Rail Corridor F
10.06
2010
This study investigated the potential for future developments in the rail market, identified possible obstacles, and proposed measures for improving rail freight transport, with a focus on the corridor between Belgium and Poland/Czech Republic. TML analysed the existing market situation and used different scenarios to assess current and expected rail freight flows.
The aim of this study was threefold:
Within this study, the focus for TML was on the existing market situation and the possibilities towards the future. To this end, we analysed current and expected rail freight flows between Belgium and Poland and between Belgium and the Czech Republic. The overall conclusion was that current rail transport volumes on the corridor are relatively low. About 169,000 tonnes are transported by rail to Poland and 23,000 tonnes to the Czech Republic. Towards Belgium, about 332,000 tonnes are transported from Poland and 100,000 tonnes from the Czech Republic. Future transport flows were estimated for three scenarios (low, medium, high). However, these scenarios do not consider specific developments in the rail transport market nor for the corridor itself. In the middle scenario, we see approximately a doubling of transport flows by 2030.
Looking at this in more detail, we see growth mainly for metals (for Poland and the Czech Republic) and for container transport (between Belgium and the Czech Republic). The analysis by intermodal transport showed that the greatest potential lay in rail transport between Belgium and Poland for transport to the centre (Pozan-Warsaw) and south (Wroclaw-Katowice), for light- and heavy-density goods, and for predictable transport.
The aim of this study was threefold:
- Examining the potential for future development.
- Identifying potential barriers to the development of the rail market.
- Proposing specific measures that would improve the conditions for rail freight transport.
Within this study, the focus for TML was on the existing market situation and the possibilities towards the future. To this end, we analysed current and expected rail freight flows between Belgium and Poland and between Belgium and the Czech Republic. The overall conclusion was that current rail transport volumes on the corridor are relatively low. About 169,000 tonnes are transported by rail to Poland and 23,000 tonnes to the Czech Republic. Towards Belgium, about 332,000 tonnes are transported from Poland and 100,000 tonnes from the Czech Republic. Future transport flows were estimated for three scenarios (low, medium, high). However, these scenarios do not consider specific developments in the rail transport market nor for the corridor itself. In the middle scenario, we see approximately a doubling of transport flows by 2030.
Looking at this in more detail, we see growth mainly for metals (for Poland and the Czech Republic) and for container transport (between Belgium and the Czech Republic). The analysis by intermodal transport showed that the greatest potential lay in rail transport between Belgium and Poland for transport to the centre (Pozan-Warsaw) and south (Wroclaw-Katowice), for light- and heavy-density goods, and for predictable transport.
