Carlo SecchiEuropean coordinator PP3 – PP19

ROUND TABLE: Integration of the Iberian rail network in the European transport system

EU added value, progresses and challenges of Priority Project 3

Carlo SecchiEuropean coordinator PP3 – PP19

TEN-T Priority Project 3: the main link

HSL South-West Europe – three branches:• Iberian branch: ES-PT line Madrid-Lisbon-Porto: synergies with PP16 (freight) et PP19 / 8 (Porto-Vigo..-La Coruña – Atlantic line)

• Atlantic branch : connection FR-ES; HSL Madrid-Valladolid-Basque country-Bordeaux–Paris; Freight: toward an Atlantic freight corridor (added capacity); Bilbao (Port) / PP19 – PT)

• Mediterranean branch: connection FR-ES; HSL Madrid – Barcelona -…Lyon - Paris; Freights: link to Barcelona port, synergies with ERTMS Corridor D / PP19 – Valencia port)

Carlo SecchiEuropean coordinator PP3 – PP19

Main links: PP3 MAP

Carlo SecchiEuropean coordinator PP3 – PP19

The European Added-Value

First interoperable connections between the

Iberian Peninsula and the rest of EU: a major achievement

for the internal market

High Speed line FR-ES-PT linking the Capitals

and main towns (Barcelona, Lyon,

Bordeaux, Oporto…,

Contribution to efficient multimodal freight transport :

linking ports (Barcelona, Valencia..,), synergies with ERTMS Corridor D, PP16

Consistent with EU2020 « energy-climate »

Attraction of Private Capital to TEN-T

Overcoming a major natural barrier (the Pyrenees): - rebalance the modal split - bridging the gap between adjacent regions so far set apart (Europe-making)

Carlo SecchiEuropean coordinator PP3 – PP19

Main achievements during 2009/2010

• Iberian branch : works on-going on 80 km of platform (Caceres-Mérida-Badajoz); signature of the Contract for Poceirão-Caia

• Atlantic branch : works launched/on-going throughout Valladolid-Burgos and Vitoria-Bergara-Bilbao; tender for Tours-Bordeaux new line launched; 1000 m corridors for the GPSO defined (Comité de Pilotage)

• Mediterranean branch: connection Barcelona-Perpignan advanced (provisional op. 2010-2011, full new line ~2012) - tender negotiation for CNM (Nimes-Montpellier bypass)

Carlo SecchiEuropean coordinator PP3 – PP19

Future challenges

• Keep with this pace in implementing the project in spite of the crisis (CNM, Bergara-S. Sebastian, Lisbon-Poceirão …) vs. local consensus

• Ensure interoperability: in terms of Gauge, Signalling and Control (ERTMS)

• Establish Corridor management / joint operations: new services generate/attract cross-border demand