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SEESARI - South-East Europe Strategic Alliance for Rail Innovation, R&D Innovation Window of Slovenian Railways

Dr. Peter Verlič, Chairman Three SEAS Initiative Business Forum, Ljubljana, June 2019

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South Eastern Europe area is a key strategic gateway to and from Europe but also to the Middle East & Asia. Our main goal is to identify opportunities and promote development of the transportation network in SEE.

South Eastern Europe area in numbers


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SEESARI - South-East Europe Strategic Alliance for Rail Innovation

SEESARI is the initiative for supporting rail and transport development in South East Europe with focusing on railway research, development and innovation Founded by Slovenian Railways, Serbian Railways and International Union of Railways (UIC). Kick-off meeting took place in 2016 in Belgrade.

Partnership: => currently more than 60 members from 15 countries (railway transport operators and infrastructure managers, manufacturers and suppliers of technical equipment, financial institutions, research institutions, associations and interest groups connected with (rail) transport, national and regional authorities,..)


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SEESARI - South-East Europe Strategic Alliance for Rail Innovation

Vision and objectives: - to be an important player of railway system development in South East Europe - establish a wide network of interested stakeholders for identifying

innovative ideas/solutions/projects for railway and transport development

- bringing new ideas and solutions into reality (concrete projects) - contribute to advanced railway transport development in South East

Europe and wider European railway transport system and contribution to more sustainable transport in Europe


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SUPPORT/COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

=> Full suport of International Union of Railways

- Special Taskforce for the SEESARI

- Technical support, promotion, …

=> Support of EU Commissioner for transport

=> Support of Community of European Railways => Support and cooperation with SHIFT2RAIL


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AGREEMENT SEESARI – SHIFT2RAIL

• SHIFT2RAIL: largest European PPP for Railway Research and

Innovation, approved by the European Commission, with a view to

increasing European rail passenger transport in freight.

• Agreement Signed in September 2018 at InnoTrans in Berlin

• Long term cooperation

• Presence of the EU Commissionner for Mobility and Transport

• Focus of the agreement: the exchange of information on current and

planned activities and research and innovation programs; the

exchange of experience and good practices in the framework of the

transformation of the rail system, with a particular focus on

digitization and interoperability; the involvement of the SEESARI

initiative in the S2R working bodies


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SEESARI – Masterplan

SEESARI Masterplan

- Key document for SEESARI long term development

- Prepared by recommendation of MEP and Commissioner of

Transport

- Contents: vision, goals, strategic directions, main priorities (pillars)

and also six important projects within the main pillars and financing

sources.


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DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL NETWORK IN SEE

Today UIC proposal 1974


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INTEGRATION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT (IT, TICKETING)

• Good opportunity to integrate the Ticketing systems and IT solutions in rail passenger transport

MAIN GOALS: - Better competitiveness of rail transport

- More passengers - Integrated rail passenger transport


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REVITALISATION OF REGIONAL RAILWAY LINES

Why regional lines? • big potential (infrastructure already exists) • low density lines • less developed and neglected areas

Goals? • Improved signalling and safety devices (ERTMS regional) • Sustainable transport and logistics services • Innovative passenger services • New generation of rail vehicles (intermodality) • Integrated smart services model for regional railway network


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MODERNIZATION OF RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK

Joint procurement of railway rolling stock

• Lower prices – more attractive offers from suppliers. Quite significant for small companies.

• Administrative cost savings – The total administrative work for the involved in preparing and carrying out one rather than several tenders can be substantially reduced.

• Skills and expertise – pooling of different skills and expertise. Smaller authorities in particular can benefit from the capacities of staff in larger authorities.


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INTEROPERABILITY AND UNIFICATION OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS

• Interoperability in TSIs – a fundamental component of the future rail system as the transport backbone of Europe.

• Development of a set of harmonised operating processes in the form of International Rail Standards (IRS).

• Interoperability ensures trains cross state and operational borders without delay or operational constraint.


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HUMAN RESOURCES (SOCIAL COMPONENT, STAFF REORGANIZATION)

• Positive working conditions and the protection of health and safety of rail workers high-quality services.

• The availability of a skilled and highly motivated labour force in the sector efficient and competitive transport services.

• Optimization and reorganization of railway staff more added value.

• Offering best education and training opportunities for young professionals.


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FREIGHT TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT AND INTERMODALITY

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• A demand for removing technical and administrative bottlenecks through achieving a Single European Railway Area (rail infrastructure investments, organizational improvements).

• Rail freight to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported fuels, due to its high energy efficiency and major reliance on electric energy.

• Rail freight can support Europe’s competitiveness.


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SEESARI – concrete project proposals

SEESARI - Innovation and development projects

- Ticketing and reservation system

- Electronic timetable and optimization

- Real-time tracking of trains

- Integrated railway traffic management

- Infrastructure:

- Track diagnostics based maintenance

- Infrastructure monitoring by UAVs (drones)

- Special consignments

Projects can be launched through SHIFT2RAIL

and expanded to Three Seas Initiative


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Project - INTEGRATED RAILWAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Operative management – executive units

Tactical management– traffic planning and monitoring

Strategic management – investment management

Infrastructure management

Management of passenger and freight transport

From operational to strategic level


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SYNERGY BETWEEN 3 SEAS

EUROPEAN TEN-T CORRIDORS

Mobility of passengers and goods

To close gaps, remove bottlenecks and eliminate technical

barriers that exist between the transport networks of EU

Member States

Strengthening the social, economic and territorial cohesion

of the Union

Contributing to the creation of a single European transport

area.

Connecting Europe, Connecting 3 Seas

Synergy – through SEESARI initiative


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SYNERGY BETWEEN 3 SEAS

EUROPEAN RAIL FREIGHT (RFC) CORRIDORS

Fostering mobility of goods

Strengthening co-operation between infrastructure

managers (allocation of paths, interoperable systems and

infrastructure development,..)

Finding the right balance between freight and passenger

transport

Promoting intermodality between rail and other transport

Connecting Europe, Connecting 3 Seas

Synergy – through SEESARI initiative


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Thank you for your attention. Dr. Peter Verlič,

Chairman [email protected]

G4 Meeting, Vienna, November 2017

Any questions?

[email protected]

www.seesari.org

mailto:[email protected]

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