1. 1 Malmö Shaping the Future of Core Networke Future of Core Network corridors 6 th of May 2015 Scandinavian Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor Tommy Jonsson The chairman of the ScanMed RFC

2. A well performing competitive corridor with seamless service and end to end control of train movements and wagons Corridor vision

3. General objectives Quality objectives: Integrated service planning with expedient service to applicants Coordinated traffic management will ensure operation in line with timetable Harmonised and user-friendly customer IT interfaces to allow end to end control Capacity objectives: Supply of high-quality train paths in line with market demand Good interoperability and operational compatibility to increase commercial speed, pay-load and efficiency Systematic mitigation of bottlenecks, in particular at national and system borders Availability objectives: Planned capacity available to applicants/users Systematic contingency handling of recurrent causes for delays Aligned business concept with terminals

4. Routing Principal line Diversionary line Connecting line

5. Where are we today ? 1.All requirements from Regulation – in draft proposal 2.New organization established 3.Legal entity decided but not established yet. 4.New IT-system is soon purchased 5.Cooperation with other corridors (RFC-Talks) 6.Cooperation with the Core Network Corridors 7.All in place 10 November 2015 8.Inauguration in February 2016 We are on time!

6. Organization Legal entity: An association will be established in Austria Permanent Management Office (PMO): Start with a virtual organization and evaluate If necessary we agree to set up a physical office.

7. Permanent organization: Manager Director – Lars Stenegard, Sweden Corridor One Stop Shop – Michaela Vetter, Germany Project Manager – Simona Di Loreto, Italy New staff after the summer

8. What is the Swedish contribution Feasibility study of longer and heavier train – started Study for harmonization of breaking rules. More efficient routines around Special Louds. Improvements of transports between Sweden and Norway A new capacity allocation process – project MPK

10. Why a new allocation process? Market oriented process. Flexible and step by step planning. Short time to allow a new timetable. Aim 5 minutes not 5 days. Let the Railways undertakings and Maintenance entrepreneurs be involved in the Infrastructure Managers IT-system. Put in place the next generation of IT-tools. Sweden set up next step in Rail Freight Corridors 2.0.