1. Wojciech Paprocki, Jana Pieriegud
Department of Transport, Warsaw School of Economics
LEARNING LESSONS FROM EU RAIL PROJECTS:
HOW TO MEET INTERCONTINENTAL
VISION AND LOCAL NEEDS

2. EU VISION: TRANS-EUROPEAN RAIL NETWORK (1999)
Source: EC, TINA Secretariat 1999.

3. EU VISION: TEN-T PRIORITY PROJECTS (2004)
Source: EC, TENtec 2011.Source: EC, 2004.

4. MILESTONES IN THE TEN-T AND RAIL CORRIDORS DEVELOPMENT
2030
2050
Core
network
TEN-­‐T
Comprehensive
network
TEN-­‐T
1992
1990
2013
2010
1996
2004
1998
1997
1994
TRANSPORT/RAIL CORRIDORS
TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK
Idea
of
the
TENs
in
the
Maastricht
Treaty
Decision
No.
884/2004/EC
on
Community
guidelines
for
the
development
of
the
TEN-­‐T
Decision
No.
1692/96/EC
on
Community
guidelines
for
the
development
of
the
TEN-­‐T
Decision
No.
661/2010
TINA
Network
for
candidate
countries
Regula�on
No.
913/2010
on
rail
freight
corridors
(RFCs)
8
RNE
corridors
(RailNetEurope)
Annex
II
Regula�on
No.
1316/2013
6
ERTMS
corridors
(Memorandum)
Regula�on
No.
1315/2013
–
guidelines
for
the
development
of
the
TEN-­‐T;
Regula�on
No.
1316/2013
on
CEF
2011
Project
of
the
TEN-­‐T:
core
+
comprehensive
Project
of
the
TEN-­‐T
Corridors
9
Core
Corridors
TEN-­‐T
(CNCs)
2016
TEN-­‐T
enlargement:
new
10
EU
members
2005
2009
11
RNE
corridors
6
corridors
RNE
replaced
by
the
launched
RFCs
13
Eurasian
rail
corridors
OSJD
13
Eurasian
rail
corridors
(Memorandum
OSJD)
Resolu�on
No.
52/9
UNESCAP
on
Eurasian
corridors
10th
corridor
and
transport
areas
(Helsinki
Declara�on)
9
Mul�modal
Pan-­‐
European
Corridors
(Crete
Declara�on)
4
Europe
–
Asia
Land
Corridors
(Sankt
Petersburg
Declara�on)
2000
Source: Jana Pieriegud, 2016.
14
Essen
priority
projects
30
priority
projects
The
van
Miert
group’s
new
priority
projects
(List
1)
2003

5. LESSONS FROM LARGE TEN-T PROJECTS
BCR = Benefit-cost ratio, NPV = net-present value, EIRR = Economic Internal Rate of Return, SDR = Social Rate of Discount,
FIRR = financial internal rate of return, EIA = Environmental Impact Assessment, Climate Impact Analysis (CIA), n.a. = not available.
Source: European Parliament, Update on Investments in Large TEN-T Projects, IP/B/TRAN/FWC/2010-006/Lot4/C1/SC7, 2014, p. 14.

6. EU VISION: TEN-T CORE NETWORK CORRIDORS (2013)
Source: EC, TENtec 2013.

7. TEN-T EXTENSION TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
Source: EC, TENtec 2013.

8. FP6 CREAM CORRIDOR PROJECT (2007-2011)
Source: The CREAM Project. Final Report, July 2012.

9. UNECE: TRANS-EUROPEAN RAIL NETWORK (TER)
Source: UNECE TER Master Plan, 2010.

10. UN ESCAP: TRANS-ASIAN RAILWAY NETWORK (TAR)
Source: UN ESCAP, 2009.

11. EURASIAN RAIL LAND BRIDGES
Source: Schiller Institute, 2001.

12. THE CHINESE VISION: NEW SILK ROAD
Source: MERICS, June 2015.

13. EUROPE–ASIA KAZAKHSTAN STRATEGY: NEW SILK ROAD
Source: JSC „National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy”, 2013.

14. CAREC CORRIDORS FOR CENTRAL ASIA
REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
Source: CAREC, 2013.

15. Source: Gateway House, 2013.
THE INDIAN INTERCONTINENTAL VISION

16. TURKEY’S PLANS FOR RAIL CONNECTIONS:
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL (2023)
Source: TCDD/RailwayPro, 2012.

17. GLOBAL VISION:
THE WORLD LAND-BRIDGE NETWORK (2015)
Source: Alan Yue, Asuka Saito/EIRNS, 2014.

18. GLOBAL FORECAST: MEGA CORRIDORS (2025)
Source: Frost & Sulllivan, 2014.

19. CONCLUSIONS
Over the last 20 years, both Europe and other
continents have completed more than a few projects
that we could learn from, rather than learn from
our own mistakes.
On global market there are only a limited number
of railway lines which could play a key role
in intercontinental freight transport.
Development of rail hinterland infrastructure
is a key to competitive advantage in regions.
Even if you act locally, you need to think globally.

20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
WOJCIECH PAPROCKI
wojciech@paprocki.pl
JANA PIERIEGUD
jana.pieriegud@gmail.com