1. The role of the railway infrastructure in transport on the Baltic - Adriatic axis Maria Perkuszewska, Vienna, 17th of September 2014

2. 2 PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. is a company of the PKP Group and is responsible for maintenance of railway lines, railway traffic management, construction of timetables and management over railway properties. PKP PLK S.A.’s network includes: 19 191 km of railway lines 42 334 turnouts 15 915 rail-road level crossings 25 738 engineering structures 6 326 buildings 12 671 structures The most important data concerning PKP PLK S.A.’s network

3. 3 The map of the Polish railway lines

4. 4 Mission of PKP PLK S.A. creating the best conditions for the railway transport service in Poland providing the highest level of railway safety ensuring the reliability of services protecting the environment ensuring a high level of information about the traffic of passenger trains taking actions which lead the increase of the accessibility, attractiveness, and the reliability of rail transport. PKP PLK S.A. successfully combines a tradition with the latest technologies and solutions.

5. 5 organization of rail traffic maintenance of railway lines in order to ensure safe transport publication of timetables traffic management of approximately 6,500 passenger and freight trains each day planning and realization of investments Main tasksInvestments Modernisation of railway lines is one of the most important tasks currently carried out by PKP PLK S.A.. Funds utilized for this purpose stem from several sources: Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund, Connecting Europe Facility, national funds, own resources.

6. 6 Agenda: Plans for the next financial perspective

7. 7 time, capacity, competitiveness – plus finding the most effective and economic methods (investment projects) for solving them. Implementing EU transport policy objectives resulting from the White Paper and TEN-T policy through the creation of a coherent railway network which offers increased technical infrastructure parameters to operators Maximising the network effect using the assumed value of financial means decidated to the development of the railway infrastructure to 2023; assuring a technical condition of the infrastructure that will allow to achieve a substantial speed level on longer stretches and fulfilling the TSI and TEN-T requirements. Focusing on specified problems General objectives for the next perspective

8. 8 Maximising the efficiency indicators of investments (costs versus the achieved effect, e.g. improving speed, increasing capacity, or shortening travel time). A balanced approach to the infrastructure dedicated to freight and passenger transportation on the basis of the TEN-T network updated within the revision of a new regulation. Increasing the parametres of freight routes through: a)raising trade speed as well as eliminating limitations and axle load restrictions; b)improving the generators of major freight transport: o the Upper Silesia area; o Eastern border (including investments in the broad-gauge); o Port stations (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin). Priorities for the next perspective

9. 9 Goals related to the improvement of the Baltic – Adriatic Corridor accessibility

10. 10 Main challenges adjusting infrastructure parameters to the TEN-T requirements; equipping railway lines of the Baltic – Adriatic Corridor with the ERTMS - level 1 or 2 (depending on local conditions). Eliminating bottlenecks improving railway access to ports in Gdynia, Gdańsk, Szczecin and Świnoujście, including capacity for container terminals; restoring the capacity for freight trains in Katowice’s railway node; improving the accessibility of border crossing in Zebrzydowice (CZ); increasing the capacity of Warsaw, Upper Silesia, Poznań, Wrocław railway node.

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12. 12 Main investments to improve access to Baltic-Adriatic Corridor infrastructure

13. 13 investments completed and foreseen to be completed till 2015 investments planned for the period 2014 - 2020

14. 14 improvement of the rail access to the sea port in Gdynia; infrastructure improvement of the rail access to the port in Gdańsk; improvement of the rail access to the sea ports in Szczecin and Świnoujście. Improvement of the rail access to Polish Baltic ports in Gdynia, Gdańsk, Szczecin and Świnoujście

15. 15 Improvement of the rail access to the sea port in Gdynia Basic parameters (now)  length of section: 18 km, Basic problems:  insufficient railway track condition on some sections,  bad condition of engineering structures,  bottlenecks limiting capacity. Target:  axle load: 221 kN,  lines for freight traffic only. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Gdynia, Gdańsk: ports - port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms (item 2). Projected application for CEF call: 2015 Gdynia

16. 16 Infrastructure improvement of the rail access to the port in Gdańsk Basic parameters (now):  length of section: 19 km, Basic problems:  Insufficient railway track condition on some sections,  bad condition of engineering structures,  bottlenecks limiting capacity. Target:  better utilization of railway infrastructure in the port area,  axle load: 221 kN,  lines for freight traffic. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Gdynia, Gdańsk: ports - port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms (item 2). Projected application for CEF call: 2015 Gdańsk

