Study on Orient / East-Med TEN-T Core Network Corridor 2nd Phase Final Report on the related Core Network in the Western Balkan countries 4th of December 2017 4th of December 2017 1 Study on Orient / East-Med TEN-T CNC, 2nd Phase, Final Western Balkan Report Table of content Table of content .................................................................................................... 2 Figures ................................................................................................................. 4 Tables .................................................................................................................. 4 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 6 Disclaimer ............................................................................................................ 7 1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background of this analysis ........................................................................ 8 1.2 Outline of this report ................................................................................. 8 1.3 Consortium information .............................................................................. 9 1.4 Executive Summary on Main Findings .........................................................10 2 Stakeholders identification ...............................................................................14 2.1 SEETO ....................................................................................................14 2.2 The Western Balkan states ........................................................................16 2.3 The neighbouring EU member states ..........................................................21 3 Existing studies review ....................................................................................23 3.1 SEETO Multi-Annual Plan 2016 ...................................................................23 3.2 The SEETIS Database ...............................................................................23 3.3 SEETO Flagship Report ..............................................................................24 3.4 Update of the Regional Balkans Infrastructure Study (REBIS) ........................24 3.5 WBIF Gap Analysis ...................................................................................25 3.6 Western Balkans Intermodal Study .............................................................26 3.7 National Infrastructure Project Pipelines ......................................................28 4 Characteristics of the Network ..........................................................................32 4.1 Alignment of the analysed corridor .............................................................32 4.1.1 Alignment .........................................................................................32 4.1.2 Statistical Information on the Corridor ..................................................35 4.1.3 Core Network Nodes of the OEM related WB Core Network ......................35 4.1.4 Corridor sections belonging to several corridor studies/consortia ..............37 4.2 Description of the Technical Parameters of the Corridor Infrastructure ............38 4.2.1 Rail infrastructure of the OEM related WB Core Network ..........................38 4.2.2 Rail Road Terminals ............................................................................48 4.2.3 Maritime Transport: Seaports ..............................................................53 4.2.4 Corridor road infrastructure .................................................................55 4.2.5 Corridor airport infrastructure ..............................................................62 5 State of Play of WB6 Networks .........................................................................66 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................66 5.2 List of Infrastructure Works and Preparations ..............................................68 5.2.1 Implementation of Rail Infrastructure including RRT ...............................68 5.2.2 Implementation of Road Infrastructure .................................................69 5.2.3 Implementation of Maritime and Airport Infrastructure............................72 5.3 Environmental impacts, Decarbonisation and Climate Change Adaptation ........72 5.3.1 Mitigation of environmental impacts .....................................................72 5.3.2 Climate Change Resilience ...................................................................73 6 Potential Administrative and Operational Barriers and Measures ...........................75 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................75 6.2 Rail ........................................................................................................78 6.3 Roads .....................................................................................................83 6.4 Deployment of ITS solutions ......................................................................85 7 Urban Nodes Analysis ......................................................................................87 7.1 Scope .....................................................................................................87 7.2 The Analysed Urban Nodes ........................................................................87 7.3 Methodology of the Analysis ......................................................................87 4th of December 2017 2 Study on Orient / East-Med TEN-T CNC, 2nd Phase, Final Western Balkan Report 7.4 Beograd ..................................................................................................89 7.5 Skopje ....................................................................................................90 7.6 Podgorica ................................................................................................91 7.7 Prishtine/Priština ......................................................................................92 7.8 Summary and Main Conclusions .................................................................93 8 Key Performance Indicators ..............................................................................94 8.1 Scope and Methodology ............................................................................94 8.2 Rail ........................................................................................................96 8.2.1 Realistic scenario ...............................................................................96 8.2.2 Optimistic scenario ........................................................................... 102 8.2.3 Summary of both scenarios ............................................................... 107 8.3 Ports..................................................................................................... 107 8.4 Roads ................................................................................................... 107 8.4.1 Realistic scenario ............................................................................. 108 8.4.2 Optimistic scenario ........................................................................... 110 8.4.3 Summary of both scenarios ............................................................... 111 8.5 Airports ................................................................................................. 112 Annex 1 Relevant Project Fiches ........................................................................... 113 Annex 2 Identified projects per transport mode ...................................................... 125 Annex 3 Urban Nodes Analysis ............................................................................. 133 4th of December 2017 3 Study on Orient / East-Med TEN-T CNC, 2nd Phase, Final Western Balkan Report Figures Figure 1: Schematic overview map of the Orient / East-Med Corridor indicative extension in the WB Region (brown colour) ............................................32 Figure 2: Alignment of the Orient / East-Med Corridor related WB core network (Road network) ............................................................................................33 Figure 3: Alignment of the Orient / East-Med Corridor related WB core network (Rail network) ............................................................................................34 Figure 4: Overview on core network urban and traffic/logistic nodes on the OEM Corridor related WB Core Network ........................................................36 Figure 5: Overlapping of the analysis networks in the Western Balkan countries with other corridor studies ..........................................................................37 Figure 6: Rail alignment of the Western Balkan ....................................................38 Figure 7: Maximum operating speed on the OEM WB rail network (2014) ................40 Figure 8: Maximum train length on the OEM WB rail network (2014) ......................41 Figure 9: Maximum axle load on the OEM WB rail network .....................................42 Figure 10: Electrification on the OEM WB rail network .............................................43 Figure 11: Core Rail Road terminals in the Western Balkan ......................................49 Figure