2022 NETWORK STATEMENT of the Public-Use Railway Infrastructure of the State Joint Stock Company “Latvijas dzelzceļš” Approved with decision No.VL-2/5 of the of the Management Board of 11 January 2021 Valid from 12 December 2021 VERSION CONTROL Version Date Section Description of changes 1.0 11.01.2021. - Initial version In accordance with LRN 22.01.2021. letter Nr.L-6.3.1/14-2021 the following amendments have been made: 5.2.11., 5.3.(4), 1.1 22.01.2021. Section 5.2.11. expressed in new edition; 5.3.(5)(c), 5.3.(5)(f). Section 5.3.(4) expressed in new edition; Sections 5.3. (5)(c) and 5.3. (5)(f) expressed in new edition. In accordance with VDA 12.02.2021. letter Nr.2-1-16 the following amendments have been made: Section 5.4. expressed in new edition; 5.4. 5.5., 5.6.3., 1.2. 9.04.2021. Section 5.5. expressed in new edition; 7.3.11 Section 5.6.3. expressed in new edition; New section 7.3.11. In accordance with LRN 08.04.2021. letter Nr.L-6.3.1/63-2021 the following amendments have been made: Section 4.2.1.(7) expressed in new edition; 4.2.1.(7), 4.2.2.(3), 1.3. 14.04.2021. 4.2.3.(3), 5.2.11., Section 4.2.2.(3) expressed in new edition; 5.3.(4), 5.3.(5)(c). Section 4.2.3.(3) expressed in new edition; Section 5.2.11. expressed in new edition; Section 5.3.(4) expressed in new edition; Section 5.3. (5)(c) expressed in new edition. SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (Latvian Railway) Network statement 2022 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS VERSION CONTROL _____________________________________________________________________ 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ___________________________________________________________________ 3 1. GENERAL INFORMATION ______________________________________________________________ 9 1.1. Introduction ______________________________________________________________________ 9 1.2. Purpose of the network statement ____________________________________________________ 9 1.3. Legal aspects ____________________________________________________________________ 9 1.3.1. Legal Framework ___________________________________________________________ 9 1.3.1.1. International law ____________________________________________________ 9 1.3.1.2. National law ______________________________________________________ 10 1.3.1.3. Binding acts issued on the basis of the Railway Law _______________________ 10 1.3.1.4. Agreements signed on the basis of the Railway Law _______________________ 11 1.3.2. Legas Status and Liability ___________________________________________________ 11 1.3.3. Appeals Procedure ________________________________________________________ 11 1.4. Structure of the network statement ___________________________________________________ 11 1.5. Validity period, updating and publishing _______________________________________________ 12 1.5.1. Validity Period ____________________________________________________________ 12 1.5.2. Updating _________________________________________________________________ 12 1.5.3. Publishing _______________________________________________________________ 12 1.6. Contacts _______________________________________________________________________ 13 1.7. Cooperation between european infrastructure managers/allocation bodies ___________________ 13 1.7.1. Rail Freight Corridors _______________________________________________________ 13 1.7.2. RailNetEurope ____________________________________________________________ 14 1.7.2.1. One Stop Shop (OSS) ______________________________________________ 14 1.7.2.2. RNE Tools _______________________________________________________ 14 1.7.3. Other International Cooperation ______________________________________________ 15 2. INFRASTRUCTURE ___________________________________________________________________ 19 2.1. Introduction _____________________________________________________________________ 19 2.2. Extent of network ________________________________________________________________ 19 2.2.1. Limits ___________________________________________________________________ 19 2.2.2. Connecting Railway Networks ________________________________________________ 20 2.3. Network description ______________________________________________________________ 21 2.3.1. Track Typologies __________________________________________________________ 21 2.3.2. Track Gauges ____________________________________________________________ 21 2.3.3. Stations and Nodes ________________________________________________________ 21 2.3.4. Loading Gauge ___________________________________________________________ 22 2.3.5. Weight Limits _____________________________________________________________ 22 SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (Latvian Railway) Network statement 2022 3 2.3.6. Line Gradients ____________________________________________________________ 22 2.3.7. Maximum Train Speed ______________________________________________________ 22 2.3.8. Maximum Train Lengths ____________________________________________________ 22 2.3.9. Power Supply _____________________________________________________________ 22 2.3.10. Signalling Systems_________________________________________________________ 22 2.3.11. Traffic Control Systems _____________________________________________________ 23 2.3.12. Communication Systems ____________________________________________________ 25 2.3.13. Train Control Systems ______________________________________________________ 26 2.4. Train restrictions _________________________________________________________________ 26 2.4.1. Specialised Infrastructure ___________________________________________________ 26 2.4.2. Environmental Restrictions __________________________________________________ 26 2.4.3. Dangerous Goods _________________________________________________________ 26 2.4.4. Tunnel Restrictions ________________________________________________________ 26 2.4.5. Bridge Restrictions _________________________________________________________ 26 2.5. Availability of the infrastructure ______________________________________________________ 27 2.6. Infrastructure development _________________________________________________________ 27 3. ACCESS CONDITIONS ________________________________________________________________ 29 3.1. Introduction _____________________________________________________________________ 29 3.2. General access requirements _______________________________________________________ 29 3.2.1. Conditions for applying for capacity ____________________________________________ 29 3.2.2. Conditions for Access to the Railway infrastructure _______________________________ 29 3.2.3. Licences _________________________________________________________________ 30 3.2.4. Safety Certificate __________________________________________________________ 30 3.2.5. Insurance ________________________________________________________________ 30 3.3. Contractual arrangements _________________________________________________________ 30 3.3.1. Framework Agreement _____________________________________________________ 30 3.3.2. Contracts with RUs ________________________________________________________ 30 3.3.3. Contracts with non-RU applicants _____________________________________________ 31 3.3.4. General Terms and Conditions _______________________________________________ 31 3.4. Specific access requirements _______________________________________________________ 31 3.4.1. Rolling Stock Acceptance ___________________________________________________ 31 3.4.2. Staff Acceptance __________________________________________________________ 32 3.4.3. Exceptional Consignments __________________________________________________ 32 3.4.4. Dangerous Goods _________________________________________________________ 32 3.4.5. Test Trains and Other Special Trains __________________________________________ 33 4. CAPACITY ALLOCATION ______________________________________________________________ 35 4.1. Introduction _____________________________________________________________________ 35 4.2. Description of process ____________________________________________________________ 35 4.2.1. Annual Capacity Allocation __________________________________________________ 35 4.2.2. Ad-hoc Capacity Allocation __________________________________________________ 36 SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (Latvian Railway) Network statement 2022 4 4.2.3. Operational Capacity Allocation _______________________________________________ 36 4.3. Reserving capacity for temporary capacity restrictions ___________________________________ 37 4.3.1. General Principles _________________________________________________________ 37 4.3.2. Deadlines and Information Provided to Applicants ________________________________ 37 4.4. Impact of framework agreements ____________________________________________________ 37 4.5. Path allocation process ___________________________________________________________ 37 4.5.1. Annual Timetable Path Requests _____________________________________________ 37 4.5.2. Late Annual Timetable Path Requests _________________________________________ 38 4.5.3. Ad-Hoc Path Requests _____________________________________________________ 38 4.5.4. Coordination Process ______________________________________________________ 38 4.5.5. Dispute Resolution Process __________________________________________________ 39 4.6. Congested infrastructure __________________________________________________________ 39 4.6.1. Congested infrastructure ____________________________________________________ 39 4.6.2. Temporary insufficiency of infrastructure capacity ________________________________ 40 4.7. Exceptional transport and dangerous goods ___________________________________________