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Rail Freight Corridor NL - CZ
necessary. Especially for transport of unitised cargo, road transport is essential in pre- and end
haulage, when delivering the cargo on the doorstep of the customer.
The Dutch government and the Port of Rotterdam pursue a policy to decline the share of
trucking; the accomplishment of a “modal shift”.
2.1.2.3 Rail transport
With new Railway Law the Dutch railway legislation is in line with the requirements of the EU
railway packages of open access to all transport operators. The Infrastructure management is
outsourced to a separate company ProRail (100% state owned). ProRail is responsible for the
development and maintenance of rail network.
ProRail is only responsible for the capacity of the rail network and the distribution of the
capacity between freight and travellers. Moreover ProRail is responsible for: Safety, Traffic
control and Infrastructure Charging. It is up to the State to finance in investments for capacity
and renewal.
Beside Railion Nederland there are ten other rail freight operators in The Netherlands with
different sizes; these new operators have up to 25% market share.
The competition authority “NMa” has special powers to ensure the correct functioning of the
market on the basis of the Railway Law. Most important is that the Nma controls the equal track
access and access charges for all transport operators.
Following topics are in place to assist competition on the railway transport market:
network statement;
• infrastructure charging framework / capacity allocation framework;
• track access to other railway companies than state railway;
• organisational separation of infrastructure and operations
• open access arrangements.
2.1.3 Transport in Germany, legislation, trends, aims
2.1.3.1 State transport policy
Aim of the German governmental transport policy is to encourage its top position for the
challenges of a globalized market, climate change, demographic change and accelerative
competition.
Decrease of detraction for man and nature is first task in the development of traffic
infrastructure and logistic systems.
For an integrated traffic policy it is important to connect all common carriers in a way that they
can point out there potentials.
Thereto belongs:
• Optimized traffic routes and a better connection of the common carriers
• Highly educated personnel and enforcement of humane working conditions
• Utilization of innovative logistic concepts and new technologies
• More efficient and gentle use of resources within the transport chain
• Tapping of capacity reserves in the navy and railway sector
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