Launch of European „Rail Freight Corridor No. 7“
European „Rail Freight Corridor Nr. 7“ to build an essential connection between Central Europe and South-East Europe
On 8 November the Rail Freight Corridor No.7 launched its operation respecting the timeframe determined in the Regulation 913/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. RFC-7 is defined to run through the Prague-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest-Bucharest-Constanta and – Vidin-Sofia-Thessaloniki-Athens axis. Seven European countries, namely the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, with their eight railway Infrastructure Managers and a Capacity Allocation Body established the corridor in order to build an essential connection between Central Europe and South-East Europe and form a link to Asia through the Black Sea and Aegean Sea ports.
In order to fulfil the requirements and expectations described in the regulation, the participating railway companies of RFC-7 – led by MÁV Zrt. – implemented a number of measures to be able to run the corridor by the specified deadline. Thanks to the harmonised work during the last two years, the international freight undertaking – Prvá Slovenská Zelezničná – could have been provided with the 1st designation of pre-arranged path on 8th November 2013 between Czech Republic and Romania, from Prague to Curtici by a special software (PCS) presented on the spot. With this act the corridor started its real operation.
The opening ceremony of the RFC-7 Corridor gathered a large number of significant representatives who have played an important role in the establishment and realisation of the Corridor: representatives of the Ministry of National Development of Hungary, representatives of respective Ministries of the partners, representative from the National Regulatory Body, members of the Management Board and Executive Board of RFC-7, Czech Republic, (SZDC), Slovakia, (ZSR), Austria, (ÖBB-Infrastruktur), Hungary, (GYSEV, MÁV Zrt., VPE Kft.), Romania, (CFR), Bulgaria, (NRIC), Greece, (OSE); and representatives from significant European rail freight undertakings and terminals of the relevant regions attended the event.
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