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Network Statement 2014 - ProRail

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ActivityDatef. Draft timetable ready for consultation 1-7-2013g. Closing date for reactions to draft timetable 2-8-2013Determining the capacity allocation 19-8-2013Recordingh. Recording the determined capacity allocation in Donna / RADAR 26-8-2013i. Concluding Access Agreements with titleholders Nov 2013Coordination proceeds parallel to schedulingAllocation in the ad-hoc phaseApplications submitted after the closing date for applications for capacity in the annual timetable(stated under b.), are handled in the order of receipt after determination of the capacity allocation forthe annual timetable. <strong>ProRail</strong> strives to process the applications with due speed. <strong>ProRail</strong> and the otherinfrastructure managers cooperating in RailNetEurope guarantee a response time of 5 working daysfor applications submitted after 8 October 2013.Titleholders making digital applications will have these accepted without further confirmation if theseare free of conflict with earlier allocated applications for traffic and management capacity. Titleholdersmaking single applications via the One-Stop-Shop after 8 October 2013 will be informed within 5working days by the One-Stop-Shop as to whether capacity is available. A specific response term willbe communicated in case of multiple applications. Titleholders making applications via the One-Stop-Shop accept the possibility that the requested capacity is allocated in the period between submissionand processing of the application to an application made via VPT/Donna.Regulations to be agreed upon:► <strong>ProRail</strong> has described the procedure for capacity applications submitted within 36 hours beforeperformance in Section 2.1 of appendix 6 ‘Operational Conditions’, and wants to include these inthe Access Agreement. ◄4.4 Allocation processChapter 4.2 offers an overview of the processes involved in the (preparation of) capacity allocation.These processes are further described below.The following applies to all processes:a. Capacity is allocated for the use of route sections, platform tracks and railway yards forming partof the railway network.b. The peak period as referred to in the Railway Capacity Allocation Decree is defined in theallocation process as: from 6.30 to 9.00 hrs and from 16.00 to 18.30 hrs.c. The capacity location concerns the forms of use below.- Train movements for domestic and international traffic, whereby the capacity is allocated inthe form of a train path as defined in Directive 2001/14/EC; the specific route is determined by<strong>ProRail</strong>.- Shunting.- Stationary use for stabling.- Temporary possessions or limited use in connection with the maintenance roster or work on orclose to the infrastructure, as well as the capacity requirement of special train traffic formaintenance of the infrastructure, such as measurement and inspection runs.- Activities regarding idle trains and railway vehicles that impose a burden on limitedenvironmental capacity.d. <strong>ProRail</strong> will in the allocation of capacity give due consideration to the preferred use of tracks 50 andrestrictions to use. Restrictions to use include bridge openings, noise limitations and externalsafety. <strong>ProRail</strong> regularly tests whether scheduling and/or performance take place within theparameters of noise limitations, railway safety and external safety requirements. The outcome of50Preferential use is determined by <strong>ProRail</strong> in consultation with the titleholders involved.<strong>Network</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> <strong>2014</strong> Combined <strong>Network</strong> - version 1.0 dated 9 January 2013 page 46

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