Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 1 04 October 2012 BudapestHungary Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Focus on Corridor V

2 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Corridor V as being agreed at the Helsinki conference in 1997 when the whole set of Pan European Transport Corridors was agreed upon

3 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport By the decision on Priority Projects the corridor V was extended to Lyon. That finally might give us the following image of important interconnections of the Corridor V in the region

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 4 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Nowadays, by the regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on Railway network for freight competitiveness the rail part of Corridor was even extended to Almeira and Valencia in Spain. The similar development might be indicated on all important transport axes throughout EU all aimed to raise the importance of the railway transport and increased development of co-modatlity. In parallel to above efforts by the glance of the EUROSTAT figures we are faced with the following situation.

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 5 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Road transport per tkm Rail transport per tkm 'Source: Eurostat, International Transport Forum,

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 6 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Per particular countries the EUROSTAT – so the same source, would give us the presented image of the land freight transport development in last decade. EU 27Italy HungarySlovenia

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 7 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Bearing in mind the above statistics with the forecast of particular countries of global importance GDP forecast what is an indicator of prospective transport growth.

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 8 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective When having in mind the foreseen development of transport infrastrucuture in Asian countries and movement of industry in these countries to the continental site

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 9 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Source – Statistical pocketbook 2011 – DG MOVE With additional consideration of the energy dilemmas and environmental constrains, there is a high time, and the time of financial crises when the economic activities slow down, might give a necessary time for reconsideration and consequently more complex development of the possible sustainable future transport sector

Focus on Corridor V Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport 10 Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective To achieve higher level of inter- or better to say co- modality on the alignment of the Corridor V, where by majority the road transport infrastructure is in place to satisfy the needs when the co-modality is assured, stronger focus on rail transport is essential. Particularly when having in mind all the environmental constrains and the urgent need for rational use of energy. In this line the outcomes of the Strategic study for the Development of Pan-European Corridor 5 completed in May 2007 with particular impacts on Republic of Slovenia and Region of Friuly – Venecia Gulia might be significant

11 Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport for Railway Transport Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Some Slovenian experiences on impact of investments in transport infrastructure to the national GDP; 1. Investments in the Republic of Slovenia has increased for around 8% annually, 2.Without these investments the growth of GDP would be around 1% lower and at that time we had e. g in years from 1994 to 1999 the following GDP growth; 5,3; 4,1; 3,5; 4,6; 3,8; and 4,9 3.Investments in transport sector resulted in increased employment for 0,7% that present around 4000 new working places annually, 4.Effect of investments on inflation rate was around 0,07% 5.Final consumption for this intensive investments was higher for around 1,25% annually.

12 Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport for Railway Transport Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Future development of the Corridor V extended with all further projects from the Priority Project, ERTMS Corridor to the Rail corridor for competitive freight and finally to the prospective TEN –T Corridor should be focused primarily on rail sector when of particular interest might be also the development of all branches of the original definition of Corridor V.

13 Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport for Railway Transport Area of non-congruence: RNE Corridor but no ERNCF ERNCF but no RNE Corridor Area of non-congruence: RNE Corridor but no ERNCF ERNCF but no RNE Corridor This map presents the RNE Corridors (where the tools, methods and processes are developed) with indication of the corridors by the Regulation. At least we have indicated that the mayoritiy of corridors are overlaping. So by closer and intensive cooperation we might support the implementation of the corridors by the Regulation. Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective

14 Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport The most interesting and even desired tools developed by the IM and AB together with the RNE Joint Office staff are: Train information system (TIS) (former Europtirails) Path Coordination system (former Pathfinder) Click and Ride Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective

15 Boris ŽIVEC Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Railway Transport Pan-European inter-modal corridors as opportunities for regional development from an anti-crisis perspective Thank you for your patience Hoping that the present situation on Corridor V where by road it takes you from Maribor to Budapest 3 hours and 40 minutes, by rails it takes you 6 hours 26 minutes to 8 hours and 59 minutes, will at least for my successor be improved, I would like to