On 18 July, the revised European Regulation about the development of the trans-European transport network comprising the trans-European transport corridors (TEN-T corridors) entered into force. This Regulation will integrate the 11 RFCs and the formerly known 9 TEN-T corridors into the 9 new so-called European Transport Corridors.
From the above date on, the member states and the rail infrastructure managers concerned will have 18 months to make the necessary geoghrapical alignments to the current RFC Rhine-Danube, as well as the alignments to the governance and the organisation.
What does the above-mentioned geographical alignment means for RFC Rhine-Danube?
A substantial part of the current RFC Orient / East – Med, including among others many lines currently overlapping with RFC Rhine-Danube, will be integrated into RFC Rhine-Danube.
In addition, the RFC will be extended to Serbia via Budapest and further additional lines will be integrated into this RFC in Romania as well.
The map of the European Transport Corridors can be found here:
We will inform our stakeholders about the proceedings and the timeline regarding the alignments of the RFC Rhine-Danube to the ETC Rhine-Danube, especially our customers regarding the transition of the responsibilities from one C-OSS to the other C-OSS between the RFCs concerned.