RAILHUC Railway Hub Cities and Ten-T network

/ collection and comparison of Italian and European

experiences related to rail interchange hubs,

identifying main infrastructural and organizational

barriers that prevent different rail networks synergy;

/ analyzing the current services and flows both of

the rail hubs and the other typologies of transport that

gravitate toward the hub;

/ realizing a specific model aimed to guide rail

transport politics;

/ launching technical round-tables that conceive and

formulate proposals for barriers removal;

/ involving major stakeholders in order to launch

participatory processes aimed to develop operative

plans for the implementation of improved governmental

and infrastructural solutions;

/ outlining rail hubs enhancement formal agreements

to be implemented in the regions involved in the project.

In Emilia-Romagna Region the project is focused on the

High-Speed Mediopadana railway station. Thanks

to RAILHUC, modelling and flows simulation activities

related to the Reggio Emilia high-speed rail hub have

been realized. The preparatory work lead to analyze the

features of the Mediopadana station specific area, clearly

highlighting that the potential users of this infrastructure

are not only those of the Reggio Emilia district but a far

greater number coming from the neighboring areas which

in the Eastern part spreads to the Bologna Province, in

the Northern part includes the Mantova and Cremona

Provinces and in the Western part reaches the Piacenza

Province boundary.

This project is implemented through CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF

RAILHUCRAILWAY HUB CITIES TEN-T NETWORK

RAILHUC (Railway Hub Cities and TEN-T network) is an EU

project co-financed by the European Commission within

the Central Europe Programme. The Lead Partner of the

project is Emilia-Romagna Region and the City of Reggio

Emilia is involved as pilot city. RAILHUC project partners

are 11 from 7 countries (Italy, Czech Republic, Germany,

Hungary, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Austria), located

along the main TEN-T corridors that connect the Emilia-

Romagna region to the North-East area.

RAILHUC aims to promote the optimization and

integration of different levels interchange rail

hubs (European, national, local) enhancing not only

the passenger rail transport but also improving

intermodality between railway stations and urban

transport with essential impacts on the environmental

sustainability of the entire public transport.

More specifically, following the European Union revision of

the TEN-T networks, the accessibility and integration of

the TEN-T transport corridors with the other transport

lines has become a priority for all European countries.

In the late years the investments have been focused mainly

on the development of high-speed transport networks

with no adequate evaluation of their harmonization with

the other rail transport and public transport networks.

The purpose of the RAILHUC project is to promote the

interconnection of the great European networks

with the local rail networks and more in general with

all local public transport systems through best practices

exchange and the joint effort of project partners that,

among other things, consists of:

Location of the lead partner Location of project partners inside the CE area

This project is implemented through CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF

1/ Regione Emilia-Romagna,

Direzione Reti infrastrutturali,

logistica e sistemi di mobilità

(lead partner) (IT) - Comune di

Reggio Emilia (pilot city (IT)

2/ KORDIS JMK, spol. S r.o. (CZ)

3/ Vysocina Region (CZ)

4/ Central German Metropolitan

Region represented by City of

Dresden (DE)

5/ German Association for

Housing, Urban and Spatial

Develompent (DE)

6/ KTI Research Institute for

Transport Sciences (HU)

7/ Comune di Venezia (IT)

8/ Regione Veneto Dipartimento

per la Riforma dei Trasporti -

Sezione Logistica (IT)

9/ Railway Company Slovakia, joint

stock company (SK)

10/ Regional Development Agency

of Ljubljana Urban Region (SI)

11/ Città di Vienna, Department

for Urban Develompent and

Planning (AT)

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