Rail Freight Corridor 2 Corridor Information Document Book V – Implementation Plan Timetable 2015 CID TT 2015 - 8/10/2014 version Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1. CHARACTERISTICS OF RFC 2 AND MEASURES NECESSARY FOR CREATING RFC 2 ................................................ 7 1.1 RFC 2 CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.1 RFC 2 routes .................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1.2 RFC 2 terminals ........................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1.3 Number of tracks ........................................................................................................................................ 14 1.1.4 Speed limits ................................................................................................................................................. 15 1.1.5 Electrical systems ........................................................................................................................................ 16 1.1.6 Signalling systems ....................................................................................................................................... 17 1.1.7 Maximum axle load .................................................................................................................................... 17 1.1.8 Train Length ................................................................................................................................................ 18 1.1.9 Loading Gauges .......................................................................................................................................... 19 1.1.10 Gradients ................................................................................................................................................ 21 1.2 TRAFFIC AND BOTTLENECKS .................................................................................................................................... 22 1.2.1 Traffic on RFC 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 22 1.2.2 Bottleneck description................................................................................................................................. 23 1.2.2.1 Antwerp node ......................................................................................................................................................24 1.2.2.2 Lille node .............................................................................................................................................................24 1.2.2.3 Strasbourg node ..................................................................................................................................................25 1.2.2.4 Other bottlenecks ................................................................................................................................................25 1.3 GOVERNANCE ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 1.3.1 Management board .................................................................................................................................... 26 1.3.1.1 Members and Partners ........................................................................................................................................26 1.3.1.2 Legal structure .....................................................................................................................................................26 1.3.1.3 Permanent team ..................................................................................................................................................27 1.3.1.4 Working groups ...................................................................................................................................................28 1.3.1.5 Organisation Chart ...............................................................................................................................................31 1.3.1.6 Communication ...................................................................................................................................................32 1.3.1.7 Finance.................................................................................................................................................................32 1.3.2 Executive board ........................................................................................................................................... 32 1.3.2.1 Members and other participants .........................................................................................................................33 1.3.2.2 Mission Statement ...............................................................................................................................................33 1.3.2.3 Framework for capacity allocation ......................................................................................................................33 1.3.3 Advisory groups........................................................................................................................................... 34 1.3.3.1 Railway undertaking Advisory Group...................................................................................................................34 1.3.3.2 Terminal Advisory Group .....................................................................................................................................35 2. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSPORT MARKET STUDY ..............................................................................37 2.1 ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION ...................................................................................................................... 37 2.1.1 The geographic and socio-economic context .............................................................................................. 37 2.1.2 The transport market characteristics along the corridor ............................................................................ 39 2.2 ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKET ................................................................................................................................. 40 2.2.1 Actual freight market estimation (per O/D) ................................................................................................ 40 2.2.2 Assessment of customer needs ................................................................................................................... 44 2.3 MARKET PROJECTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 53 2.3.1 The forecasts on the geographical and socio economic context ................................................................. 53 2.3.2 Improvements in the rail transport system ................................................................................................. 54 CID TT 2015 - 8/10/2014 version 2 of 161 2.3.3 SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................................................. 55 2.3.4 Practices and operational models ............................................................................................................... 56 2.4 MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS AND IMPACT ON THE STAKEHOLDERS ..................................................................................... 57 3. OBJECTIVES OF THE FREIGHT CORRIDOR ...........................................................................................................62 3.1 TRAIN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: A CORRIDOR ORIENTED PERFORMANCE SCHEME ..................................................... 62 3.1.1 RFC 2 and Train Performance Management ............................................................................................... 62 3.1.2 RFC 2 and European Performance Regime ................................................................................................. 62 3.2 PUNCTUALITY OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................................... 64 3.3 CAPACITY OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................... 65 3.3.1 Trains running on the Corridor .................................................................................................................... 65 3.3.2 Strategy for the number of Pre-arranged Paths ......................................................................................... 65 3.3.3 Status of previous and upcoming offers .....................................................................................................