Scandinavian Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor Tommy Jonsson The
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Scandinavian Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor Tommy Jonsson The chairman of the Scan. Med RFC Shaping the Future of Core Network corridors 6 th of May 2015 Malmö 1
Corridor vision A well performing competitive corridor with seamless service and end to end control of train movements and wagons
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
Routing Principal line Diversionary line Connecting line
Where are we today ? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. All requirements from Regulation – in draft proposal New organization established Legal entity decided but not established yet. New IT-system is soon purchased Cooperation with other corridors (RFC-Talks) Cooperation with the Core Network Corridors All in place 10 November 2015 Inauguration in February 2016 We are on time!
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.
New staff after the summer Permanent organization: Manager Director – Lars Stenegard, Sweden Corridor One Stop Shop – Michaela Vetter, Germany Project Manager – Simona Di Loreto, Italy
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
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.
