Network Statement 2014 - ProRail

. Infrastructure study projectsProRail makes an inventory of potential future capacity bottlenecks on the main reailway infrastructureand performs studies that result in proposals to prevent congestion in the future. This activity ensuesfrom the Management Concession, which states: “Included under this care is the preparation andperformance of the expansion of the main railway network which is closely related to the existingnetwork infrastructure” 110 .MIRT studiesFor an overview of current studies commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environmentwithin the framework of the Multi-year Programme on Infrastructure and Transport (MIRT), refer to the2013 National Budget (MIRT, plan study programme)).High Frequency Rail Transport Programme (PHS)The Cabinet and the rail sector have formulated the ambition to realise high-frequency rail transport onthe busiest travel corridors throughout and to accommodate the growth of freight transport by meansof a futureproof route strategy. ProRail, in close cooperation with NS and KNV, has performed acapacity analysis with this in mind. This PHS capacity analysis forms the basis for the preferencedecision by the Cabinet.An amount of € 3 billion euros has been allocated for PHS in MIRT, to be realised in the period up to2020. About half of this amount is intended for expansion of the rail infrastructure, while the other halfis reserved for other measures required to enable rail transport growth: noise reduction measures,crossings, transfer, stabling lines, freight yards, power supply, intervention facilities, bicycle storagefacilities, external safet, vibration reduction measures and extra maintenance.This package of measures is undergoing further development in plan detail studies, divided into 7corridors:1. Passengers Alkmaar – Amsterdam2. Passengers Amsterdam – Eindhoven3. Passengers Schiphol – Nijmegen4. Passengers The Hague – Breda5. Passengers Breda – Eindhoven6. Freight Oost (Elst – Bentheim)7. Freight Zuid (Meteren – Venlo).Schiphol – Amsterdam – Almere – Lelystad (SAAL)High-frequency rail transport is also foreseen on the SAAL corridor: Schiphol – Lelystad. An amount of€ 1.6 billion is reserved for this in the MIRT. In the short-term (2016), a first package of capacityenlargement measures of approx. € 900 million has already been agreed for this corridor.ProRail has carried out a capacity analysis for the medium term (2020). Decision-making on this isexpected at the end of 2012, which will coincide with a decision on the Amsterdam – Almereconnection in the long-term (2030), as part of the Almere Upscaling project.110 Section 2 Paragraph 3 of the Management Concessionappendix 10 Infrastructure projects and studies - part b: Infrastructure study projectsNetwork Statement 2014 Combined Network - version 1.0 dated 9 January 2013 page 139