1. Hearing of European Coordinators Catherine Trautmann and Karel Vinck
Effectively integrating urban nodes in TEN-T corridors, boosting innovation and interoperability
Hearing of European Coordinators Catherine Trautmann and Karel Vinck
Brussels, 4 May 2017

2. Role and challenges of urban nodes
Effectively integrating urban nodes and boosting innovation
Role and challenges of urban nodes
Urban nodes are connecting points linking different transport modes and types of traffic (long-distance and urban/regional transport )
They are essential for the effectiveness of the European transport corridors as well as for regional development and social cohesion
Urban logistics operations are part of national or international supply chains
Congestions costs nearly 100 billion Euro, or 1% of the EU's GDP, annually and is to a great extent located in urban areas
Urban nodes also face challenges relating to air and noise pollution, accidents, increasing demands and often protests from the citizens

3. Potential of urban nodes
Effectively integrating urban nodes and boosting innovation
Potential of urban nodes
Urban nodes offer a great potential for economic development and spill- over effects
They usually provide excellent conditions for establishing value-added logistics services and multimodal platforms
In fighting air pollution and congestion, urban nodes can act as a catalyst for modal shift
Good cooperation of cities and surrounding regions is needed to make traffic flows in urban nodes as efficient as they can be
Exchange of best practice can support the further development of innovative solutions for sustainable transport in urban nodes

4. Innovation challenges and opportunities
Effectively integrating urban nodes and boosting innovation
Innovation challenges and opportunities
Digitalisation and deployment of alternative fuels create challenges and opportunities for an interoperable and sustainable TEN-T
TEN-T and the Corridors could become catalysts and a new "space for innovation", presenting a unique opportunity to promote cooperation amongst all stakeholders: industry, Member States, local and regional authorities, users etc.
The Corridors can serve to pilot innovative solutions and facilitate large- scale deployment, overcoming the so-called "valley of death" by strongly interconnecting R&I and deployment
Lessons learned and experiences from the TEN-T field need to be fed back into the R&I world, to refine concepts, technologies and solutions for a better performing trans-European network

5. Aims of the Coordinators' issue papers on innovation and urban nodes:
Effectively integrating urban nodes and boosting innovation
Aims of the Coordinators' issue papers on innovation and urban nodes:
Make full use of innovation, digitalisation and decarbonisation potential, as enablers of a fully multimodal and sustainable TEN-T
Integrate TEN-T in the respective urban realities and planning, contribute to the Urban Agenda for the EU (Pact of Amsterdam)
Seamless passenger mobility, efficient urban logistics connected to TEN-T
Urban nodes as platforms for innovation deployment, synergies between energy, transport and digital
Pave the way for flagship projects on the Corridors to be developed in and implemented within 3-4 years

6. INTEROPERABILITY. ERTMS is the most efficient tool to reach it.
Our ultimate objective is
INTEROPERABILITY.
ERTMS is the most efficient tool to reach it.

7. ERTMS is more than a signalling system
Key enabler for interoperability and competitiveness of rail
DECARBONISATION
Interoperability => modal shift
e.g. Capacity increase of 5-10% that will increase long distance freight traffic and short- and medium-distance passenger traffic
DIGITALISATION
Backbone of digitalised rail network and basis for autonomous driving
New communication system for ERTMS defined by 2019
GLOBALISATION
EU deployment provides base for EU suppliers to sell worldwide e.g. Saudi-Arabia, Australia, Turkey
PEOPLE-FOCUSSED SOLUTIONS
Benchmark system for rail safety
e.g. commitment of BE to implement ERTMS nationwide

8. Interoperability objectives of Breakthrough programme 2015 (first Work Plan)
Stable and mature set of specifications
Realistic European Deployment Plan (EDP) for ERTMS (two-step approach)
standardised and complete, B3 on-board equipment should be able to run everywhere in Europe;
An interoperable and compliant infrastructure where this standardised on-board unit (OBU) can run
National requirements reduced to a minimum
A clear and transparent regulatory framework (e.g. national requirements should be notified)
Harmonisation of operational and authorisation rules

9. State of play of Breakthrough programme implementation (second Work Plan)
Stable ERTMS specifications (B3 R2) were adopted in June 2016
Reviewed EDP has been accepted and committed by Member States
Key commitments of MoU 2016
Standardised OBU
Track-side approval by ERA (reach an interoperable and compliant infrastructure )
Agreement with European supplier industry

10. Action plan for ERTMS
To implement the Breakthrough programme and the MoU 2016 during period 2016 – 2023
Standardised OBU
compliant infrastructure
Focus on Corridors (incl. Rail Freight Corridors)
Cross-border sections

