Finnish Railway Network Statement 2014
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5 • 2012 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DATA OF THE FINNISH TRANSPORT AGENCY Finnish Railway Network Statement 2014 Finnish Railway Network Statement 2014 Transport infrastructure data of the Finnish Transport Agency 5/2012 Finnish Transport Agency Helsinki 2012 Photograph on the cover: Simo Toikkanen Online publication pdf (www.liikennevirasto.fi) ISSN-L 1798-8276 ISSN 1798-8284 ISBN 978-952-255-223-5 Finnish Transport Agency P.O. Box 33 FI-00521 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 (0)20 637 373 Transport infrastructure data of the Finnish Transport Agency 5/2012 3 Finnish Railway Network Statement 2014 Foreword The Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) publishes this Network Statement for the timetable period 2014. This is the eleventh Network Statement prepared in Finland, in accordance with the Finnish Railway Act. The Network Statement describes the access conditions, the state-owned rail network, the allocation capacity, the services supplied to railway undertakings and the principles of determining the infrastructure charge. The Network Statement is published for applicants for capacity for each timetable period separately. The present Network Statement is intended for the timetable period 15.12.2013-13.12.2014. The Network Statement 2014 has been prepared based on the previous Network Statement taking into account the feedback received from users and the Network Statements of other European Infrastructure Managers. The structure of the Network Statement follows the common European structure and comprises the following chapters: 1 General 2 Access conditions 3 Rail network 4 Capacity allocation 5 Services supplied to railway undertakings 6 Infrastructure charge In future the Network Statement is published only in PDF format on the Finnish Transport Agency's website. A PDF format is easy to update and in this way the readers have always the updated version in use. Within the Finnish Transport Agency, the Network Statement is the responsibility of the Traffic Services Department. Several specialists inside and outside the Finnish Transport Agency have been involved in the preparation of the Network Statement. Helsinki, 7 December 2012 Finnish Transport Agency Traffic Management, Traffic Services Department 4 Transport infrastructure data of the Finnish Transport Agency 5/2012 Finnish Railway Network Statement 2014 Table of contents 1 GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 7 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Objective ............................................................................................................................ 7 1.3 Legal Framework .............................................................................................................. 7 1.4 Legal status ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.4.1 General Remarks .................................................................................................. 8 1.4.2 Liability .................................................................................................................. 8 1.4.3 Appeals Procedure ............................................................................................... 8 1.5 Structure of the Network Statement ............................................................................ 9 1.6 Validity and Updating ..................................................................................................... 9 1.6.1 Validity Period ...................................................................................................... 9 1.6.2 Updating Process ................................................................................................. 9 1.7 Publishing ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.8 Contacts .......................................................................................................................... 10 1.9 RailNetEurope - International co-operation between Infrastructure Managers 12 1.9.1 One Stop Shop (OSS) ........................................................................................ 13 1.9.2 RNE Tools ............................................................................................................. 13 1.10 Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 15 2 ACCESS CONDITIONS ................................................................................................ 18 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 18 2.2 General Access Requirements .................................................................................... 18 2.2.1 General Requirements for Operating Railway Traffic ................................. 18 2.2.2 General Requirements for Access to the Rail Network ............................... 20 2.2.3 Operating Licence .............................................................................................. 20 2.2.4 Safety Certificate ............................................................................................... 20 2.2.5 Cover of liabilities .............................................................................................. 22 2.3 General Business Conditions ...................................................................................... 22 2.3.1 Framework Agreement ...................................................................................... 22 2.3.2 Access Contracts ................................................................................................ 22 2.4 Operational Rules and legislative information ........................................................ 23 2.5 Exceptional Transport .................................................................................................. 23 2.6 Dangerous Goods .......................................................................................................... 23 2.7 Rolling Stock Acceptance Process Guidelines ......................................................... 24 2.8 Staff Acceptance Process ............................................................................................ 25 3 INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................................................................................... 27 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Extent of Network .......................................................................................................... 27 3.2.1 Limits .................................................................................................................... 27 3.2.2 Connected Rail Networks ................................................................................. 27 3.3 Network Description ..................................................................................................... 28 3.3.1 Geographic Identification ................................................................................ 28 3.3.2 Capabilities ......................................................................................................... 32 3.3.3 Traffic Control and Communications Systems ............................................ 33 3.4 Traffic Restrictions ........................................................................................................ 37 3.4.1 Specialised Infrastructure ................................................................................ 37 3.4.2 Environmental Restrictions .............................................................................. 37 3.4.3 Dangerous Goods .............................................................................................. 37 Transport infrastructure data of the Finnish Transport Agency 5/2012 5 Finnish Railway Network Statement 2014 3.4.4 Tunnel Restrictions ........................................................................................... 39 3.4.5 Bridge Restrictions ............................................................................................ 39 3.4.6 Overweight load transport ............................................................................... 39 3.5 Availability of the Infrastructure ................................................................................ 39 3.6 Passenger Stations ....................................................................................................... 40 3.7 Freight Terminals .......................................................................................................... 40 3.8 Service Facilities ........................................................................................................... 40 3.8.1 Train Formation Yards ...................................................................................... 40 3.8.2 Storage Sidings .................................................................................................. 40 3.8.3 Mainenance and Service Facilities ................................................................. 40 3.8.4 Refuelling Facilities ...........................................................................................