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The Voice of European Railways
SEE rail infrastructure investment –
the prerequisite for sustainable
economic growth
28 May 2014, Zagreb
Dr. Libor Lochman
CER Executive Director
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CER membership’s diversity and interlocutors
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Weighing the CER membership
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Rail (low) congestion,
(high) demand forecasts, and
(negative) market developments
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EC forecast in 2025 for freight East-West transport
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The traffic will be ever
more intense on the
routes that come from
Turkey, Lebanon, Israel,
Egypt. Maritime traffic
seems to be the main
competitor for the
infrastructures of
Greece and the Balkans
(in particular the
Adriatic-Ionian transport
area).
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Opportunities are present:
Low saturation of lines
ACROSSEE data 2014
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However:
Strong need of rail for regional integration!
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— Rail is vital for ensuring proper regional integration and trigger the
potential for regional traffic. This is true for both passenger and
freight
— Most of the SEE area is a potentially single job market: commuter
traffic can and will grow
 E.g. Ljubljana-Zagreb link to be revitalized!
 The could work for Zagreb-Osijek/Vinkovci/Split axes!
 And there are plans already for Belgrade-Budapest
— Coordination of national economies and the interplay of the
comparative advantages should and eventually will restructure
subregional economies along a coherent value chain
 Sea-rail links at ports will be key for economic development!
 Rail links to industrial manufacturing sites will be a must!
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Current situation rather negative: Freight market
development in the Western Balkans 1970 - 2011
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Passenger market development in the Western
Balkans 1970 - 2011
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What’s wrong?
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Huge demand
for good
East-West
logistic
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Low congested
infrastructure
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Positive rail
Pass & Freight
development
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First answer:
low investments in rail
infrastructure
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Rail infrastructure investments and maintenance
spending 1995 – 2011 (euro)
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Shares of rail vs. road investment in Croatia,
Serbia and Slovenia 1992-2011 (ITF data).
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Croatia
100%
Road investments dominate over rail
investments in Croatia, Serbia and
Slovenia.
80%
60%
(Percentages are calculated as ration of total rail+road
infrastructure budget for investments and maintenance)
rail
40%
road
20%
Source: ITF.
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
0%
Serbia
Slovenia
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
rail
50%
rail
road
40%
road
30%
20%
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2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
10%
0%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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Limited number of double-track lines
ACROSSEE data 2014
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Second answer:
huge problems at border
crossings
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Time spent at BCPs
(ACROSSEE data 2014)
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Total (waiting and procedural)
transit times for crossing each
pair of Road and Rail BCPs
(reported as average, in both
directions, in minutes, on a
given list of border crossing
points)
* refers to a single
BCP – not a pair
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Solutions?
EU funding instruments:
Regional funds and CEF
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Focus: Availability of regional funds in Croatia
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Croatia will be entirely tagged as less developed region by the new
regulations. This opens the possibility for large and more flexible funding.
Data in Billion-euro from ec.europa.eu
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ERDF spending in Croatia
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 At least 50 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated
to subset of thematic objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4
 One of the rail-friendly objective is then among the ERDF spending priorities:
“(4) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by: […]
(e) promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in
particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable
multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures;”. It
must be stressed that the concept of “urban areas” covers the cities’
functional areas, so that in some cases it may be stretched to cover
commuters’ traffic under PSO.
 The most rail-friendly objective is however n°7: “(7) promoting sustainable
transport […] by […] supporting […] the TEN-T; […] by connecting secondary
and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure […] in order to promote
sustainable regional and local mobility; developing and rehabilitating
comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railway systems, and
promoting noise-reduction measures; […];”
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Focus: Availability of regional funds in Slovenia
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Slovenia will include a less developed region and a more developed region,
which will be subject to different spending flexibilities.
Data in Billion-euro from ec.europa.eu
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ERDF spending in Slovenia
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 In more developed regions, at least 80 % (instead of 50% for less developed
regions!) of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to
subset of thematic objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4. This constrains a lot more the
spending flexibility for each public authority.
 The rest of the ERDF can be spent as for HR also on objective number 7,
which is the one of most interest for rail transport.
All Member States have submitted all their Partnership
Agreements before the 22 April 2014, and will submit before
the autumn all Operational Programs: the time to lobby
your governments is NOW!
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SEE is crossed by TEN-T corridors – of both the core
and comprehensive network
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Mediterranean Corridor
(Ravenna/Trieste/Koper - Ljubljana –
Budapest)
Rhine-Danube Corridor
(Budapest – Vukovar)
Baltic-Adriatic Corridor
(Graz – Maribor –Ljubljana –
Koper/Trieste)
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What can be financed through CEF if on the core
network
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Actions implementing the core network in accordance
with Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013,
including the deployment of new technologies and
innovation in accordance with Article 33 of that
Regulation, and projects and horizontal priorities
identified in Part I of Annex I to this Regulation;
Actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes
of the core network, including urban nodes, as
defined in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013;
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What can be financed through CEF on the core and
comprehensive network
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 Actions implementing the comprehensive network in accordance with
Chapter II of Regulation 1315/2013 (“The comprehensive network”),
when such actions contribute to
 bridging missing links,
 facilitating cross-border traffic flows or removing bottlenecks and
 when those actions also contribute to the development of the core
network or interconnect core network corridors
 Studies for cross-border priority projects as defined in Annex III to
Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
(2)
 Actions supporting ERTMS
 Actions supporting sustainable freight transport services
 Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting existing
rolling stock
 Actions implementing safe and secure infrastructure
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Conclusions and
recommendations
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Strong transport sector for strong economies
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 Between 1995 and 2011
transport (of freight in
particular) and EU27 GDP
grew almost in parallel
 Strong economies need
strong logistic chains as
much as strong logistic
chains need strong
economies
 Rail transport is key for
this growth to be safe,
environmentally
sustainable and creating
no additional congestion
Source: EU Transport in figures 2013
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South East Europe: need for “regional” thinking
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 Problems seem to regard more the quality of the network rather
than its extension
 Problems seem to regard more issues of administrative nature
and allocating the funds
 There is huge margin for improvement in regional coordination on
infrastructure development & maintenance, as well as in
streamlining administrative procedure
 Regional coordination is urgent and possible both on the
infrastructure management side, and on the operations side
 The idea of a Rail Freight Corridor on Corridor X is supported
 The idea of a One-Stop-Shop as well as joint operations for
rail freight logistic is good and compatible with EU
competition law
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Railway system: each party must deliver!
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All three key elements of the sustainable rail
development must always be promoted!
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Intermodal level
playing field
Intramodal
competition
Infrastructure
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Thank you for your attention!
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Dr. Libor Lochman
CER Executive Director
Tel: +32 2 213 08 71
Email: [email protected]
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For further information,
visit our website: www.cer.be
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