Focus points of cross-border connections and regions on the Rhine-Alpine corridor
Coen Mekers - Province of Gelderland Rhine-Alpine Talks 2. October 2020 (long version) Cross-border issues:
1. Missing transport links; overview 2. Quality of Cross-border infrastructure and Interoperability 3. Sustainable and smart solutions 4. Our Mission - Key messages
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Strasbourg – Kehl Arnhem – Düsseldorf (cross-border tramway) (cross-border regional 2. October 2020 Cross -border issues trainservice) EGTC on Cross border issues Rhine-Alpine is the backbone of the TEN-T network - Connections with other corridors Northsea – Med Northsea - Baltic
Rhine – Danube Atlantic
Northsea – Med
Mediterranean 1. Overview of Missing links
• Connection Rotterdam - Antwerp (rail, road, water)
• 3rd track Zevenaar – Emmerich – Oberhausen (rail) • Viersener Kurve (rail) • Dülken-Kaldenkirchen (rail) • Insufficient mooring places (water) • Karlsruhe – Offenburg – Freiburg – Basel (rail) • Appenweier Kurve (rail)
• High/low water level river Rhine and fairway depth (water)
• Chiasso / Domodossola – Milan / Novara (rail)
Sources: 3rd Workplan Rhine-Alpine (European 2. October 2020Commission ); One Corridor, one strategy (EGTC Rhine-Alpine) Cross-border issues Cross border region NL - GE
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Rail: Third track Zevenaar - Emmerich - Oberhausen
• Construction third track and adjust bridges, level crossings and switches • Accommodate trains from Betuweroute • Costs est. 2 billion EUR
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Railway Line Venlo-Kaldenkirchen
Challenges: • The second busiest railway connection Goals: for rail freight transport between the • Removing Netherlands and Germany Means: bottlenecks on The cross the Dutch side • Crucial alternative for the corridor border rail of the cross- Rhine-Alpine, especially when the challenges are border section core-network Betuweroute is closed or part of a CEF Venlo- disrupted due to construction or funded study Kaldenkirchen calamities project called • Increasing the “Removing capacity / • The comprehensive cross-border bottlenecks occupation rate railway line Venlo-Viersen cannot fulfil on the cross- and the its role. Bottlenecks hamper the border Railway reliability expected growth of rail transport Line • Strong along the line Venlo (NL)- alternative for Kaldenkirchen rail freight along • Without an alternative route, freight (DE)” the core-network transport from the Port of Rotterdam Betuweroute. and Amsterdam into the European hinterland would be seriously impaired or switched back to road transport
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Water: High/low water level river Rhine
• Inland waterway Rhine not navigable during extreme aridity and low water • Lock capacity along Neckar and Moselle • Upgrade lock chambers Neckar • New construction lock chambers Mosel • Metropolregion Rheinland Source: IHK Initiative Rheinland, 2018 to unite inland port forces against draught and floodings
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German Action plan for the Rhine
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Cross border region FR - GE
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Rail freight: Strasbourg- Kehl
• Cross-border railway line • Crossing point of RALP, F NS-Med and Rhine- Danube Corridor • Part of re-routing path for RALP corridor F Kehl Strasbourg • 2 multimodal hubs (one on each side of the border) with high synergy potential • High regulatory Cross-border section constraints for cross- border trains
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Cross border region CH - IT
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Rail: Chiasso/Domodossola/Luino – Milano and Genova - Milano Chiasso - Milano • Upgrade railway track, operating from 2022 Costs: 130 millions, available funding • Upgrade rail-road terminal, operating from 2022 Costs: 150 millions, available funding • Upgrade railway track, operating beyond 2030 Costs: 1,4 billions (estimated), no funding available
Luino/Varese – Milano • Upgrade railway track, operating from 2021 Costs: 120 millions, available funding • Removal of the most critical level crossing Costs: 42 millions available funding with regional cofinance of 20 millions • Varese – Mendrisio: new rail link, opened since January 2018
Domodossola - Milano • MalpensaT2-Symplon line: new railway to complete the accessibility from the North to the Airport, operating from 2024 Costs: 211 millions, available funding (63 millions UE CEF + 80 millions regional cofinance)
Pavia-Milano • Milano-Pavia becomes a 4 track railway (to link with 3° valico-Genova), 1s phase operating from 2024 Costs: 900 millions, available funding for 1st construction phase (250 millions)
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2. Quality of the corridor and interoperability
• Key Performance Indicators EU • Improve cross-border tact / time schedules rail • Upgrading of power supply to match EU rolling stock (heavier, longer and faster trains) • Increase of interoperability (technique) and harmonisation (rules) • Harmonisation of data collection
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues 3. Sustainable and smart solutions
• Cross-border deployment of sustainable projects – Alternative fuels – Clean energy hubs • Digitalisation cross-border – To remove barriers – Seamless transport
=> Let’s make use of the multitude of opportunities in the new funding period – we are open for partnership in projects
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues 4. Exploring possibilities for Rhine- Alpine cross-border projects in EU- programmes • TEN-T Connecting Europe Facility – Cross-border priority • Interreg – North Sea Region; North West Europe; Central Europe; Upper Rhine • Horizon Europe • Invest EU • EU Recovery and Resilience Funds • Green Deal • Blending calls • National funding
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4. Our Mission - Key messages
Interregional cooperation for a multimodal corridor – Remove bottlenecks – Cross the border – strengthen the corridor – Mind the gap –see cross border potentials – Streamlining rail transport services – Streamlining rules for a better corridor
The Rhine-Alpine: Fast, reliable & green
2. October 2020 Cross-border issues Members Working group Cross-border issues
• Gelderland (Coen Mekers, [email protected]) • Uniontrasporti (Roberta Delpiano, [email protected]) • Lombardy (Stefania Iachella, [email protected]) • Regio South Upper Rhine (Michael Wittmann, [email protected]) • Limburg (Eric Roufs, [email protected]) • South-Holland (Marcus Hukema, [email protected]) • Venlo (Jos Hensgens, [email protected]; Leon Peters, [email protected]) • Port Autonome de Strasbourg (Manfred Rausch, [email protected]) • Port of Antwerp (Hanna van Kraaij, [email protected] • Metropolregion Rheinland (tbc) • Verband Region Rhein-Neckar (Kristine Clev, [email protected]) • EGTC Office (Jörg Saalbach, [email protected] / Thomas Ertel, [email protected]) 2. October 2020 Cross-border issues WORKING GROUP ON CROSS-BORDER ISSUES
Coen Mekers Province of Gelderland
Phone +31-26-3599616 Mobile +31-6-52802172 E-Mail [email protected] Web www.gelderland.nl
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