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RETRACK : Setting up an innovative rail freight service between North Sea and Black Sea REorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts. RETRACK: an Integrated EU porject Ministry of Transport The Netherlands 15 July 2010, The Hague Min Zhang, TNO Mobility & Logistics.
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RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight servicebetween North Sea and Black SeaREorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts RETRACK: an Integrated EU porject Ministry of Transport The Netherlands 15 July 2010, The Hague Min Zhang, TNO Mobility & Logistics
Outline • Background and objective; Layout of corridor • Work activities • Pilot – Launching RETRACK Rail freight service • Future planning • End
Background • FP6, Integrated Project, supported by DG MOVE/EC • Objective: develop, demonstrate, and implement innovative and market-proven rail freight service along NW-SE corridor, by a group of private railway companies emerged under the rail liberalisation wave. • Project duration: May 2007– Dec. 2012 • Consortium partners R&D; IT Consultancy Rail operator; Railway companies … …
Rotterdam: • dry/liquid bulk • Maritime containers Duisburg: All cargo Ludwigshafen: (1) dry/liquid bulk • Bratislava/Kosice: • Steel/automotive Oradea, Constanta, All cargo Wels or Vienna: All cargo Budapest: All cargo Feeder point for Slovakia RETRACK corridor
WP 1 WP 2 Logistics State - of - the - art requirements rail services WP 3 New rail freight service concept D i t s n s e e m m e i g n WP 7 WP 4 WP 5 WP 6 a a W 0 t n i P P IT Solution Training Rail infra & o a Rail safety & n 1 W m interoperability 1 security t c e j o r P WP 8 Pilot setup WP 10 WP 9 Synthesis & Evaluation reporting Work activities
Pilot status-quo Parties: TransPetrol: Rail operator Traction providerrs on main route: MWB: NL – Keulen – Passau LTE: Passau – Hegyeshalom CER: Hegyeshalom – Gyor : Gyor – xxx: ServTrans • Transported goods: • Automotives • Chemical, • Agri-bulk • Continental & maritime containers Rotterdam • Current challenges: • Extend service to RO • Infra. condition, charges in HU, RO. • High shunting costs • OSS not working Keulen Antwerp Passau Hegyeshalom Debrecen Orosháza Györ Hajduboszormeny • Train Characteristics: • 600 m in length • Up to 2.200 t (1800 ton) • Frequency: >1x/wk, more demand • Transit time: 21 hours (16 hours) Szabadegyhaza Constanta
WP 1 WP 2 Logistics State - of - the - art requirements rail services WP 3 New rail freight service concept D i t s n s e e m m e i g n WP 7 WP 4 WP 5 WP 6 a a W 0 t n i P P IT Solution Training Rail infra & o a Rail safety & n 1 W m interoperability 1 security t c e j o r P WP 8 Pilot WP 10 WP 9 Synthesis & Evaluation reporting Future planning WP12 R. Knowledge Base WP13 Corridor extension
WP12: RETRACK Knowledge Base • Five themes: • Traffic & Infrastructure; • Service & Biz modes; • Market condition; • Legislation & governance; • Knowledge • Transformation of findings, data, information into knowledge • Data and knowledge collected, assessed, presented on a corridor basis; dynamic thematic geo-map for geospatial data • Compatibility with work in TENTec, Transtools
Trans - Syberian System Way from Asia KAZACHSTAN – WEST CHINA TRACECA Legend Main Retrack Route Land TRACECA Extension Sea TRACECA Extension Main TransSib Extension TransSib - Retrack Link Retrack South Europe Link Corridor connection points ( to be defined ) WP13: Corridor extension • Connect RU & CH via Eurasian land-bridges • Main reason: increasing dialogues • Objective: policy; potentials; feasibility
RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight servicebetween North Sea and Black SeaREorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts Min Zhang & Gerwin Zomer: Project Manager TNO Mobility & Logistics T: +31 15 269 6828 E: min.zhang@tno.nl; gerwin.zomer@tno.nl