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:

https://transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6cce597e-cf7f-4d6a-a065-994f3bb96c1b_en?filename=COM_2021_812_annex3_4.pdf

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.

The Management Board of RFC Rhine-Danube has the pleasure to invite you to the meeting of the Advisory Group of Terminal owners and managers (TAG) and the Railway Undertaking Advisory Group (RAG). This time it is jointly organised with the North-Sea – Baltic and the Orient/East-Med Corridrs.

The meeting is going to take place on 9 October 2024, at 9:00 a.m. – 15:15 p.m, at Hotel Fitzgerald, Vítkova 151/26 in Prague.

One of the major focal points of this meeting will be an exchange of ideas with the participating representatives of RUs and terminals regarding how to effectively consult them on certain subjects in the future such as infrastructure development and investment needs, key performance indicators, and measures taken to improve performance along the rail freight backbones (i.e. RFCs) of the new European Transport Corridors.

It is also possible to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams or phone.

In order to register for this joint meeting to take part in the above-mentioned preparation of the future, more effective consultation processes, please fill the Registration form by 2 October.

Our Performance Monitoring Report for 2023 is available now.

The Management Board of RFC Rhine-Danube (RFC RD) monitors the performance of rail freight services on the RFC and publishes the results of this monitoring once a year.

Since RFC RD has become operational, it has implemented all KPIs commonly applied by all of the other RFCs, too, in order to facilitate the above-mentioned monitoring process in a harmonised way and the implementation of improvement measures with concerted efforts along the lines of the RFC and in cooperation with fellow RFCs.

One highlight is that from 2022 to 2023 the traffic volume has increased in terms of the total volume of train kilometers of all international freight trains crossing at least one border along this RFC.

For more information, you can read the performance monitoring report 2023 here and in the Customer Information Platform (CIP).

We would like to inform our customers that one of the two tracks was opened for rail traffic at 6 am on 24 June as expected.

The second track will be available for traffic expectedly in September again.

We would like to thank you for your patience.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new layout of the Customer Information Platform (CIP) developed jointly by all 11 RFCs and RailNetEurope, which marks a significant advancement in terms of comprehensiveness, synergies, and accessibility of information.

The CIP is an interactive, internet-based information tool which provides essential information on routing, terminals, track properties, infrastructure development projects, and more.

The new layout of the CIP system offers enhanced capabilities for adding further functionalities and improvements in the future.

The new modernised and user-friendly layout and user interface offers a better opportunity to create synergies and access data more efficiently.

The new CIP is a part of the Railway Infrastructure System (RIS), where data and functionalities of other infrastructure-based sector registers, including ERA’s Registers of Infrastructure (RINF), are merged to create an even more comprehensive and complete tool.

This will establish an accessible environment for anybody seeking information on Rail Freight Corridors and will serve as a foundation for interaction between stakeholders.

We are looking forward to an expanded and fruitful collaboration with the CIP users, leveraging the new system as a basis for exchanging infrastructure information.

The CIP will remain to be available free of charge for all users.

For any questions regarding the new CIP system, please send an email to .

Experience the new CIP Layout

For those eager to experience the enhanced features and user-friendly interface of the newly launched CIP tool, we invite you to explore it now!

Login to CIP here now

We would like to inform our customers that due to the heavy rainfall that caused floods in the south of Germany, the railway bridge between Nürnberg and Würzburg near Kitzingen has not been useable since 04:00 on 2nd June 2024.

Reconstruction will not be possible until 24th June 2024. After that, traffic will start on a single track. The exact date of the reconstruction and the opening of the second track is not known yet.

Diversionary routes for freight trains are available to the north via Bamberg and to the south via Ansbach.

The parameters of the diversionary routes are as follows:

The Corridor Capacity Wishlist has been send out to all applicants and railway undertakings to collect international capacity wishes and needs for the annual timetable 2026.

The result of this survey will be one of the main elements that the Rail Freight Corridors will use to build the PaP Catalogues for timetable 2026.

We look forward to receiving your requests, which should be sent back by 16 August.

If you were not on the mailing list or are new to this business, information can be found and downloaded by the following link:

• Home – Rail Freight Corridor 9 (rfc-rhine-danube.eu)
• Customer Information Platform – RNE – RailNetEurope | Association For Facilitating Traffic On European Rail Infrastructure

Also, you can find the template for submitting your wishlist here:

https://rfc-rhine-danube.eu/documents/

We would like to inform our customers and potential customers that the updated Corridor Information Document for Timetable 2025 (Sections 1-4) has been published.

The CID provides information about the conditions of using the RFC comprising infrastructure characteristics, list and description of terminals, capacity allocation rules, and traffic management rules.

The documents can be found on our website (https://rfc-rhine-danube.eu/cid-books/)

The documents are accessible via CIP, too (https://info-cip.rne.eu/).

We are looking forward to welcoming you on the RFC Rhine-Danube network.

We would like to inform our customers about the publication of the updated overview of Temporary Capacity Restrictions (TCRs) on RFC Rhine-Danube. This update concerns TCRs of GYSEV and MÁV.

It can be accessed via our website (https://rfc-rhine-danube.eu/temporary-capacity-restrictions-tcrs/), as well as via the CIP (https://info-cip.rne.eu/).

By the end of April all train path requests from applicants were sucessfully realised:

• The volume of pre-booked capacity with 2,12 mio km is 24% higher than last year
• No conflicts had to be solved
• The number of submitted dossiers equals to last year (24 Dossiers)

On behalf of the whole team we would like to thank youfor booking your international train paths via PCS!

The next steps are:

Timetable planners are constructing your path requests until Monday, 1^st July, when the International Draft Timetable will be published.

From that date on the results are visible to the applicants and you can make justified objections if necessary.

Monday, 19^th August: Start of the Final Offer: you have 5 days to accept the offer in PCS.