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RETRACK : Setting up an innovative rail freight service between North Sea and Black Sea REorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts. RETRACK: an Integrated EU porject Ministry of Transport The Netherlands 15 July 2010, The Hague Min Zhang, TNO Mobility & Logistics. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight service
between North Sea and Black Sea REorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts
RETRACK: an Integrated EU porjectMinistry of Transport The Netherlands15 July 2010, The Hague Min Zhang, TNO Mobility & Logistics
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Outline
Background and objective; Layout of corridor
Work activities
Pilot – Launching RETRACK Rail freight service
Future planning
End
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Background
FP6, Integrated Project, supported by DG MOVE/EC
Objective: develop, demonstrate, and implement innovative and market-proven rail freight service along NW-SE corridor, by a group of private railway companies emerged under the rail liberalisation wave.
Project duration: May 2007– Dec. 2012
Consortium partners
R&D; ITConsultancy
Rail operator;Railway companies
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RETRACK corridor
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Rotterdam:•dry/liquid bulk
•Maritime containersDuisburg:All cargo
Wels or Vienna:All cargo
Bratislava/Kosice:•Steel/automotive
Budapest:All cargo
Feeder point for Slovakia
Oradea, Constanta,All cargo
Ludwigshafen:(1) dry/liquid bulk
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Work activities
WP 1Logistics
requirements
WP 2State-of-the-art
rail services
WP 3New rail freight service concept
WP 4IT Solution
WP 5Training
WP 6Rail infra &
interoperability
WP 7Rail safety &
security
WP 8Pilot setup
WP 9Evaluation
WP 10Synthesis &
reporting
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WP 11
Dissem
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First demonstration launched 27/02/10
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Transported goods:-Automotives - Chemical, - Agri-bulk
- Continental & maritime containers
Keulen
Passau
Rotterdam
Györ
Parties:TransPetrol: Rail operator
Traction providerrs on main route: MWB: NL – Keulen – PassauLTE: Passau – HegyeshalomCER: Hegyeshalom – Gyor
: Gyor – xxx: ServTrans
Train Characteristics:-600 m in length
-Up to 2.200 t (1800 ton)-Frequency: >1x/wk, more demand- Transit time: 21 hours (16 hours)
Debrecen
Orosháza
Hajduboszormeny
Hegyeshalom
Pilot status-quo
Szabadegyhaza
Antwerp
Constanta
Current challenges:- Extend service to RO
- Infra. condition, charges in HU, RO.- High shunting costs
-OSS not working
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Future planningWP 1
Logistics requirements
WP 2State-of-the-art
rail services
WP 3New rail freight service concept
WP 4IT Solution
WP 5Training
WP 6Rail infra &
interoperability
WP 7Rail safety &
security
WP 8Pilot
WP 9Evaluation
WP 10Synthesis &
reporting
WP
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WP 11
Diss em
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WP12R. Knowledge
Base
WP13Corridor
extension
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WP12: RETRACK Knowledge Base
Five themes: Traffic & Infrastructure; Service & Biz modes; Market condition; Legislation & governance; Knowledge
Transformation of findings, data, information into knowledge
Data and knowledge collected, assessed, presented on a corridor basis; dynamic thematic geo-map for geospatial data
Compatibility with work in TENTec, Transtools
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WP13: Corridor extension
Trans-Syberian System
TRACECA
Legend
Main Retrack Route
Land TRACECA Extension
Sea TRACECA Extension
Main TransSib Extension
TransSib-Retrack Link
Retrack South EuropeLink
Corridor connectionpoints (to be defined)
Way from Asia
KAZACHSTAN – WEST CHINA
Connect RU & CH via Eurasian land-bridges
Main reason: increasing dialogues
Objective: policy; potentials; feasibility
RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight service
between North Sea and Black Sea REorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts
Min Zhang &Gerwin Zomer: Project ManagerTNO Mobility & LogisticsT: +31 15 269 6828E: [email protected]; [email protected]