SEESARI and the ReVitaRail Project Aims, Objectives and Main Idea

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1 Railway Pro Technology & Services Forum Arad, Romania 5 April 2017 SEESARI and the ReVitaRail Project Aims, Objectives and Main Idea Dennis Schut UIC - Paris

2 The SEESARI initiative

3 South East Europe SEESARI - SOUTH EAST EUROPE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR RAIL INNOVATION - Very strong economic potential as the strategic commercial node between Europe and Asia or/and the Middle East in collaboration with Turkey - More than km of railway network (UIC Statistics) million tons of goods (railways) (UIC Statistics) million railway passengerss (UIC Statistics) - only 2% of the total freight between Europe and Turkey is carried by rail (The economist 2010)

4 South East Europe - a somewhat neglected area? Huge Rail Investments in SEE Countries needed One single Future European Railway System EU TEN T Corridors Pan European Corridors NB: South Eastern Europe Blank! Extension of the main EU TEN T Railway Corridors to SEE

5 SEESARI Main Goals SEESARI - South East Europe Strategic Alliance for Railway Innovation The main goals of the SEESARI are: - clustering of interested stakeholders for identifying the innovative ideas/solutions/projects for railway development and transport - bring new ideas and solutions into reality (concrete projects) - advanced development of Rail in South East Europe and its contribution to the wider and more sustainable European railway and transportation system

6 KICK-OFF MEETING IN BELGRADE SEESARI KICK-OFF MEETING In January participants from 14 countries Opened by the Vice-Prime minister and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia Presented vision, strategy, action plan and Declaration of intent (establishment) Selected Chairman of SEESARI 50+ organisations signed the Declaration of Intent Members have developed a number of project proposals

7 HIGH SPEED RAIL NETWORK INTERGATION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT REGIONAL RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK INTEROPETABILITY AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS HUMAN RESOURCES COOPERATION IN FREIGHT TRANSPORT 7 priority areas defined SEESARI - MAIN PRIORITIES:

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9 REVITALISATION OF REGIONAL RAILWAY LINES Harmonisation of Services (linked to 4 th RWP) 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

10 REVITALISATION OF REGIONAL RAILWAY LINES Harmonisation of Services (linked to 4 th RWP) 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, but lower cost - (ERTMS regional) Sustainable transport and logistics services Innovative passenger services, integrated ticketing etc New generation of rail vehicles (intermodality) Integrated smart services model for regional railway network Better competitiveness of rail transport, better integrated

11 JOINT PROCUREMENT 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.

12 INTEROPERABILITY AND UNIFICATION OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS 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.

13 HUMAN RESOURCES & EDUCATION 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.

14 FREIGHT TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT AND INTERMODALITY FREIGHT TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT AND INTERMODALITY 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. A demand for removing technical and administrative bottlenecks through achieving a Single European Railway Area through rail infrastructure investments.

15 Other projects proposed by SEESARI partners SEESARI - SOUTH EAST EUROPE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR RAIL INNOVATION Development of the High Speed Rail SE Europe Study HighSpeedSEE Development of an innovative incident management system REM7 Rail and track diagnostics based maintenance and standardization OMIS (initiated by: Hungarian Railways) Education centre for young professionals and railway staff and re-organization of human resources RRTC (initiated by: Serbian Railways) Harmonization of regional railway lines and services ReVitaRail (initiated by: Slovenian Railways) Integrated cross border E-ticketing (initiated by: Slovenian Railways) Integration of the European passenger transport into to railway backbone PUTRIP

16 Contact: Interested in participation in one of these projects? SEESARI - SOUTH EAST EUROPE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR RAIL INNOVATION Dr. Peter Verlic, Director - SEESARI Chairman Prometni institut Ljubljana d.o.o. Kolodvorska 11, SI-1000 Ljubljana Tel.: , Fax.: peter.verlic@prometni-institut.si Or Dennis Schut SEESARI Secretariat Research & Innovation manager UIC Paris Tel: or schut@uic.org

17 ReVitaRAIL Challenge in the field of railway transport Main idea Revitalisation of regional railway network and services OBJECTIVES To define and to develop innovative, technical and technological advanced solutions and services in regional railway network with minimum investments in basic infrastructure and maximum added value towards advanced solutions for regional network 17

18 ReVitaRAIL Why regional lines? - big potential (infrastructure already exists) - low density lines - less developed and neglected areas - less demanding user needs 18

19 ReVitaRAIL - Revitalisation of regional railway network and services The project intends to increase growth in transport demand and customer expectations based on quality of service, with demonstrative implementation of smart technologies that can ultimately contribute to improving the reliability and responsiveness of customer service in rail transportation, such as: - Improved signaling 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 19

20 ReVitaRAIL - Revitalisation of regional railway network and services - Analysis of current situation/state of the art (intermodality, technical solutions infrastructure, rail services, good practices) General APPROACH - Identification of main problems in terms of infrastructure and related services - Identification of measures to be implemented on regional railway network - Identification of pilots - Realization of pilots - Evaluation measuring of project impacts (recurrent costs of rail operations, maintenance costs, reliability of operations) 20

21 ReVitaRAIL - Revitalisation of regional railway network and services - Rail Operators - Infrastructure managers (in case of Slovenia Ministry of infrastructure) PARTNERSHIP - Research institutions and universities (studies, research, software development) - Manufacturers of ERTMS (signaling) technologies - OTHER: regional authorities, regional development agencies, municipalities, city authorities,.. 21

22 ReVitaRail - Pilot and testing activities in Slovenia (a proposal) Ljubljana Kočevje railway line 22

23 ReVitaRail - Pilot and testing activities in Slovenia (proposal) Ljubljana Kočevje railway line => LENGTH: 70 km (2 sections: Ljubljana Grosuplje: 21.4 km, Grosuplje Kočevje: 48.6 km) Regional line, suburban rail services Connected with the capital city A part of the area for integrated public passenger services (IJPP - pilot) The line was reconstructed (a small part still under construction) GSM-R investment on Slovenian railway network is ongoing 7 LJUBLJANA GROSUPLJE VELIKE LAŠČE DOBREPOLJE 7 RIBNICA KOČEVJE Prometni institut Ljubljana d.o.o.,

24 TRANSPORT AND RESEARCH IN THE DANUBE REGION Railway infrastructure in the Danube Region 24

25 ReVitaRail - Revitalisation of regional railway network and services - Integration of low costs systems (innovative measures with low minimum investments) - Better quality of rail transport services - Better connection of regions and sub-regions - Revitalization and development of rural, neglected and less developed area - Strengthening international cooperation (cross-border regions) 25

26 ReVitaRail - Revitalisation of regional railway network and services Financing sources => bundling budgets from the SEE region project partners to start with, hopefully in combination with: External scources: Horizon 2020 project funding EIB support => Transnational programmes: - Danube - Central Europe - Mediterranean - Adriatic-Ionian programme - Alpine Space => Cross-border cooperation programmes (e.g. Slovenia - Croatia Hungary etc) 26

27 ReVitaRail - Revitalisation of regional railway network and services - Increase of public passenger transport - Less congestion on roads - More environmentally-friendly transpot

28 Thank you for your attention! Dennis Schut UIC Research & Innovation Manager & SEESARI project secretariat 28