INTERCONNECT INTERCONNECTion Between Short- and Long-Distance Transport Networks DELIVERABLE D5.1 IMPACTS OF IMPROVED INTERCONNECTIVITY ON A EUROPEAN SCALE Due Date: 30 April 2011 Submitted: 17 May 2011 Main Author: TRT Dissemination: Public Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme, Theme 7 Transport Contract number 233846 Project Start Date: 1 June 2009, Project Duration: 24 months IMPACTS OF IMPROVED INTERCONNECTIVITY Document Control Sheet Project Number: 019746 Project Acronym: INTERCONNECT Workpackage: WP5 Conclusions and Recommendations Version: 1.2 Document History: Version Issue Date Distribution 1.0 17 May 2011 Consortium, Project Officer 1.1 18 May 2011 Consortium, Project Officer 1.2 18 May 2011 Consortium, Project Officer 1.3 23 May 2011 Consortium, Project Officer Classification – This report is: Draft Final X Confidential Restricted Public X Partners Owning: All Main Editor: Alessio Sitran, Silvia Maffii, Claudia de Stasio (TRT) Oliver Schnell, Benedikt Mandel (MKm), Christiane Bielefeldt, Gordon Wilmsmeier (TRI), Andreu Ulied, Oriol Biosca (Mcr), Preben Thisgaard Partners Contributed: (TET), Monika Bak, Przemyslaw Borkowski (UG), Bryan Matthews, Jeremy Shires (ITS) Made Available To: All INTERCONNECT Partners / Project Officer / Advisory Board / Public Sitran A., Maffii S., de Stasio C. “Impacts of improved interconnectivity This document should on a European scale”, Deliverable D5.1 of INTERCONNECT, Co- be referenced as: funded by FP7. 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Copyright (c) 2011 Copyleft: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or use this document under the terms of the Free Documentation Dissemination License, Version 1, available at http://pauillac.inria.fr/~lang/licence/v1/fddl.html INTERCONNECT Project Office Transport Research Institute Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh, UK Tel: + 44 131 455 2635 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.interconnect-project.eu Date: 18/05/2011 Deliverable 5.1 Page i IMPACTS OF IMPROVED INTERCONNECTIVITY TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................................... 1 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 4 2 DOMAINS OF EU POLICY AND ACTIVITIES IMPACTING ON INTERCONNECTIVITY ............. 5 2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 5 2.2 STRATEGIC POLICY OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................. 5 2.2.1 Major Policy Developments ............................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 The TEN-T Network........................................................................................................... 7 2.3 ONGOING POLICY WORK AT EU LEVEL ......................................................................................... 8 2.3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.3.2 Infrastructure (TEN-T)........................................................................................................ 8 2.3.3 Making the Transport System More User-Friendly.......................................................... 10 2.3.4 Rail Technical Interoperability.......................................................................................... 13 2.4 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 14 3 METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE REVIEW OF SELECTED CASE STUDIES ........... 19 3.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 19 3.2 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................................... 20 4 CROSS-CHECKING THE CONSISTENCY WITH EU POLICY WORK ON INTERCONNECTIVITY......................................................................................................................... 21 4.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 21 4.2 FRANKFURT AIRPORT INTERCONNECTIONS ................................................................................. 22 4.2.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 22 4.2.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 22 4.2.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 25 4.3 CATALAN AIRPORT SYSTEM INTERCONNECTIONS : BARCELONA , GIRONA , REUS AND LLEIDA ......... 27 4.3.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 27 4.3.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 27 4.3.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 30 4.4 MILANESE AIRPORT SYSTEM INTERCONNECTIONS : MALPENSA , LINATE AND ORIO AL SERIO .......... 32 4.4.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 32 4.4.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 32 4.4.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 34 4.5 SCOTTISH AIRPORT SYSTEM INTERCONNECTIONS : EDINBURGH , GLASGOW AND PRESTWICK ........ 36 4.5.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 36 4.5.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 36 4.5.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 39 4.6 INTERCONNECTIVITY OF RAIL AT LEEDS RAILWAY STATION .......................................................... 41 4.6.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 41 4.6.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 41 4.6.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 42 4.7 THE MILAN RAILWAYS NODE ...................................................................................................... 43 4.7.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 43 4.7.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 44 4.7.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 46 4.8 THE DUAL -MODE RAILWAY SYSTEM : THE KARLSRUHE MODEL .................................................... 48 4.8.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 48 4.8.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 48 4.8.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 50 4.9 TRAIN -TAXI AND FEEDER BUS SERVICES ..................................................................................... 51 4.9.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 51 4.9.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 54 4.9.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 56 4.10 AMSTERDAM FERRY SERVICES .................................................................................................. 58 Date: 18/05/2011 Deliverable 5.1 Page ii IMPACTS OF IMPROVED INTERCONNECTIVITY TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 4.10.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 58 4.10.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 59 4.10.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 59 4.11 LISBON FERRY SERVICES .......................................................................................................... 61 4.11.1 Background...................................................................................................................... 61 4.11.2 Assessment against EU Objectives in the Field of Interconnectivity............................... 62 4.11.3 Overview of the Overall Assessment............................................................................... 64 4.12 HELSINGBORG FERRY