Digital Capacity Management Implementation 2024-2027

ongoing

The overall objective of this project ‘Digital Capacity Management – Implementation 24-27 [DCM IMP 24_27]’ (study and works) is to continue the Europe-wide implementation of the programme ‘Timetable Redesign (TTR) for a Smart Capacity Management’ which was launched as a project in 2014 with the overall aim to increase cross-border rail attractiveness and efficiency by removing interoperability barriers, so that rail can increase its competitiveness and market share on the European transport market. It will do so by: » Adjusting Infrastructure Managers (IM) legacy national systems to allow cross-border data exchange, to facilitate integrated infrastructure capacity and traffic management digitalisation. » Supporting rail stakeholders in developing common Telematics Reference Files, merging the existing TAF and TAP Reference File sets to be used in the telematics framework and by other registers managed by the ERA or the rail sector » Supporting IMs and Railway Undertakings (RUs) in implementing and ensuring the compliance of the rail system and its sub-systems with the TAP/TAF TSI, RINF and TSI OPE. » Supporting IMs in aspects regarding Traffic Management and Train Performance Management in line with the Draft proposal of EC Regulation on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area. » Providing, updating, and adjusting common European sector IT components The proposed project has been approved by the RailNetEurope General Assembly in December 2023 and enjoys the support of all 38 RNE’s Members (IMs and RFCs). Horizontal principles-approach: *Developments, updates, and upgrades of common European tools and any national/legacy tools funded through this project will be subject to notification to ERA/MOVE of their main milestones reached in the technical requirements definition and programming phases to ensure alignment of these tools with EU approach of harmonisation and interoperability. *Final deliverables related with developments, updates and upgrades of common European tools and any national/legacy tools of IMs funded through this project will be accompanied by compliance assessment by ERA/MOVE under the relevant Rail legislation. *Changes to relevant EU legislation, in particular: i) on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area and ii) on the Telematics applications of the rail system, will be taken into account during the project implementation to ensure that deliverables comply with applicable EU legislation.