Chances for quick wins in the railway sector How to reach economic growth through full interoperable corridors? Karel VINCK, European ERTMS Coordinator

Horizontal Coordinators Two horizontal objectives are coordinated at high-level:  Motorways of the Sea: aims at introducing new intermodal maritime-based logistics chains (Coordinator Brian Simpson).  ERTMS: aims at achieving interoperable rail network in Europe, with ERTMS as key driver of interoperability

Interoperable rail network Rail interoperability: capability to let the locos operate on any stretch of the network. The focus is on making the different technical systems on the EU's railways work in a compliant way. Three conditions need to be fulfilled in order to achieve rail interoperability:  Removal of infrastructure bottlenecks  Introduction of ERTMS  Harmonisation of authorisation and operational rules Corridor approach: implementation of the network shall start with corridors. } Quick wins

What are the quick wins (list is non-exhausted)?  ERTMS implementation along corridors, then entire Network  Implementation of cross-broder sections  740m freight trains  Standardized operating rules (e.g. validity of timetable, process time for path requests etc.)  Harmonisation and simplification of authorization procedures for infrastructures and for the rolling stock Why we need them?  show tangible results to the stakeholders ASAP  give more certainty, credibility and support to railway How to reach them?  Implement the Breakthrough Program  explicit support of ERA

What are the benefits?  Study carried out in The Netherlands: full interoperability in the European Union provides macro-economic growth of at least 1,5% (many thousands of jobs )  at corridor level: 40% capacity increase, 25% improvement of the safety, reduction of transport cost by 20% and of the maintenance cost by 15%  at Member States level:increase in locomotive productivity of 20 – 30% (extra km/year/loco); timesaving leads to a reduction of transport costs by 11%; introduction of ERTMS significantly reduces the number of signalling related safety incidents.

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