background Strong rail freight market crucial for socio-economic and environmental targets, within the EU and between the EU and surrounding countries European transport policy based on level playing field and fair competition Two decades of liberalisation in rail freight: Emergence of new rail private operators From marginal to major players Incumbents fight back: mergers and acquisitions Concrete actions to support this EU policy: develop and demonstrate new rail freight services with private operators on selected corridors

Corridor development TEN-T/ERTMS Corridors A-F ERTMS Corridors planned

RETRACK corridor analysis Rotterdam: Dry/liquid bulk Maritime containers Duisburg: All cargo Wels or Vienna: All cargo Bratislava/Kosice: Steel/automotive Budapest: All cargo Feeder point for Slovakia Oradea, Constanta, All cargo Ludwigshafen: dry/liquid bulk

RETRACK project FP6, Integrated Project, supported by DG MOVE Objective: develop, demonstrate, and implement innovative and market-proven rail freight service along NW-SE corridor, by a group of private railway companies Project duration: May 2007– August 2012 Project Budget: app. 23 million euro 13 Work Packages 11 consortium partners: Rail operators/ Railway companies: R&D/IT consultants:

RETRACK project structure

First demonstration launched 27/02/10

Transported goods: -Automotives - Chemical, - Agri-bulk - Continental & maritime containers Keulen Passau Rotterdam Györ Parties: TransPetrol: Rail operator Traction providerrs on main route: MWB: NL – Keulen – Passau LTE: Passau – Hegyeshalom CER: Hegyeshalom – Gyor : Gyor – xxx: ServTrans Train Characteristics: -600 m in length -Up to t (1800 ton) -Frequency: >3x/wk, more demand - Transit time: 21 hours (16 hours) Debrecen Orosháza Hajduboszormeny Hegyeshalom Demonstration status-quo Szabadegyhaza Antwerp Constanta Current challenges: - Extend service to RO - Infra. condition, charges in HU, RO. - High shunting costs -OSS not working yet

RETRACK corridor extension

Page 11 The RETRACK Knowledge Base shall contribute to: Improve the quality of infrastructure modelling in the field of capacity and infrastructure management Development of business models with integration of different transport modes and collaboration strategies Establishment of a web-based platform for monitoring and development of trans-European rail freight corridors Improvement of the rail freight market opening by providing transparent monitoring of market and framework conditions Generic approach for various corridors in combination with ETIS+ leads to substantial information tool WP 12 Objectives

Page 12 Web portal and contents management system A public and a restricted document repository and search system Table data: data viewer with tables, maps and charts and data editor Geo data: network data viewer with infrastructure and topology Survey system to define, conduct and visualise online surveys Support data exchange with external systems as TENTec, Gisco, TRANSTOOLS, ETIS+ Knowledge Base elements

Page 13 EC Policy makers and agencies, amongst others: DG Move TEN – TEA ERRAC Rail freight Corridor managers National policy makers National infrastructure managers Commercial rail operators Branche organisations, a/o UIRR, UIC, Xrail, CER, ESC Individual customers, 3PLP’s, shippers Others, a/o R&D institutes, consultants, interest groups Knowledge Base target group

Page 14 WP 12 Approach conform ETIS-BASE Top-down Bottom-up policy questions indicators data, information, knowledge

Page 15 Topics and questions 1. Infrastructure supply and demand What is the present and future status of the rail infrastructure? What is the technical and operational capacity of the terminals? What is the traffic density along the corridor? To what extend is the capacity of the corridor being used? 2. Market conditions What types of (intermodal) services are being provided? What business models and strategies are there? Who are the leading service suppliers and terminal operators? How is the intra-modal rail competition on the corridor? What's the competitiveness of rail on the corridor compared to other modes (inter-modal competition)? 3. Institutional conditions What are the main institutional actors / policy making bodies? What policies at the EU level are applied? What policies at national level are applied? What are the institutional barriers on the corridor? What are their impacts on the functioning of the corridor? 4. Connectivity of the RETRACK corridor What is the physical connection between RETRACK and the other international corridors? To what degree do international corridors interact with RETRACK? 5. Environmental impact What is the impact of the modal shift on the RETRACK corridor and other corridors in terms of CO2- emission? What is the impact of the modal shift on the RETRACK corridor and other corridors in terms of PM10 and NOx-emission? What is the CO2-emission savings from the rail traffic on the RETRACK corridor, as compared to road traffic?

Page 16 Start: January 2011 Finalisation: August 2012 Knowledge Base structure:June 2011 Technical design:October 2011 Data collection and data entry:September 2011 – July 2012 Work planning

Thank you for your attention! Contacts Paul van de Min Zhang: Mobility and Logistics T: F: E: I: Page 17