Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 1 of 12 Workshop „From Pan-European Coorridors to Major Transport axes – Consequences for Euro- Asian Transport links“ Views from the Pan-European Transport Corridor III 15. September 2006 Geneva

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 2 of 12 Kiev Lviv Warsaw Dresden Berlin Katowice Legnica Bielsko Bjala Rzeszow Border PL/UA Border D/PL Rail Road

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 3 of 12 The main emphases of the Corridor-strategy are on: Strengthening of EU economy Supporting of regional development by means of Promotion of the intermodality Implementation of the interoperability

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 4 of 12 Interoperability of the railway systems conditions of the interoperability: the legal technical conditions the legal traffic conditions

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 5 of 12 Legal technical conditions of interoperability Solutions in the fields: Infrastructure (gauges of the tracks, electrical systems, signal technology and safety engineering etc.) Vehicle related issues (train control, electrical systems, communication, track gauge, brakes, coupling, etc.) Intruduction of ETCS registration requirements for railroad vehicles, namely locomotives and wagons.

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 6 of 12 Legal traffic conditions of interoperability All measures aiming to improve the quality of railroad traffic with the goals of the speedy implementation of the convention on international railroad traffic COTIF of 9 May 1980, based on the modification transcript of 3 June 1999 further simplification of transportation laws and customs clearance requirements compared to road traffic improvements leading to shorter border stops.

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 7 of 12 1 Dresden – Katowice – Lviv – Kiev PETC III 2 Budapest - Lviv 3 Moscow – Kiev - Odessa 4 Inland Waterways (Dnepr): Moscow – Kiev - Odessa 6 Minsk - Kiev 5 Inland Waterways: Don – Volga – Baltic Sea Kiev – Charkov – Trans-Siberian – Caucasus 7 7 Central Axis Dresden Minsk Moscow Budapest Berlin Warzawa Omsk Kiev Odessa Narvik

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 8 of 12 Schwarz Different CountriesPan European Corridor III >>>>>>>>> Europe Central Axis

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III 9 Along the Central axis we reach the Asian continent via the Caucasus and via the Transsibirian railroad From that important transport links arise between the EU and the Asian-pacific region and to China

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 10 of 12 Berlin Dresden Warzawa Kiev Moscow Minsk Omsk Vladivostok Chabarowsk Ulan Ude Bejing Transsib. Railways G G G G GTrack switching

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 11 of 12 The administrative district grows !! - The problems of the interoperability are in principle the same problems as in the PETC III - It will be the task to implement the interoperability within a much bigger territory - The main problem is: This only can happen when the political will of all countries involved is existing

Secretariat of the Pan-European Transport Corridor III No. 12 of 12 Thank you for your attention!