17. 17 Improvement of the rail access to sea ports in Szczecin and Świnoujście Basic parameters (now):  length of section: 53 km. The most important problems:  insufficient railway track condition on some sections,  bad condition of engineering structures,  bottlenecks limiting capacity. Target:  better utilization of railway infrastructure possibilities on the port area,  axle load: 221 kN/axle,  lines for freight traffic only. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Świnoujście, Szczecin: port – port interconnections (item 5). Projected application for CEF call: 2015 Szczecin and Świnoujście

18. 18 works on railway line C-E 65 section Chorzów Batory - Tarnowskie Góry - Karsznice - Inowrocław - Bydgoszcz – Maksymilianowo; works on railway line C-E 30 section Opole Groszowice - Jelcz - Wrocław Brochów Railway lines for freight traffic

19. 19 Basic parameters (currently):  section length: 396 km,  max speed: 30 - 120 km/h. Basic problems:  insufficient track condition on some sections,  local speed restrictions caused mainly by bad state of engineering structures,  bottlenecks restricting capacity. Target:  max speed: 100 - 120 km/h for passenger, 100 - 120 km/h for freight,  axle load: 221 kN,  lines basically for freight traffic. Aims / CEF criteria:  removing bottlenecks (increasing capacity)  increasing interoperability,  support for freight transport services. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Gdynia – Katowice: rail works (item 1) Projected application for CEF call: 2015 Works on railway line C-E 65 section Chorzów Batory - Tarnowskie Góry - Karsznice - Inowrocław - Bydgoszcz - Maksymilianowo

20. 20 Basic parameters (currently):  section length: 82,38 km,  max speed: 20 - 120 km/h. Basic problems:  insufficient track condition on some sections  local speed restrictions caused mainly by bad state of engineering structures,  bottlenecks,  signalling devices requiring reconstruction. Target:  max speed 120 km/h for passenger, 70 km/h for freight,  axle load: 221 kN,  lines basically for freight traffic. Aims/ CEF criteria:  removing bottlenecks (increasing capacity)  increasing interoperability,  support for freight transport services. Projected application for CEF call: 2016 Works on railway line C-E 30 section Opole Groszowice - Jelcz - Wrocław Brochów

21. 21 works on main passenger routes (E 30 and E 65) in Silesian area, stage I: line E 65 on section Będzin - Katowice - Tychy - Czechowice Dziedzice - Zebrzydowice, along with ERTMS implementation on section to Zawiercie; works on railway lines E 30 on section Kędzierzyn Koźle - Opole Zachodnie; works on railway line E-59 section Kędzierzyn Koźle - Chałupki (state border). Railway lines for mixed (passengers and freight) traffic

22. 22 Basic parameters (currently):  section length: 128 km,  max speed: 50 – 100 km/h. Basic problems:  continuation of works,  insufficient track condition on some sections,  local speed restrictions caused mainly by bad state of engineering structures,  lack of adjustment of station for PRM,  bottlenecks restricting capacity. Target:  max speed: 160 km/h for passenger, 120 km/h for freight,  axle load: 221 kN. Aims / CEF criteria:  removing bottlenecks (increasing capacity)  increasing interoperability,  support for freight transport services. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Gdynia – Katowice: rail works (item 1) Projected application for CEF call: 2016 Works on railway line C-E 65 section Bydgoszcz - Tczew

23. 23 Basic parameters (currently):  section length: 122 km,  max speed: 40 -100 km/h (with numerous local restrictions),  limits for axle load 196 kN. Basic problems:  insufficient track condition on some sections,  local speed restrictions caused mainly by bad state of engineering structures,  lack of adjustment of station for PRM,  numerous capacity restrictions. Target:  max speed: 160 km/h for passenger, 120 km/h for freight, axle load: 221 kN. Aims / CEF criteria:  removing bottlenecks Katowice Railway Node (also separation of agglomeration traffic – construction of additional tracks),  increasing interoperability,  support for freight transport services. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien & Katowice - Žilina - Bratislava – Wien: rail works, in particular cross-border sections PL-CZ (item 7) Projected application for CEF call: 2015 Works on main passenger routes (E 30 and E 65) in Silesian area, stage I: line E 65 on section Będzin - Katowice - Tychy - Czechowice Dziedzice - Zebrzydowice, along with ERTMS implementation on section to Zawiercie

24. 24 Basic parameters (currently):  section length: 43 km,  max speed: 60 – 100 km/h. Basic problems:  insufficient track condition on some sections,  speed restrictions. Target:  max speed: 120 km/h for passenger, 120 km/h for freight,  axle load: 221 kN. Aims / CEF criteria:  removing bottlenecks  increasing interoperability. Projected application for CEF call: 2016 Works on railway line E 30 section Kędzierzyn Koźle - Opole Zachodnie