11. ETCS status today Almería Antequera/Bobadilla Patras Tallinn Sines
Lisbon
Porto/ Leixóes
Aveiro
Bordeaux
Calafat
Craisova
Arad
Amsterdam
Duisburgf
Koblenz
Vienna
Brno
Katowice
Ostrava
Prague
Dresden
Plzen
Pardubice
Karlsruhe
Brussels
Zilina
Ploiesti
Bucharest
Gdynia
Algeciras
Sevilla
Córdoba
Cartagena
Murcia
Valencia
Madrid
Valladolid
Zaragoza
Tarragona
Barcelona
Narbonne
Bilbao
Tours
Rouen
Le Havre
París
Lyon
Avignon
Marseille
La Spezia
Livorno
Genova
Florence
Rome
Napoles
Bari
Taranto
Gioia Tauro
Palermo
Catania
Augusta
Valetta
Ancona
Ravenna
Bologna
Padova
Koper
Rijeka
Milan
Turin
Novara
Basel
Innsbruck
Verona
Venice
Ljubljana
Graz
Belfast
Dublin
Cork
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Birmingham
Felixtowe
London
Southampton
Dover
Calais
Lille
Metz
Gent
Zeeburgge
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Antwerp
Igoumenitsa
Thesaloniki
Lefkosia
Limasol
Athens/Piraeus
Burgas
Sofia
Plovdiy
Ruse
Vidin
Zagreb
Vukobar
Constanța
Sulina
Brasov
Budapest
Timisoara
Debrecen
Kosice
Bratislava
Györ
Lodz
Warsaw
Vilnius
Kaunas
Gdansk
Klaipeda
Riga
Ventspills
HaminaKotka
Helsinki
Turku/Naantali
Stockholm
Malmö
Trelleborg
Oslo
Örebro
Gothenburg
Copenhagen
Lübeck
Hamburg
Rostock
Swinoujscie
Szczecin
Poznan
Berlin
Wilhelms- haven
Cologne
Liege
Wroclaw
Wels/Linz
Salzburg
Munich
Sttutgart
Mann-heim
Bremerhaven
Hannover
Osnabrück
Erfurt
Würzburg
Nuremberg
Regensburg
Braun-schweig
Nijmegen
Liverpool
Dortmund
Magdeburg
Strasbourg
Düsseldorf
Leipzig
Frankfurt
Trieste
Bremen
Luxemburg
Dijon
Mainz
Deventer

12. ETCS status year 2023 Craiova Calafat Ploiesti Bucharest Swinoujscie
Rostock
Kaunas
Tallinn
Ostrava
Arad
Patras
Antequera/Bobadilla
Almería
Mainz
Koblenz
Brussels
Gent
Zeeburgge
Sines
Lisbon
Porto/ Leixóes
Aveiro
Duisburgf
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Luxemburg
Bratislava
Vienna
Brno
Graz
Novara
Venice
Ljubljana
Genova
Ancona
Florence
Gdansk
Prague
Pardubice
La Spezia
Gdynia
Algeciras
Sevilla
Córdoba
Cartagena
Murcia
Valencia
Madrid
Valladolid
Zaragoza
Tarragona
Barcelona
Narbonne
Bilbao
Bordeaux
Tours
Rouen
Le Havre
París
Dijon
Lyon
Avignon
Marseille
Livorno
Rome
Napoles
Bari
Taranto
Gioia Tauro
Palermo
Catania
Augusta
Valetta
Ravenna
Bologna
Padova
Koper
Rijeka
Milan
Turin
Basel
Innsbruck
Verona
Belfast
Dublin
Cork
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Birmingham
Felixtowe
London
Southampton
Dover
Calais
Metz
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Igoumenitsa
Thesaloniki
Lefkosia
Limasol
Athens/Piraeus
Burgas
Sofia
Plovdiy
Ruse
Vidin
Zagreb
Constanța
Sulina
Brasov
Budapest
Timisoara
Debrecen
Kosice
Zilina
Györ
Katowice
Lodz
Warsaw
Vilnius
Klaipeda
Riga
Ventspills
HaminaKotka
Helsinki
Turku/Naantali
Stockholm
Malmö
Trelleborg
Oslo
Örebro
Gothenburg
Copenhagen
Lübeck
Hamburg
Szczecin
Poznan
Berlin
Wilhelms- haven
Cologne
Dresden
Wroclaw
Plzen
Wels/Linz
Salzburg
Munich
Sttutgart
Mann-heim
Hannover
Osnabrück
Trieste
Regensburg
Vukobar
Leipzig
Liverpool
Strasbourg
Nijmegen
Düsseldorf
Bremerhaven
Erfurt
Lille
Frankfurt
Dortmund
Magdeburg
Karlsruhe
Nuremberg
Braun-schweig
Bremen
Liege
Würzburg
Deventer

13. Do more with less! Financial framework
Coordinate National budgetary options with EC support possibilities
Use of European Commission's Financing instruments
Grants
Blending
EFSI
Do more with less!

14. Second Work Plan of the NSB Corridor
Progress on the North Sea-Baltic Corridor
Second Work Plan of the NSB Corridor
Updated analysis of the characteristics of the Corridor
Update of the project list (total investment projected: 80 bn EUR)
New chapter on capacity issues
Bottlenecks in urban nodes
Outlook on funding and financing sources and on "wider elements" (innovation, decarbonisation) to be further analysed

15. Progress on the North Sea-Baltic Corridor
Funding and financing
CEF calls of 2014 and 2015 : €2.3 billion EU co-funding allocated to 19 NSB projects, as well as €293 million EU grants to 18 projects also relevant for other Corridors.
The cohesion Member States on the Corridor – Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia –earmarked roughly €9 billion from the ESI Funds for the development of the TEN-T core network until 2023, from which a significant part will benefit projects on the NSB Corridor
Several EFSI projects already signed or approved (Tallinn airport upgrade, Blankenburg Tunnel Rotterdam, Lithuanian Airports, Riga Transport Company)

16. Meetings and missions / collaborations
Progress on the North Sea-Baltic Corridor
Meetings and missions / collaborations
Since the last hearing in May 2015: 36 missions and 5 Corridor Forum meetings, which provided crucial input to the update of the Corridor Work Plan
Joint Working group with North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor on Ports and Inland Waterways in Liège on 3 May 2017
Joint Working group with Baltic-Adriatic Corridor on Regions and Urban nodes planned in September 2017
Several meetings with the "Friends of Rail Baltica" in the EP
Regional collaboration projects and cooperation with industry contributes to a lively economic corridor development

17. Rail Baltica project implementation
Progress on the North Sea-Baltic Corridor – main missing link Rail Baltica
Rail Baltica project implementation
1.22 billion CEF co-funding allocated to Rail Baltica so far (EE-LV-LT-PL)

18. Thank you for your attention