The Free State of Saxony promotes an Heidenau efficient rail infrastructure The Free State of Saxony is highly dependent on operative The German-Czech rail link through the Elbe Valley is an Tunnel transport connections to the EU domestic market just as essential part of the Orient / East-Med core net corridor Großsedlitz Heidenau / Großsedlitz to the neighbouring countries of the European Union. in the TEN-T. Besides the link function between Dresden and Prague, the new railway line has high importance for Viaduct In the last years, Saxony has benefited significantly from EU international traffic from the North- and Baltic Sea ports Seidewitz trade together with globalization of economic processes: to the southern and south-eastern European countries. Zehista It connects nine EU member states. Currently approxi- In 2014, the export of Saxony reached a merchandise mately 200 trains use this rail connection every day. Overtaking OvertakingGoes sation value of 35.91 billion euros. The export ratio was 33 %. Station The import of goods to Saxony increased from 3.8 billion Considering the transport forecasts it can be expected, Dohma

Copyright Götz Schleser / SMWA euros in 1995 to 20.62 billion euros in 2014. that the capacity of this railway line will be exhausted "An efficient transport Saxony has a high attractiveness as a region of tourism in the medium term. An expansion of the existing infra­ infrastructure is the basis and research as well as an investment location. In 2014, structure is not feasible, due to geographic conditions for economic expansion Saxony had with 18.6 % the highest investment ratio and environmental protection in the Elbe Valley. A17 and sustainable mobility." of all federal states in Germany.

A key condition for further intensification of economic Martin Dulig, and social relationship with eastern and south-eastern Saxon State Minister for Economic neighbouring countries is the improved integration of Friedrichswalde Affairs, Labour and Transport Saxony in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

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DRESDEN Bad PIRNA The Free State of Saxony and the Czech Republic support the construction of a new high speed railway line outside the Elbe Valley between Dresden and Ústí nad Labem with 200 km/h a further continuation towards Prague. Elbe Gottleuba The Free State of Saxony has already carried out the Dam ěč D ín following preparatory activities:

Teplice Feasibility study (2008) Ústí nad Labem Potential analysis and support for cost – benefit analysis (2010) Zehista Litoměřice Analysis of track routing options (2011 / 2012) Lovosice TEN-T-Study „Preliminary Planning Services new Oelsen high speed rail line Dresden – Prague” (2014 / 2015) Breitenau

Mělník The objectives of the new railway line are – to reduce travel time in passenger transport from currently more R E up to 350 km/h D than two hours to one hour between Dresden and RR Dohma OO Prague, to increase capacity for freight transport, to L BB A17 N ANTAITOI ONNAAL reduce noise in the Elbe Valley as well as to provide a Petrovice existing track flood-safe connection to the Czech Republic. Further- planned new track more regional passenger traffic will be decongested from long-distance passenger traffic / freight traffic 8 Friedrichswalde planned new track CZ xe i s t i gn t r kca ex Heidenau-South at the Elbe Valley route. c wn dnalp l denna wen t r kca p l denna wen t r kca ZC Praha

Berggriesshübel Contents of TEN-T Study: „Preliminary Planning Services new high speed rail line Dresden – Prague“

Bad Gottleuba The Saxon State Ministry The study has been finalized in time at the end of primarily the criteria of minimal potential for conflicts for Economic Affairs, Labour December 2015. It has concerned preparatory studies and is widely by-passing residential and ecologically and Transport and the Czech that covered the cross-border section between Heidenau sensitive areas. Telnice Republic carried out this (DE) and Ústí nad Labem as well as the continuation to study, supported by the Prague. Investigations concerning environment and sett- Furthermore DB Netz AG has drawn up a Scope of Traffic European Union: lement as well as operational, geological, legal and time and a Time Table Study for the section Dresden - Ústí requirements for the new high speed railway line have n.L.. These documents confirm the basic objectives of been performed. Thus an optimization of the previous Saxony for this new routing. For example, travel time on route has been achieved. The geophysical analyses were the new route between Dresden and Ústí n.L. (CZ) will Chlumec thereby carried out by the Saxon State be reduced by about 12 % for freight transport and by Office for Environment, Agriculture and almost two-thirds for passenger transport. Passenger

kiefer Geology. The optimized route considers transport can be realised every hour.

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