1. 1 Silencing freight trains A small country’s perspective Martine Serbruyns BeWag 27 april 2015 - Brussels

2. 2 Content 1.Impact of noise 2.Noise differentiated track access charge 3.Encourage silent wagons in Belgium 4.European financial assistance retrofit 5.Belgian financial assistance freight BeWag 27 april 2015

3. 3 1. Impact of noise

4. 4 Impact assessment of noise Directive 2002/49/EC of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise –Modelling traffic (road, rail, air) and noise –Publication noise maps  priorities –Action plans Responsable authorities: Belgian regions (see their websites) BeWag 27 april 2015

5. 5 Fase 1 2007-2008 Lines > 60.000 trains/year Fase 2 2012-2013 Lines > 30.000 trains/year (example: Flemish region) Source: website Région wallonne Source: website Vlaams gewest LNE  Noise contours on maps (example: Walloon Region)  Statistics on number of people disturbed

6. 6 6 BeWag 27 april 2015 Infrastructure manager noise barriers maintenance and renewal procedures acoustic grinding choice of railpads Operator / keeper Silent wagons up to -10dBA this is equal tot -10Xtraffic carrot or stick

7. 7 2. Noise differentiated track access charge

8. 8 Legal basis Directive 2012/34/EU (recast) –establishing a single European railway area Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2015/429 of 13 March 2015 –setting out the modalities to be followed for the application of the charging for the cost of noise effects (NDTAC) –applicable from 16 June 2015 –http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.070.01.0036.01.ENG BeWag 27 april 2015

9. 9 Application The Member State decides whether the infrastructure manager should apply an NDTAC scheme Duration of the scheme: –Start as soon as possible –End on 31 December 2021 What is silent ? –Silent wagon = TSI noise or retrofitted –Silent train = 90% silent wagons BeWag 27 april 2015

10. 10 Basic principles Bonus –mandatory discount for retrofitted wagons –minimum level = 0,0035 € per axle km –can take into account the cost of use Train bonus –optional discount for a silent train –maximum level = 50% of bonus of wagons in train Malus –optional surcharge for a noisy train –can take into account sensitivity of the area (city,..) –malus < bonus for the period of the scheme BeWag 27 april 2015

11. 11 3. Encourage silent wagons in Belgium

12. 12 Sense of urgency Health impact  population Ban on noisy freight wagons envisaged –at night –on certain corridors –in certain countries, CH 2020 NDTAC schemes –bonus/malus in DE and NL –bonus in CH –limited to 2021 BeWag 27 april 2015

13. 13 Conceivable measures No action Ban (night, geographical zones,…) Implement a NDTAC scheme –bonus wagons –bonus train –malus Subsidy scheme for retrofit Subsidy scheme for renewal … BeWag 27 april 2015

14. 14 Prepare a silent wagon policy Study launched January 2015, 6 months To gain insight the application of measures –the effort needed (budget, administrative burden, cost for the sector, …) –the expected impact on use of silent wagons –the impact on sector and on modal shift No budget available for measures now BeWag 27 april 2015

15. 15 Analysis Benchmark (DE, NL, CH, FR) Collect information –wagon market, actors involved –usage of the different wagon types, LL/K/CI –retrofit: cost of investment and exploitation Difficult to obtain complex information BeWag 27 april 2015

16. 16 Small country Number of wagons International / domestic traffic –Antwerp – Italy –Antwerp – Athus Belgian wagons in Belgian traffic BeWag 27 april 2015

17. 17 Important impact from outside Influence of policies of –neighbouring countries (DE, FR, NL, LUX) –corridor countries (CH, IT, …) Different policies concerning silent wagons –Measures are taken : DE, NL, CH –No measures are taken : FR Variable impact of Belgian measures on –Traffic to DE, NL, CH –Traffic to FR –Domestic traffic BeWag 27 april 2015

18. 18 4. European financial assistance retrofit

19. 19 Legal basis Regulation 1315/2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network TEN-T Regulation 1316/2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the union financial assistance to TEN-T BeWag 27 april 2015

20. 20 Noise TEN-T program will finance actions to reduce rail freight noise Funding rate : max. 20% of the eligible costs Several calls for proposals will be launched during the period 2014-2020 BeWag 27 april 2015

21. 21 First Call Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including retrofitting of existing rolling stock –Budget : € 20 million –Final date to introduce proposal was 26 February 2015 Very few proposals where introduced BeWag 27 april 2015

22. 22 Why? Budget inappropriate? Too much administration? Information unavailable? –Wagons ( Identification of the wagon(s) type(s), supplier, serial numbers of wagons to be retrofitted, a date of authorisation of placing into service) –Current braking system ( description, blocks per vehicle, type of cast iron blocks) –Networks and lines (present and future use) –Workshop (where, when, what) Other reasons? BeWag 27 april 2015

23. 23 5. Belgian financial assistance freight BeWag 27 april 2015

24. 24 Inverse modal shift BeWag 27 april 2015

25. 25 Subsidy scheme domestic freight transport 2014 –Combined transport: 4,5 mio € –Single wagonload: 10,5 mio € Proposal for 2015 and 2016 –Same amounts per year –Impact study of km charging (2016) Information: –http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/mobiliteit/goederen/subsidies/ –michel.devos@mobilit.fgov.be BeWag 27 april 2015

26. 26 Website rail http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/spoorwegverkeer/ http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/ Contacts benjamin.lemaire@mobilit.fgov.be (noise, CEF) martine.serbruyns@mobilit.fgov.be BeWag 27 april 2015