1. Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation UVEK Bundesamt für Verkehr BAV Transport policy with a future EFRTC General Meeting, 27 May 2011, Zurich Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Director, Federal Office of Tranpsort

2. 2 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV Switzerland – a land of railways 5,100 km of track 2,291 km/year/resident

3. 3 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV Confirmed by referendum 1992Yes to the building of new lines through the Alps 1994Yes to the Alpine initiative 1998Yes to the development of railway infrastructure 1998Yes to nationwide tolls on heavy good vehicles 2001Yes to the surface transport agreement with the EU 2004No to a second road tunnel through the Gotthard

4. 4 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV Capacity shortages on the rail network Capacity bottleneck Gauge restrictions (freight traffic, passenger traffic ) Lines Insufficient capacity Platforms too short Both Stations

5. 5 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV Railway infrastructure funding not ensured (Funding shortfall, reference situation, without future extensions) Advances from the FinöV fund VAT (1 ‰of VAT) General federal funds Repayment of FinöV advances Costs arising from extensions (including IF railway projects) Total available resources Fuel taxes (25% of NEAT costs) HGV tolls (2/3rds toll income) Investment in expansion Interest on advances Operation and asset management on existing network

6. 6 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV Today: funding for major projects Road tolls Fuel taxes VAT Funds 20 billion € NEAT 10.6 billion € Rail 2000 3.8 billion € High speeds 700 million € (Railway Development Plan (ZEB) 2-3 billion € Noise reduction 1.5 billion €

7. 7 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV New: Global railway infrastructure fund bisher FinöV-Fonds Railway infra- structure funding Income = outgoings Performance-related heavy vehicle toll IncomeOutgoings Contributions cantons Train path price adjustments Flat-rate calculation Travel cost deductions Federal taxes VAT General Federal funds Fuel taxes New sources Interest on advances Extension/Development Repayment of aggregate advances Infrastructure operation Asset maintenance Formerly FinÖV fund

8. 8 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV Targeted railway infrastructure development Long-term prospects for the railway Strategic railway infrastructure development programme (STEP, formerly Rail 2030) 2025 Time horizon 2030 Time horizon xy Time horizon

9. 9 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV 15 min interval main-line clockface service 30 min interval main-line clockface service Connection to European economic centres Freight corridors Light rail with 15-min interval clockface services in core area Long-term prospects for the railway

10. 10 EFRTC General Meeting | Zurich, 27. Mai 2011 Dr. Peter Füglistaler, Direktor BAV The country needs new track