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Rhine-Alpine Corridor

Presentation of the corridor work plan by the European Coordinator

Mr Pawel Wojciechowski

Hearing in the European Parliament,Brussels, 13 October 2015

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Corridor characteristics (1)

● 5 Member States and Switzerland

● 13 urban nodes

● 11 airports

● 8 seaports

● 22 inland ports

● 20 Rail-Road Terminals

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Corridor characteristics

(2)The freight modal split (cross-border traffic in 2010)

•54% - inland waterways•34% - road•12% - rail

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Corridor process in 2014 - 2015

• 4 Corridor Forum meetings with gradually increasing number of stakeholders

• 2 working group meetings (IWW/Ports, Regions)

• Several bilateral meetings and missions along the corridor by the former and the new European Coordinator

• Corridor meeting during the TEN-T Days in Riga in June 2015: presentation of the corridor work plan to a wider

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Main outputs so far

Corridor study with detailed analysis of the corridor, including a multi-modal transport market study

TENtec maps illustrating compliance of corridor infrastructure with TEN-T standards

List of projects planned to be implemented along the corridor by 2030

...which led to:

A corridor work plan presented by the European Coordinator and unanimously approved by all MS in May 2015

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Corridor work plan: agreed priorities

1. Improving compliance with the TEN-T requirements, mostly for rail (including ERTMS) and inland waterways;

2. Implementing the large rail cross-border projects between NL-DE, DE-CH and CH-IT;

3. Promote innovative solutions (RIS, ITS, deployment of LNG infrastructure;

4. Reduce external effects of transport, in particular the rail noise pollution;

5. Maintain existing infrastructure in good condition, in particular road and inland waterways;

6. Investing in ERTMS along the corridor.

Mainz

Ghent Albertkanaal

Zeebrugge

Nijmegen

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Duisburg

KölnBrussels

Antwerpen

Frankfurt M.

Mannheim/ Ludwigshafen

Karlsruhe

Strasbourg

Milano

Genova

Urban nodesDüsseldorf

Liege

Novara

Airports

Maritime ports

Inland ports

Rail - Road terminals

Vlissingen

Moerdijk

Utrecht

Basel

Bern

Mulhouse

Chiasso

Aarau / Birrfeld

Rekingen

Zürich

Railways

Roads

IWW

Mertert

Koblenz

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High investment needs

● 175 projects (including 30 in Switzerland) have been identified which would be needed for the development of the Rhine-Alpine Corridor until 2030

● Estimated total volume of investments of around 60 billion EUR

● Examples of key projects:o Karlsruhe-Basel: >6 billion EURo Zevenaar-Emmerich-Oberhausen: >2 billion EUR o Chiasso-Milano: >1.4 billion EUR

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Project list

Corridors shall facilitate the coordinated implementation of the Core Network

List of CEF in Annex I, part I, with pre-identified projects

List of projects resulting from the work on the Corridors is obviously longer: more detailed sectioning, studies and works

The long list has a focus up till 2030, date of completion of the Core Network

The CEF Annex runs up till 2020

There is no direct link between the two lists: being in the long list is not a guarantee for financial support and vice-versa

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Recommended CEF funding per corridor

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Rhine – AlpineCEF funding per section/mode

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Thank you for your attention