TRACECA CONSTRUCTION OF INTERMODAL TERMINAL IN THE REGION OF RUSE CITY BULGARIA Infrastructure Working Group Kiev, 11 May 2011

CONSTRUCTION OF INTERMODAL TERMINAL IN THE REGION OF RUSE CITY

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Location The city of Ruse is located on the Danube River and it is an important intermodal junction with a unique strategic location, a significant trade, commercial and transport center; An only railway terminal in North Bulgaria; The terminal is within two European corridors : - -VII - the rivers Rein – Main – Danube and -IX - Guergevo–Ruse–Dimitrovgrad–Alexandrupolis /Istanbul; The Port of Ruse is the biggest Bulgarian river port; Ruse Railway Station is connected with the big Black Sea Port of Varna through the railway line Ruse – Varna, representing a very important connection for the intermodal transport

Scope of the project Phase I - Technical Assistance for Construction of Intermodal Terminal in the Region of Ruse City Phase II - Construction of Intermodal Terminal in the Region of Ruse City

Scope of the project “Technical Assistance for Construction of Intermodal Terminal in the Region of Ruse City” project will be started with expected financing under Operational Programme on Transport Activities:  Preparation of needs assessment and definition of the project;  Preparation of financial and economic “ cost - benefit ” analyses;  Preparation of a preliminary design for construction of intermodal terminal in Ruse;  Analysis of the options for public – private partnership for construction and operation of intermodal terminal in Ruse and preparation of PPP strategy;  Preparation of public procurements and tender documentation.

Project objectives  Balancing of different transport modes to the advantage of railway transport attracting transportations from road to railway transport;  Increase of international intermodal transportations with the countries from TRACECA region and Eastern and Central Europe;  Intermodality improvement in the South – East region of EU;  Increase of transport market competitiveness by improvement of railway services quality;  Development of reliable transport by integration of different transport modes and creation of conditions for development of intermodal cooperation.

 Construction of IMT – area of dca railway  Operative road interaction water  Modality – vehicle wagon ship  Reliability – transfer of freight from road to railway transport with the purpose of decrease of harmful emissions in air  Save of traveling time - time stop shortening during border crossings results in freights delivery acceleration Technical criteria

Forecast for the volumes of freight transportation through Ruse Railway Junction

Economic criteria from a survey about private railway Operator Forecasted period 2025 Investment costs – 15 mln. euro for construction of the terminal by NRIC Construction duration - 24 months Investment costs – mln. euro for equipment by a private railway operator Current costs – / per 1 year (for maintenance and operation) Terminal return period – over 40 years on the basis of accounts for other terminals Return period – 4.5 years of the equipment in case of 25 years operation by the Operator

Economic criteria The possibilities for application of PPP will be estimated during the last stage of the project for technical assistance Public partner partnership (PPP)

Environment  Decrease of harmful emissions;  Decrease of noise pollution by noise protection projects implementation in case of necessity;  Decrease of energy sources consumption.

Political criteria  The project is included in the following strategic documents:  “ Strategy for Integration of the Bulgarian Railway Infrastructure into the European Network for Intermodal Transport ”  “ Strategy for Development of the Transport Infrastructure of Republic of Bulgaria until 2015 ”  The commencement and implementation of the project depend on the conclusion of “Technical Assistance for Construction of Intermodal Terminal in the Region of Ruse City” project.

Expected results  Creation of conditions for development of intermodal transportations;  Improvement of the intermodal infrastructure, that results in economic growth in the region through reliable transport freight services;  Increase of the working positions and standard of living in the region;  Increase of transport services quality;  Achieved balance between the different transport modes, developed intermodal transportation using «sea-railway-river» system;  Increased trade between Bulgaria and Eastern and Central European countries;  Decrease of harmful emissions and motor-car accidents on highways.

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