1CER The Voice of European Railways High Speed Railway – a chance for Poland and Central Europe EU Regulatory Framework Warszawa, 16 November 2011 Libor Lochman Deputy Executive Director, CER

2CER The Voice of European Railways  TODAY: No overall European regulatory framework on High Speed  But Technical Specifications for Interoperability apply Europe-wide: – Rolling Stock (RST TSI HS) – Infrastructure (INF TSI HS) – Energy (ENE TSI HS) – Control Command System (CCS TSI HS & CR) – Operations (OPE TSI HS & CR)  TOMORROW: High Speed is in the focus of attention in two politically relevant transport documents – The 2011 White Paper – The TEN-T Guidelines for The general EU regulatory framework

3CER The Voice of European Railways EU High Speed Railway Network in 2010 Source: European Commission

4CER The Voice of European Railways Development of the length of high speed rail transport infrastructure (in km) in Europe

5CER The Voice of European Railways Development high speed rail traffic (in pkm) in Europe

6CER The Voice of European Railways Impact of High Speed on journey time…... a few examples. Paris Londo n Madrid Rome Berlin Barcelona Malag a Vienna Copenhagen Basel Milan 2:30 h 3:40 h 2:00 h Lyon Frankfurt 2:15 h Brussel s 1:30 h 3:30 h 3:00 h 2:10 h 3:30 h 2:45 h 3:50 h 7:00 h 4:10 h Travel times on main routes in :30 h 4:45 h Amsterda m Paris – London Reductions on Routes Paris – Amsterdam Madrid – Barcelona Milano - Roma -60% Reductions on routes Frankfurt – Brussels Frankfurt – Paris Frankfurt – Zürich Munich – Vienna Cologn e % -45% -40% rounded -45% -30% 4:00 h 1:55 h 2:30 h

7CER The Voice of European Railways Impact of High Speed on journey time between 1989 and a few examples.

8CER The Voice of European Railways  New White Paper on Transport demands tripling high-speed rail infrastructure by 2030  To achieve this, the new TEN-T proposal foresees the construction of new high-speed lines and upgrades to high-speed lines across Europe, including EU12, to be part of the core network which must be completed by 2030  New TEN-T proposal requires high-speed lines to be equipped for speeds equal to or greater than 250 km/h Impact of TEN-T Guideline proposal on high speed rail transport in Europe

9CER The Voice of European Railways The future EU Core Network for rail passenger transport as in the proposal for TEN-T Guidelines EU Core Network: Railways (passengers) and airports Source: COM(2011) 650/2 Annex I – Volume 3

10CER The Voice of European Railways The future Core Network for Poland for rail passenger transport as shown the proposal for TEN-T Guidelines Core Network of Poland: Railways (passengers) and airports Source: COM(2011) 650/2 Annex I – Volume 3

11CER The Voice of European Railways  High Speed, definitely a way to reduce Europe’s dependency on oil!  But:  High Speed should apply where there is a market for it.  This is particularly the case if High Speed substitutes to air short- medium haul and motorways  High Speed should not develop at the expense of the conventional network.  Conventional rail must be maintained, in complementarity to High Speed, and as a feeder network “Two-(high)Speed Europe” must be avoided; East/West gap shall be bridged CER view on the high speed railway: Let’s not allow a “Two (high)Speed Europe”!

12CER The Voice of European Railways Thank you for your attention! For further information, visit our website:  Dr Libor LOCHMAN Deputy Executive Director Tel: 