strengthening co-operation between IMs/ABs on key aspects such as the allocation of paths, deployment of interoperable systems and infrastructure development, finding the right balance between freight and passenger traffic along the RFCs, giving adequate capacity for freight in line with market needs and ensuring that common punctuality targets for freight trains are met, promoting intermodality between rail and other transport modes by integrating terminals into the corridor management process.
The main parameters of the 4 RFC corridors concerning the national rail infrastructure are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Rhine – Alpine Corridor: Zeebrugge-Antwerp/Amsterdam/Vlissingen/Rotterdam-Duisburg-[Basel]Milan/Novara-Genoa; ScanMed Corridor: Stockholm[Oslo]/Trellerborg-Malmö-Copenhagen-Hamburg-Innsbruck-Verona-La Spezia/ Livorno/Ancona/Taranto/Augusta-Palermo; Baltic – Adriatic Corridor: Swinoujscie/Gdynia-Katowice-Ostrava/Žilina-Bratislava/Vienna/Klagenfurt-UdineVenice/Trieste/Bologna/Ravenna/Graz-Maribor-Ljubljana-Koper/Trieste; Mediterranean Corridor: Almería-Valencia/Madrid-Zaragoza/Barcelona-Marseille-Lyon-Turin-Milan-VeronaPadua/Venice-Trieste/Koper-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ljubljana/Fiume-Zagreb-Budapest-Zahony (Hungarian – Ukrainian border)
Further information regarding the RFCs is available at the following relevant websites:
Rhine-Alpine Corridor: www.corridor-rhine-alpine.eu Scandinavia-Mediterranean Corridor: http://scanmedfreight.eu/ Baltic-Adriatic Corridor: http://rfc5.eu/ Mediterranean Corridor: www.railfreightcorridor6.eu
or in the dedicated Corridor Information Documents (CIDs) produced by the RFCs and available at the above mentioned websites. Furthermore, in order to regulate the procedure for complaints lodged by transport operators against decisions taken by the competent RFC bodies, specific Cooperation Agreements have been entered into, signed by the Regulatory Bodies of the States concerned by the various RFCs. The texts of the agreements can be found at the following websites: http://www.mit.gov.it/mit/site.php?p=cm&o=vd&id=2856 In this regard, the Regulatory Authority responsible for the “Mediterranean” RFC 6 is the TRA (Transport Regulation Authority – the Italian regulation authority). All complaints must be submitted both in Italian and in English or French and must necessarily also be forwarded by email to the following email address: rfcmed@autorita-trasporti.it. In the case of the “Rhine-Alpine” RFC, the responsible Regulation Authority is the German Bundesnetzagentur: www.bundesnetzagentur.de For the "Scandinavia-Mediterranean" RFC, the responsible Regulation Authority is the Austrian Schienen-Control Kommission: http://www.schienencontrol.gv.at For the "Baltic-Adriatic" RFC the responsible Regulation Authority is defined in the Cooperation Agreement concluded by the corridor Regulation Authorities: http://rfc5.eu/documents/regulary-bodies-cooperation-agreement/
1.10 RAIL NET EUROPE – INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS (UPDATED IN DECEMBER 2019) RFI is a member of RailNetEurope (RNE), which is an umbrella organisation of European railway Infrastructure Managers and Allocation Bodies (IMs/ABs). RNE facilitates international railway business by developing harmonised international business processes in the form of templates, handbooks, and guidelines, as well as IT tools. You can find more information about RNE on http://www.rne.eu/organisation/rne-approach-structure/
1.10.1
One Stop Shops
A network of One-Stop Shops (OSS) represents the IMs in international traffic. They constitute a single point of contact for the entire international route of a rail service, from the initial questions related to network access to international path requests and performance reviews after a train run. [IM name] also operates an OSS
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