Rail Baltica Growth Corridor Driver of Change

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1 Rail Baltica Growth Corridor Driver of Change Malla Paajanen, Aalto University CEMAT Railway Engineering 2011 Paris, May 16, 2011

2 Rail Baltica in 2011 In 1935, steam train from Tallinn to Berlin travelled 1700 kilometers in 27 hours. Today this distance takes 60 hours and nine changes of train. The passenger travels across five countries and passes 60 stations along the way. The vision of modern Rail Baltica is a green and fast train connection from Helsinki via St. Petersburg to Berlin and further to continental Europe. To north, Rail Baltica is connected to major passenger and freight networks up to the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean. 2

3 Rail Baltica Mapped Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany Finland, Russia/St. Petersburg 1520 mm, 1435 mm gauge Freight and passenger transport Multimodality: railway, road, air, sea Green growth principles Iron Curtain in past, EU today 3

4 Rail Baltica Challenge Majority of transport related loans (EBRD, EIB, WB) to other than railway development. Cost estimates for Rail Baltica range from 1 billion to >4 billion euros (improving existing vs. building new infra). Along Rail Baltica ~ 4 million people. Population concentrated in south (Poland). Rail Baltica + Gulf of Finland ~ 15 million people. Soviet transport strategy is still visible: Transport network is stronger in east-west than north-south connections. Current transport network is largely based on road transport. Hilmola O-P., Laisi M. and Saranen J. (2011). Rail Baltica Current State of Railway Corridor. Proceedings of Annual Engecon Logistics Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia.

5 Rail Baltica Challenge (2) Arnis Kakulis, AECOM, RBGC Intra-Regional Roundtable, Tallinn

6 Transport Routes and Projects Vadim Shabarov, Baltic Rail AS, Rail World Group. RBGC Inter-regional roundtable conference, Tallinn

7 Transport Routes and Projects (2) TransBaltic BSR programme strategic project (umbrella) East-West Transport Corridor II Green transport corridor Scandria from Scandinavia to the Adriatic Sea Nordic Triangle road, rail and maritime infra in FI and SE Bothnian Corridor freight transport in Northern Europe North-eastern route from Barents sea to Asia Northern Arch, Via Regia, Cargo Allegro, Baltic Rail, Waconn, etc. 7

8 Growth in trade between EU and Russia Partnership of modernization and integration Port of Ust-Luga ETI index (Enabling Trade Index) Russian railways #33, roads #111, ports #82 Power Paradigm Source: Katri Pynnöniemi, RBGC researchers meeting 10/2010

9 Vision of Rail Baltica Geo-political change: EU today, Soviet impact and Iron Curtain in past Review of TEN-T policy guidelines; TEN-T priority project No 27 Rail Baltica 09/2003 Rail Baltica Coordination Group (PL, EE, LV, LT) 03/2006 Declaration of Intent for RB (PL, EE, LV, LT, FI) 01/2007 Strategic study (DG Regio) found weak business potential in RB 9

10 Vision of Rail Baltica (2) Memorandum of Understanding for Rail Baltica, Zaragoza 06/2010, signed by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland Rail Baltica Feasibility Study (Interim Report 10/2010) EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) Priority Area 11 (Transport), Rail Baltica flagship project Northern Dimension Transport Partnership Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC) 10

11 Vision of Rail Baltica (3) Market of 15 million people in RB region Accessibility in global trade network Strong internal trade and global competitiveness Business potential Rail Baltica higlighted as part of strategic transport network in EU Rail Baltica 11

12 RBGC in EUSBSR In the Accessibility Pillar, a new project on connecting the transport networks in the Baltic Sea Region will bring the major cities along the Rail Baltica Growth Corridor into closer collaboration. Report from the European Commission: The Implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, p. 2 12

13 Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC) Aims to improve the competitiveness and accessibility of cities and regions in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region through increased interaction and cooperation.

14 Rail Baltica Growth Corridor

15 RBGC Pilots 1. Transnational Travel Information Network integrated, multimodal door-to-door travel planner 2. Cooperability of logistics centers interoperability and cooperation of logistics centres and increased competitiveness from the viewpoint of global freight flows 15

16 RBGC Partnership of 21 Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Russia (AO) Berlin, Ludwigsfelde, Warsaw, Poznan, Łόdź, Bialystok, Kaunas, Tallinn, Helsinki (LP), Vantaa, St. Petersburg (AO); cities/municipalities Mazovia, Łόdź region, Harju, Häme, Uusimaa; 5 regions 5 research institutions, 1 public transport authority 24 AOs of ministries, railway companies, universities, logistics development organizations, and transport projects LP Lead Partner AO Associated Organization 16

17 RBGC Strategy Documents (1) Rail Baltica Transport Forum Rail Baltica Perspective for infrastructural, spatial and institutional challenges and potential Research: decision-making maps of public and private stakeholders Regional round-table conferences 1st round Partners and stakeholders 17

18 RBGC Strategy Documents (2) Rail Baltica Regional Action Programmes Research results exhaustively elaborated in wide stakeholder cooperation Identification of development paths and infrastructural, spatial and institutional solutions incl. infrastructure investments Regional round-table conferences 2nd round Partners and stakeholders 18

19 RBGC Strategy Documents (3) Rail Baltica Memorandum Political document showing the will to make serious efforts to implement Regional Action Programmes Transnational round-table conferences 2011,

20 RBGC Project budget of 3,6 MEUR Co-financed by BSR Programme RBGC Russia initiative Delegation of EU to Russia Kick-off in Helsinki 06/2011 Outputs: Decision maps of public and private sectors in RB countries RB TIN Rail Baltica Travel Information Network Joint service model for logistics centers in RB countries RBGC strategy documents and RB Transport Forum 20

21 Rail Baltica 21

22 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! 22