Two successful years after becoming operational, RFC Rhine-Danube has recently been awarded with a CEF grant agreement dedicated by the European Commission.
The goal of the grant is to achieve the specific objectives of Regulation 913/2010/EU on RFC Rhine-Danube as follows:
- Objective 1: Improve coordination between Infrastructure Managers, Member States, Railway Undertakings and managers and owners of Terminals, both between these different groups of actors and – within the groups – across borders;
- Objective 2: Coordinate and plan investments to ensure that infrastructure capacities and capabilities available along RFC RD meet the needs of international rail freight traffic, including as regards interoperability;
- Objective 3: Improve operational conditions for international rail freight services, in particular by coordinating traffic management along RFC RD, including in the event of disturbance and monitor the performance of rail freight services on RFC RD;
- Objective 4: Guarantee international freight trains access to adequate infrastructure capacity, recognizing the needs of other types of transport, including passenger transport;
- Objective 5: Facilitate the use of rail infrastructure for international rail freight services and support fair competition between rail freight service providers;
- Objective 6: Improve intermodality along RFC RD.
RFC Rhine-Danube very much appreciates the financial support provided by the European Commission for the benefit of facilitating rail freight transport.
