Amber Rail Freight Corridor (RFC Amber, RFC 11): Creation and development of the Amber Rail Freight Corridor

Project title: Amber Rail Freight Corridor (RFC Amber, RFC 11)

Agreement number: INEA/CEF/TRAN/M2016/PSARFC11

Description: The Amber Rail Freight Corridor (RFC Amber, RFC 11) was created as the eleventh in a row, after nine existing rail freight corridors and one under construction. This is the first EU rail freight corridor, which was created as a completely new corridor on the joint initiative of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia in accordance with Regulation 913/2010/EU on the European rail network for competitive freight transport. In its Official Journal published on February 2, 2017, the European Commission published its implementing decision No. 2017/177 on the establishment of the Amber Corridor, according to which the founding member states, the relevant infrastructure operators and the capacity distribution body had two years to put the corridor into operation placement.

The measure includes studies, management structures and activities for the establishment and development of the "Amber" rail freight corridor (RFC11) in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 913/2010 of 22 September 2010 (RFC Regulation) Koper — Ljubljana -/ Along the route Zalaszentiván — Sopron/Csorna –/(Hungarian-Serbian border) — Kelebia — Budapest –/– Komárom — Leopoldov/Rajka — Bratislava — Žilina — Katowice/Kraków — Warsaw/Łuków — Terespol — (Polish-Belarusian border) According to the implementing decision 2017/177/EU of January 31, 2017.

The main objectives of the measure are as follows:

Establishing and operating RFC11 governance structures, including the Governing Board, the Executive Board and the Advisory Groups, pursuant to Article 8 of the RFC Regulation;
Preparation of the implementation plan (IP) of the corridor, including the investment plan, pursuant to Article 9 of the RFC Regulation;
The establishment of predetermined catalog routes (PaP) of the corridor and the establishment and operation of the single-window system (C-OSS) in the corridor for the allocation of these routes, in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the RFC Regulation;
Information on the conditions of use of the freight corridor by preparing and regularly updating the Corridor Information Document (CID) in accordance with Article 18 of the RFC Regulation;
Implementation of a customer and stakeholder centric approach through the Customer Information Platform (CIP) that provides accurate information about the corridor, by conducting a satisfaction survey, pursuant to Article 19 of the RFC Regulation, and through promotion and marketing activities;
Development of a comprehensive study on the infrastructure of the corridor, identifying the affected bottlenecks and possible development measures.

The expected result of the measure is the operation of the rail freight corridor in accordance with the RFC regulation and market requirements:

supports modal shift and increases traffic along the corridor;
facilitates connections between the ports of the Adriatic Sea of the Republic of Slovenia and the Hungarian and Slovak inland ports on the Danube;
develop connections to the main intermodal rail-road terminals in the Member States concerned and provide a direct route for shipments east of the Alps, and
develops rail freight in both directions, from the Adriatic ports to Poland and further to the eastern border of the EU.

Main activities:

Corridor management, one-stop administration (C-OSS) and project management
Publicity, market analysis and customer orientation
Preparation of an implementation plan (IP) and Corridor Information Document (CID), implementation of the Customer Information Platform (CIP)
Bottleneck study on the Amber rail freight corridor

Contracting party: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)