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Photo: Lithuanian Railways Infrastructure jj Book 5 Implementation Plan update 2020 1 Version Control Version number Chapter changed Changes Version for publication (12/10/2020) 2 Table of contents 1.Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Corridor Description ............................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Key Parameters of Corridor Lines ............................................................................................... 14 2.2 Corridor Terminals ...................................................................................................................... 22 2.3 Bottlenecks .................................................................................................................................. 23 2.4 RFC Governance .......................................................................................................................... 23 3. Transport Market Study .................................................................................................................... 24 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 24 3.2 Catchment area of the North Sea-Baltic Rail Freight Corridor.................................................... 25 3.3 Corridor alignment: existing alignment and planned and proposed sections ............................ 25 3.4 General socioeconomic development on the Corridor ........................................................ 27 3.5 Analysis of the current transport market on the Corridor .................................................... 29 3.5.1. Rail freight transport between RFC NS-B Member States .................................................. 29 3.5.2. Historical trends by trade lane ............................................................................................ 31 3.5.3. Modal Split on the trade lanes between the RFC NS-B Member States............................. 33 3.5.4. Corridor train flows at BCPs ................................................................................................ 35 3.5.5. Corridor train flows by Member State ................................................................................ 41 3.6 Analysis of the future transport market on the Corridor ..................................................... 54 3.6.1. Forecasted land freight transport between RFC NS-B Member States .............................. 54 3.6.2. Forecasted rail freight transport between RFC NS-B Member States ................................ 55 3.6.3. RFC NS-B future train flows at BCPs ................................................................................... 57 3.7 Summary of the Rail Baltica Global Project .......................................................................... 60 3.8 Concluding remarks .............................................................................................................. 63 4. List of measures ................................................................................................................................ 67 4.1 Coordination of planned temporary capacity restrictions .......................................................... 67 4.2 Corridor One Stop Shop .............................................................................................................. 67 4.3 Capacity Allocation Principles ..................................................................................................... 67 4.4 Applicants .................................................................................................................................... 67 4.5 Traffic management .................................................................................................................... 67 4.6 Traffic management in the Event of Disturbance ....................................................................... 67 4.7 Quality Evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 68 4.7.1 Performance Monitoring Report ......................................................................................... 68 3 4.7.2 User Satisfaction Survey ...................................................................................................... 68 4.8 Corridor Information Document ................................................................................................. 68 5. Objectives and performance of the Corridor .................................................................................... 69 5.1 Punctuality .................................................................................................................................. 69 5.2 Capacity ....................................................................................................................................... 69 5.3 KPIs .............................................................................................................................................. 70 6. Investment Plan ................................................................................................................................ 71 6.1 Capacity Management Plan ........................................................................................................ 71 6.2 List of projects. ............................................................................................................................ 71 6.3 Deployment Plan regarding interoperable systems ................................................................... 85 6.3.1. ETCS Deployment Plan ........................................................................................................ 85 6.3.2. GSM-R ................................................................................................................................. 99 6.3.3. Border descriptions ........................................................................................................... 104 6.4 Reference to Union Contribution .............................................................................................. 104 Annex 1: List of lines (status as of 1st of September 2020) ................................................................ 105 Annex 2: Overview of the cross-border solutions .............................................................................. 105 4 1.Introduction Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic (RFC NS-B) went operational on the 10th of November 2015 according to Regulation (EU) 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight. At the start of the Corridor the extensions to the Czech Republic and Southern Poland (Katowice) were also included1. The initial RFC North Sea – Baltic ran through six EU Member States: starting in the North Sea ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven and Hamburg spreading in central Germany through Aachen – Hannover/Berlin – Warsaw – Terespol (Polish-Belarus border) / Kaunas / Falkenberg – Prague / Wrocław – Katowice. Regulation (EU) 1316/2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility amended the annex of Regulation (EU) 913/2010 and foresaw an extension of the RFC NS-B to Riga and Tallinn at the latest by 10th of November 2020. The extension to Latvia and Estonia will become operational on the 12th of October 2020 at the time of the publication of the Corridor reserve capacity for timetable 2021. The initial Implementation Plan of RFC North Sea – Baltic was approved by Decision of the Executive Board on the 13th of October 2015 and published on the 10th of November 2015. According to Art. 9(2) of the Regulation (EU) 913/2010, the Management Board shall periodically review the Implementation Plan. Taking this into account and given the extensions of the Corridor, an update was elaborated according to the common structure approved by RailNetEurope. The focus is on: - Inclusion of Latvia (LV) and Estonia (EE), - Changes to the routing decided since the first Implementation Plan and not yet formally integrated and additional changes due to new developments, - Update of the Transport Market Study, - Update on objectives and performance, - Update of the Investment Plan, - Update of the ERTMS Deployment Plan. The update was elaborated by the Management Board, consulted with the stakeholders and approved by the Executive Board of RFC NS-B on the 15th of September 2020. It will be published on the 12th of October 2020. 1 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2017/178 of 31 January 2017 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1111 on the compliance of the joint proposal of the Member States concerned to extend the North Sea-Baltic rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight. 5 2. Corridor Description RFC NS-B now runs through 8 Member States of the European Union: starting in the North Sea ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven and Hamburg spreading into central Germany through Aachen – Hannover/Magdeburg/Berlin to Warsaw and the Polish-Belarus border in Terespol. A branch leads from Magdeburg to Prague via Falkenberg and Dresden.