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Noise and railWhat about Belgium ?

Martine SerbruynsFederal Public Service Mobility and Transport

Brussels - 28 april 2014

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Content

1. Shift to rail ?

2. Freight Corridors

3. Single European Railway Area

4. TEN-T

5. Impact assessment of noise

6. Next steps

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1. Shift to rail ?

Facts

Federal initiatives

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Freight in Belgium

Source: NMBS-Holding

Rail freight

Source: Infrabel

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Subsidies

• National transport

• Proposal: – Combined transport: 4,5 mio €– Single wagonload: 10,5 mio €

• Period: 1/1/2014 till 31/12/2014

• Law passed on 23/4/2014 • Information: michel.devos@mobilit.fgov.be

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Legislation for the last mile

• Principle:• Local protocol with Infrabel• No trainpath required• Short distance

• Legal basis:• Royal decree rolling stock of 23/5/2013 http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?

language=fr&la=F&cn=2013052341&table_name=loi

• Royal decree safety personnel of 9/7/2013 http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?

language=nl&la=N&cn=2013070910&table_name=wet

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2. Freight corridors

Legal basis

Noise

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Legal basis

• Regulation 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight

• Information: – http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/spoorwegverkeer/professionals/

corridors_vrachtvervoer/– http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/professionnels/corridors/

• RFC 1: the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy

• RFC 2: the Netherlands, Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France and Switzerland

• RFC 8: the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany to Eastern Europe

Source: website corridors

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Noise

• Corridor 1: DE, CH and NL– Policy noise for rail– Problems with the public with growing rail

traffic• Corridor working group on noise• Working group Infrabel – FPS Mobility

and transport– Availability of reliable figures on wagons– Estimation effectiveness of a system

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3. Single European Railway Area (SERA)

Legal base

Noise

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Legal basis

• Directive 2012/34/EU establishing a single European railway area or the “recast” of the first railway package

• Aims at – an efficient railway system– competetive with other modes– integration of transport for the completion

of the internal market

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SERAC Working group noise

• Noise differentiated infrastructure (track access) charges (NDTAC) wagons with cast iron brake blocks

• Preparation implementing act

• Working group– member states (BE), actors of rail sector– overview of existing schemes in Europe– analysis of funding options– practical implementation of incentive scheme

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Other measures

1. adoption of technical specifications for interoperability (TSI) setting maximum levels of noise produced by railway vehicles

2. noise mapping and action plans to reduce noise exposure under Directive 2002/49/EC

3. Union and national public funding for the retrofitting of rail vehicles and for noise-reduction infrastructures.

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TSI Interoperability noise

• Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community

• Decision 2011/229/EU concerning the technical specifications of interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – noise’ of the trans-European conventional rail system

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4. TEN-T

Legal basis

Noise reduction subsidies

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Legal basis

• Regulation 1315/2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport networkTEN-T

• Regulation 1316/2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the union financial assistance to TEN-T

TEN-T Freight network

Source: Ten-T

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TEN-T fundings - noise

• TEN-T program will finance actions to reduce rail freight noise

• Funding rate : max. 20% of the eligible costs

• Several calls for proposals will be launched during the period 2014-2020

Each proposal must be approved by one or several member states !

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TEN-T fundings – 1st Call

• Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting of existing rolling stock

• Budget : € 20 million

• Call publication (indicative): September 2014

• Information:– Innovation and Network Executive Agency

http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/ten-t/ten-t.htm

– Federal Public Service Mobility and Transporthttp://mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/financement/europeen/

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TEN-T fundings – 1st Call

Deadline for submission : J

Deadline for submission : J - 10

Proposal

Proposal

Member State

approval+

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5. Impact assessment of noise

Legal base

Noise charts

Action plans

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Legal basis

• Directive 2002/49/EC of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise– Modelling traffic (road, rail, air) and noise– Publication noise maps priorities– Actionplans

• Responsability : 3 Belgian regions (see their websites)

Noise map rail

Fase 1 2007-2008Lines > 60.000 trains/year

Fase 2 2012-2013Lines > 30.000 trains/year

(example: Flemish region)

Source: website Région wallonneSource: website Vlaams gewest LNE

Noise contours on maps (example: Walloon Region) Statistics on number of people disturbed

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Action plans rail

• Regions work together with Infrabel and NMBS

• Specific measures based on priorities

• Flanders:– 3 actions concerning rail way noise– One action = modelling of the effect of a

total retrofitted wagonpark – Why ? Assessment of the benefits

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6. Next steps

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What about Belgium ?

• Different scenario’s must be evaluated• No action• NDTAC that rewards silent wagons• Subsidy scheme for retrofit• ….

• Contacts of the FPS mobility and transport in working groups of SERAC, Corridors, Infrabel, regions, sector, …

• A context of severe budget control.

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What can you tell us about …

• Cost and technical aspects of retrofitting – investment– exploitation and maintenance

• Your experience in other countries • Your opinion on the scenario’s and on

incentives

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Website railhttp://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/spoorwegverkeer/

http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/

Contactmartine.serbruyns@mobilit.fgov.be