25. 25 Basic parameters (currently):  length of section: 54 km,  maximal speed: 50 – 100 km/h.  axle load limits up to 221 kN. Basic problems:  Insufficient railway surface structure on some sections,  local speed limits as a result of the bad condition of engineering structures,  bottlenecks,  signalling devices requiring reconstruction. Target:  max speed: 120 km/h for passenger, 70 km/h for freight,  axle load: 221 kN. Aims/ CEF criteria:  removal of bottlenecks (capacity increase),  increase of interoperability,  support for freight transport services. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien & Katowice - Žilina - Bratislava – Wien: rail works, in particular cross-border sections PL-CZ (item 7) Projected application for CEF call: 2015 Works on railway line no. E-59 on section between Kędzierzyn Koźle - Chałupki (state border line)

26. 26 Basic parameters (currently):  section length: 198 km,  max speed: 70 – 120 km/h. Basic problems:  insufficient track condition on some sections,  local speed restrictions caused mainly by bad state of engineering structures,  lack of adjustment of station for PRM,  capacity restrictions. Target:  max speed: 120 -160 km/h for passenger, 120 km/h for freight  axle load: 221 kN. Aims/ CEF criteria:  removing bottlenecks (increasing capacity ),  increasing interoperability,  support for freight transport services. CEF, annex I, projects for Baltic – Adriatic corridor: Wroclaw – Poznań – Szczecin/Świnoujście: rail works (item 4) Projected application for CEF call: 2014 Works on line E 59 on section Poznań Główny- Szczecin Dąbie

27. 27 Rail Freight Corridors in Poland

28. Baltic-Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor 5 Świnoujście/Gdynia- Katowice- Ostrava /Žilina- Bratislava /Vienna/ Klagenfurt- Udine- Venice/ Trieste/ /Bologna/Ravenna/ Graz-Maribor- Ljubljana-Koper/Trieste Member States involved: PL, CZ, SK, AT, IT, SI 28 North Sea-Baltic Rail Freight Corridor 8 Bremerhaven/Rotterdam/Antwerp-Aachen/Berlin-Warsaw-Terespol (Poland-Belarus border)/Kaunas Member States involved: BE, NL, DE, PL, LT both corridors have to be established in November 2015, both corridors are more or less at the same stage of implementation (management structures have been set up), corridors connects Poland from east to west (RFC 8) and north to south (RFC 5) and are crossed approximately in the center of Poland. Two railway corridors in Poland

29. In a view of the latest changes of Regulation establishing the Connecting Europe Facility the routes of RFC 5 and 8 were extended. New routes shall be included in the respective corridors at the latest 5 years after the date of establishment of corridors. Both corridors - 5 and 8 - shall be established in 2015, so new routes shall be included till 2018 or 2020. New positions on the routes are marked in bold: 29 Baltic-Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor 5 Świnoujście*/Gdynia-Katowice-Ostrava/Žilina-Bratislava/Vienna/ Klagenfurt-Udine-Venezia/Trieste/Bologna/Ravenna/Graz-Maribor- Ljubljana-Koper/Trieste Extension with * will be put in operation already on 2015! (according to decision of the Executive Board of RFC 5). Latest changes in corridors routes

30. 30 North Sea-Baltic Rail Freight Corridor 8 Wilhelmshaven* / Bremerhaven / Hamburg* / Amsterdam* / Rotterdam / Antwerp/ Aachen / Berlin - Warsaw -Terespol (Poland-Belarus border)/Kaunas-Riga*-Tallin* New member states involved: DE, NL, BE, PL, LT, LV, EE Riga, Tallin – Extension on 2020 (Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013); Letter of Intent, which was written, negotiated and signed by all MOT’s and for which we got a positive feedback from European Commision assume following: o Ambition to realize the extensions to the Ports of Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg, Amsterdam by November 2015; o Extension to Central Bohemia/Prague by November 2015; o Extension to Katowice (Silesian node) by November 2015; o Extension to Medyka (Poland-Ukraine border) by November 2020. Latest changes in corridors routes

31. 31 Corridor website: www.rfc5.eu (under construction)www.rfc5.eu

32. 32 Preliminary route of RFC 5 (map) PKP PLK S.A. SŽDC, s. o. ŽSR ŐBB-Infrastruktur AG RFI S.p.A. SŽ-Infrastruktura AŽP Companies involved in Management Board of RFC 5

33. 33 Thank you for your attention!