Rail Freight CorridorNorth Sea - Baltic Book II Network Statement Excerpts Timetable 2016 Rail Freight Corridor North Sea Baltic Corridor Information Document Book V Implementation Plan RFC North Sea – Baltic Corridor Information Document Book V Implementation Plan Version Control Version number Chapter changed Changes 05.01.2017 Final version Version for publication 2 CID Book 5 TT 2018 RFC North Sea – Baltic Corridor Information Document Book V Implementation Plan Table of Contents: 1. General Information .......................................................................................................................... 05 2. RFC 8 Description .............................................................................................................................. 07 2.1 Measures for creating RFC 8 ....................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Executive Board .................................................................................................................. 10 2.1.2 Management Board ............................................................................................................. 12 2.1.3 Advisory Groups (AG) ........................................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 Cooperation with other Rail Freight Corridors ..................................................................... 15 2.2 RFC 8 characteristics ................................................................................................................... 16 2.2.1 Routing ................................................................................................................................ 16 2.2.2 Infrastructure parameters .................................................................................................... 20 2.2.3 Operational bottlenecks ....................................................................................................... 32 2.2.4 Infrastructural bottlenecks ................................................................................................... 32 2.2.5 Corridor terminals ................................................................................................................ 32 3. Essential elements of the Transport Market Study ........................................................................... 37 3.1 Executive summary of TMS ......................................................................................................... 37 3.1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 37 3.1.2 Objectives and methodological approach ................................................................................ 37 3.1.3 Corridor area ............................................................................................................................ 38 3.1.4 Socio-economic analysis ........................................................................................................... 41 3.1.5 Analysis of current freight market situation ............................................................................ 42 3.1.6 Passenger and other international freight services ................................................................. 48 3.1.7 Short-term evaluation of future transport market development ............................................ 49 3.1.8 Stakeholder interviews ............................................................................................................. 50 3.1.9 Choice of mode ......................................................................................................................... 52 3.1.10 SWOT analysis ........................................................................................................................ 56 3.1.11 Analysis of the extension in southern Poland ....................................................................... 59 3.1.12 Analysis of the Czech module ................................................................................................. 61 3.1.13 Conclusions and recommendations: Short-term study .......................................................... 66 3.1.14 Long-term development trends ............................................................................................. 68 3.1.15 Summary of country-related forecast .................................................................................... 75 3.2 Czech long-term part ..................................................................................................................... 75 3.2.1 Forecast methodology ............................................................................................................ 75 3 CID Book 5 TT 2018 RFC North Sea – Baltic Corridor Information Document Book V Implementation Plan 3.2.2 Major infrastructure investments .......................................................................................... 76 3.2.3 Updated forecast with Czech part .......................................................................................... 76 3.3 Conclusions of the Management Board ......................................................................................... 79 4. List of measures for implementation of Articles 12-19 ..................................................................... 80 4.1 Coordination of infrastructure works .......................................................................................... 80 4.2 Corridor One Stop Shop ............................................................................................................... 81 4.3 Framework for allocation of capacity .......................................................................................... 82 4.4 Authorized Applicants (AA) ......................................................................................................... 82 4.5 Traffic management procedure ................................................................................................... 83 4.5.1 Definition of disturbance ......................................................................................................... 83 4.5.2 Thresholds ................................................................................................................................ 83 4.5.3 Procedure for freight traffic (to be used in addition to the existing bilateral procedures ...... 83 4.5.4 Communication flows ............................................................................................................... 83 4.5.5 Messages .................................................................................................................................. 84 4.5.6 Operational measures in case of disturbance .......................................................................... 84 4.6 Performance monitoring ............................................................................................................. 84 4.7 Customer satisfaction survey ..................................................................................................... 85 4.8 Corridor Information Document (CID) ........................................................................................ 85 5. Objectives of RFC 8 ........................................................................................................................... 86 5.1 Punctuality ................................................................................................................................... 86 5.2 Capacity ....................................................................................................................................... 86 5.3 KPIs .............................................................................................................................................. 86 5.3.1 Possible KPI’s ........................................................................................................................... 87 5.3.2 Other Measurements .............................................................................................................. 88 6. Indicative Investment Plan ................................................................................................................ 89 6.1 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 89 6.2 List of projects ............................................................................................................................. 91 6.3 Deployment Plan relating to interoperable systems ................................................................ 103 6.3.1 ERTMS deployment plan ................................................................................................... 103 6.3.2 Benefits of the projects on RFC 8 ....................................................................................... 123 6.4 Capacity management plan ....................................................................................................... 125 4 CID Book 5 TT 2018 RFC North Sea – Baltic Corridor Information Document Book V Implementation Plan 1. General Information Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22nd September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight1, further referred to as ‘Regulation