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Railway Days The wider Black Sea area Railway Investment Summit Boris ŽIVEC Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or October 2012 reality 09 – 10 Bucharest Rail. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 1 Romania

Railway Days Boris ŽIVEC Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Who are the adresee and who is benefiting? • Decission makers – Governments, Parliaments • Infrastructure managers • Undertakings • Customers 09 – 10 October 2012 Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Bucharest Romania 2

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Myths and realities in transport sector • Intensive international coordination before the consensus on Pan European Corridors • Transport infrastrucuture needs assessment – TINA for the future TEN – T network, • Similar assesment for the rest of Pan European Corridors, • Followed by several concept and initiatives from EU prospective to makro and mikro regions all aimed to sustainable and more railway focused transport system development Boris ŽIVEC 09 – 10 October 2012 Rai. Net. Europe Bucharest 3 Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or Myths and realities in transport sector reality Following all these initiatives we are faced with the following facts and figures Road transport growth Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Rail transport growth 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 4 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Myths and realities in transport sector Consequently are the following impact to the CO 2 and GHG emissions CO 2 emissions Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 5 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or Myths and realities in transport sector reality Following these facts there is a serious question to what extend we are ready to challenge future prospective of the European wide transport sectore where the global figures would, with some delay for present crisis , most probably be as follows Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 6 Romania

Railway Days Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 7 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality When having in mind the foreseen development of the transport infrastructure in Asian countries and movement of industry in these countries to the continental site Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 8 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality than high time to answer the questions from the beginning appears with urgently needed answers on when, which and to what extend interoperable corridors from global prospective are to be developed Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 9 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality When the decision makers role in transport sector is fulfilled than it is our, so the railway sectors, responsibility to behave accordingly. Before all, the international, constructive, solution oriented coordination from the concrete experts, to managerial level. For various reasons the experiences might not indicate such behaviour. Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 10 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality There are many initiatives, programmes, projects, strategies which all are focused at particular region. Unfortunately there is a lack of consistency and coordination at national as well as on international level. Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 11 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality nearly all European IMs and ABs are RNE Members – Exceptions: IMs/ABs from Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Baltic States and Albania – IMs from Greece and Turkey are in current talks about RNE Membership Status 08/2012 29 August 2012 Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 12 Romania

Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Railway Days The core business of RNE is to provide support to European Rail Infrastructure Managers with the planning, selling and managing of international train paths. RNE is following a market-oriented approach. RNE is designing the entire rail infrastructure production process. Sales & Timetabling Operations & After Sales Corridor Management In the end of 2010 RNE has additionally received the mandate to become the service provider of choice and expert support provider for corridor organisations. Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 13 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Implementation of freight regulation 913/2010 requires standardised procedures and tools across all corridors Existing methods, processes and tools that RNE and its Members had developed and operated could be chosen RNE Members mandated RNE to support the IMs as service provider of choice and expert support provider for corridor organisations in the areas of developing methods, and processes and developing and operating tools” Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 14 Romania

Railway Days Implementation in 1 year Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Implementation in 3 years AT, BE, DE, FR, IT, LU, NL, SI, HU, PT, ES, CZ, SK, RO, BG, EL, (CH) Corridor 1 2 4 6 7 9 Member States Years NL, BE, DE, IT, (CH) 1 NL, BE, FR, LU, (CH) 1 PT, ES, FR 1 ES, FR, IT, SI, HU, 1 CZ, AT, SK, HU, RO, BG EL 1 CZ, SK 1 Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport SE, DK, PL Corridor 3 5 8 Member States SE, DK, DE, AT, IT PL, CZ, SK, AT, IT, SI DE, NL, BE, PL, LT Years 3 3 3 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 15 Romania

Full y interoperable pan Railway Days European corridors – myths or 11 RNE Corridors were set up to push the implementation reality of RNE processes and tools. RNE Corridor Management…. • increases international path ordering • jointly shapes corridor infrastructure capacity • gives a reliable forecast on available corridor infrastructure • measures and improves train punctuality along international corridors • leads to more efficient international rail transport Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport provided a test-ground for processes required by the regulation 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 16 Romania

Full y interoperable pan Railway Days European corridors – myths or ■ RNE set up Work Packages based on the Freight reality Regulation’s requirements Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 17 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Besides huge investments in interoperable infrastructure and rolling stock some minor investments in tolls, methods and processes would also have a significant added value to international rail transport. Regardless the fact that our, IMs and ABs experts were developing such toll, process or method, we might at the national level find many reasons not to implement it. Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 18 Romania

Full y interoperable pan Railway Days European corridors – myths or reality When the correct answers to the bellow question are identified by each steakholder Who are the adresee and who is benefiting? • Decission makers – Governments, Parliaments • Infrastructure managers • Undertakings • Customers Than the answer on interoperable corridors would also be possible by particular stakeholder Boris ŽIVEC 09 – 10 October 2012 Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Bucharest Romania 19

Railway Days For the South Eastern Europe we were commonly with the national partners from the complex region through the SEETAC project seeking the possibilities for future sustainable transport system (in which the rail sector by common opinion has the great prospective) that would base on multimodality and rational use of energy. Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality 09 – 10 October 2011 Bucharest 20 Romania

Railway Days Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality It is about time to Stand what is even more important to Withstand with the sustainable back grounded and on rational use of energy based transport system what will give us a chance for social welfare for us and much more for our successors. Would whichever defined and agreed upon corridors be a part of it depend by majority on our good will, consistency and persistency? Boris ŽIVEC Rai. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 09 – 10 October 2011 Bucharest 21 Romania

Railway Days The wider Black Sea area Railway Investment Summit Fully interoperable pan European corridors – myths or reality Thank you for your patience Boris ŽIVEC Rail. Net. Europe Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Tel: +386 2 234 14 27 E-mail: boris. zivec@azp. si 09 – 10 October 2012 Bucharest 22 Romania