Strengthening connections from and RAIL4SEE summer meeting in – to Italy - International Memorandum of 14-16/07/2014 Understanding on timetable harmonization The training session trip started with the signed in introduction of Hűvösvölgy intermodal station and On annual SEE event in Ljubljana on 24th and continued with a ride on the Children’s railway in 25th September, Croatian and Slovenian national Buda hills. The training session ended with a ride railway operators, HŽ Putnički prijevoz and SŽ – on the world’s oldest cogwheel railway. Potniški promet, signed a Memorandum of Under- standing on timetable harmonization, on line – Ljubljana – Trieste. Memorandum was signed by Mr. Renato Humić (HŽ Putnički prijevoz) and Mr. Miloš Rovšnik (SŽ – Potniški promet), within a Rail4SEE field trip, on the first day, in Ljubljana Castle.

The Management Group and Steering Group meeting was held in Radisson Blu Béke Hotel

where partners deeply discussed the final steps What does it mean for passengers? More quality until closing RAIL4SEE project by 31/12/2014. transportation service on Zagreb – Trieste line in timetable 2014/2015, including the change of trains in Ljubljana, to Villa Opicina, where bus transportation is available to the final destination – Trieste. Transfer time in Ljubljana will take about an hour for both directions, which will enable passengers from Zagreb to reach Italy with minimal number of transfers and shorter travelling time. The same applies to return journey, when, also, train number 410/411 continues its journey to .

The meeting focused on technical discussion sessions covering all project Work Packages, financial and administrative sessions, the 5th Workshop on the potential and financial options for the international train services, and the Steering Committee session.

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RAIL4SEE Conference ‘Rail Infrastructures and Services: Connecting Europe for Cities and People’ 15/10/2014 Bologna, Italy

Institutional greetings Roundtable on Intermodal and rail  Mr. Alfredo PERI - Transport Minister transport in Emilia-Romagna and at Emilia-Romagna Region Italy  Ms. Beatrice DRAGHETTI - President  Mr. Paolo FERRECCHI - Transport of Province of Bologna Director at Emilia-Romagna Region  Mr. Virginio MEROLA - Mayor of  Mr. Andrea COLOMBO - Transport Metropolitan City of Bologna Minister City of Bologna  Mr. Luca VECCHI - Mayor of City of  Ms. Beatrice DRAGHETTI - Reggio Emilia President of Province of Bologna Keynote speeches  Mr. Virginio DI GIAMBATTISTA -  Mr. Paolo FERRECCHI - Transport LPT Director General at Italian Director at Emilia-Romagna Region Ministry of Transport  Mr. Alessandro DELPIANO -  Mr. Riccardo MOLLO - Director at Transport Director at Province of API - Italian Motorways Company Bologna  Mr. Davide DIVERSI - Regional  Mr. Metodi AVRAMOV - Urban Director of Trenitalia S.p.A. Mobility Centre City of Sofia  Ms. Giuseppina GUALTIERI -  Mr. Reinhard WÖLPERT - Managing President of TPER S.p.A. - Transport Director at Central Company Metropolitan Region  Mr. Pietro ODORICI - President of  Mr. Orazio IACONO - Marketing SETA S.p.A. - Transport Company Director of RFI - Italian Railway  Mr. Ennio CASCETTA - President of Network Italian Association of Transport  Mr. Matteo AGNOLETTO - Dept. Policies Architecture University of Bologna

Technical result presentation Roundtable with rail operators on the  Ms. Roberta CALCINA (SEE JTS) role and strategies for railway  Mr. Winfried RITT (CE JTS) mobility within the TEN-T policies  Mr. Alberto PRETI (ITL) - RAILHUC  Mr. Evangelos KATSAROS - and RAIL4SEE: an overview of results Trainose S.A. Greek State Railways  Ms. Georgia AIFADOPOULOU  Mr. Krassimir ANGUELOV - BDZ (CERTH-HIT) - The RAIL4SEE impacts and scenarios  Mr. István József TÚRI - MÁV  Mr. Christian REUTER (PTV Group) - The RAILHUC impacts and scenarios  Mr. Jan KAŠIK - ZSSK Slovak  Mr. Rudolf SEBASTNIK (SCHIG mbH) Railways - Perspective and challenges for  HŽ PP transnational rail services  ÖBB Austrian railways improvements  Mr. Walter ZIMMERMANN (AustriaTech) - ICT application for users

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Network of first level hub cities The purpose is strategic and operational positioning of each hub mapped at transnational, regional and local levels in the TEN-T and transnational corridors framework to define the network of first level hub cities. At transnational level the keyword is interconnectivity: presenting the relation between hubs - regarding rail corridors and strategies in the SEE region, rail performance (demand, supply), possible future positioning of the hub (short term and long term). TRANSNATIONAL LEVEL STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES  functions of the hub (according to TEN-T corridor)  cutting down transnational rail connections in the last  frequent and reliable transnational connection (Venice 20 years – Bologna, Trieste; Vienna – Bologna, Bratislava;  unexisting or rare transnational connections (Trieste – Budapest – Vienna, Bucharest, Bratislava) Ljubljana, Bratislava – South East Europe, Budapest –  good rail supply regarding TEN-T corridors Belgrade, Sofia, Thessaloniki) OPPORTUNITIES THREATS  function of the hub regarding TEN-T corridors,  lack of investments in rail infrastructure and service strategies and improvements planned  lack of interoperability and interconnectivity among  the relaunching of railway connection to Turkey; an countries opening to East (Thessaloniki)  cheap air transportation  political and economic situation at national level (Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia)  circumvention of the hub (Bratislava, Ljubljana, Trieste) At national level accessibility is in the middle to present the system of settlements (feeding of transnational connections), passenger traffic performance at the national level (is passenger rail traffic loosing or gaining its importance), possible future development of the system (short term and long term). Last, but not least at local/regional level integration is the most important factor to present passenger traffic performance in order to get to know feeding capabilities of the hubs from their gravitational area, relation cost/time/demand between car, rail, bus for different spokes.

Areas of special interest for the RAIL4SEE hubs

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RAIL4SEE project final steps RAIL4SEE is getting close to its end. On this purpose, the last Management and Steering Group meeting was held in Bologna, Italy, on the 16th October 2014. Part- ners agreed on how to close the open procedures in the different WPs. Nevertheless RAIL4SEE does not disappear on 31st December 2014. As its results make strong effect in developing railway trans- port, you will face our efforts your rail journeys throughout South East Europe. The RAIL4SEE team

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