Perspectives on the European Railway Standardisation System

Perspectives on the European Railway

Standardisation System

Philippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General

10th MENA Rail & Metro Summit

21-23 October, Dubai

About UNIFE

Full members: 79 of the largest and

medium-sized companies in the rail

supply sector

Associated members: 15 National

Associations, representing almost 1000

suppliers of railway equipment

UNIFE represents the European Rail Supply Industry (rolling stock, infrastructure, sub-systems and signalling)

UNIFE is the trusted partner of European and international institutions in all matters related to rail transport

UNIFE members have a 80% market share in Europe and supply almost 50% of the worldwide rail production

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A Mission: Promote Rail Market Growth

for Sustainable Mobility

Four priorities to achieve this mission:

Promote European policies favourable to rail

Shape an interoperable and efficient European railway system

Ensure European rail supply industry leadership through advanced research, innovation & quality

Provide members with strategic and operational knowledge

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Activities

A wide presence in the MENA region

Riyadh-Dammam Line

Haramain High Speed Line

Dubai Al-Sufouh

Tramway

Doha Education City

Tramway

Riyadh Monorail

A few examples

of projects…

…and a very

dynamic market

(2014 UNIFE

World Rail

Market Study)

ERTMS &

CBTC

deployment

The European experience –

A Single European Railway Area

Objective of the European Commission: Create a Single European

Railway Area out of the 26 existing national railway systems

Technical harmonisation

Creating a EU market for railway equipment (TSIs)

Remove barriers to sell trains and other railway equipment throughout

Europe

Opening of the market

Creating a EU market for rail services

Remove barriers to train circulation within Europe

Operations

Common definitions of safety rules

Process started in 1992 and since then: Three Railway Packages, recast

of the First Railway Package, and proposal for the Fourth Railway Package

1) Interoperability (2008/57/EC) and Safety (2008/110/EC)

Directives

Interoperability Directive: describes the authorisation process and

defines the essential requirements

Safety Directive: regulates the safety in operation and defines the

role of National Safety Authorities

2) Techhnical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) are

technical regulations that establish common rules across EU to:

Cover the essential requirements defined in the Interoperability

Directive

Ensure interoperability

Give the basis for authorisation

3) Harmonised EN standards: They provide an assumption of

conformity with the TSIs

4) Any other standards: EN or international

EU Regulations and Standards

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EU Regulations and Standards

Safety &

Interoperability

Directives

TSIs

Harmonised

EN Standards

EN-ISO Standards

Voluntary

Mandatory

ERA draft, European

Commission put into force

Council and Parliament of

the European Union

CEN/CLC

CEN/CLC/ISO

Towards interoperability: TSIs

Technical harmonisation in Europe is ongoing:

Yesterday Tomorrow

All TSIs have gone through a review process to apply to the entire EU network and will enter into force in January 2015

Publicly available on the ERA website

Source of inspiration at international level, e.g. California HSR project in the US (static axleloads etc.)

A common set of

specifications:

the TSIs

Different national rules

applicable in different

EU member states

Towards interoperability:

Authorisation

The Fourth Railway Package, issued in January 2014 and

under legislative approval, proposes to simplify and

accelerate the authorisation procedures:

Today:

First vehicle authorisation made by a National Safety Authority at

national level in an EU Member State

Additional vehicle authorisations for other Member States needed

from respective National Safety Authorities

Proposal of the Fourth Railway Package:

A vehicle authorisation issued by the European

Railway Agency is valid in all Member States: A good

example for the GCC rail projects

Challenges in the construction of

a regional rail network

The choice of appropriate rail standards for the development of an

integrated regional rail network is essential:

Standards may influence competition between suppliers and

ultimately, the business case and costs of building a network

The use of proven standards and technologies versus ‘project

specific/tailored solutions’ is an important cost reduction factor

Standards strongly impact the ability to interconnect high-speed and

conventional rail/freight

Full interoperability between projects is only made possible if a

unique set of standards is chosen

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UNIFE ready to help implement the EU open system of

standards, which brings strong assets

Advantages of the EU railway

standardisation system

European Railway

Standards

Competi-tion on supply market

Safety & reliability

Interope-rability & flexibility of usage

Freely available in all EU

languages

Availability of

expertise

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Role of UNIFE in standardisation

Working with the supporting bodies of the European Railway

Agency (ERA) and being the official representative body of the

European rail industry, UNIFE supports the work on the

TSIs, the drafting of standards and on research activities

UNIFE’s work covers the whole railway system and is

principally done in its Topical and Mirror Groups which promote

UNIFE’s voice in ERA or EU Standardisation Organisations

ERTMS: A Key EU Rail Export

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ERTMS investments outside Europe:

A success in the MENA region

Africa & Middle East: 14%

of worldwide trackside

contracts and steady

increase foreseen

After China, Saudi Arabia is

in the world leading position

on ERTMS deployment

Significant investment plans

have been contracted in

Maghreb countries

(Algeria, Morocco HSR,

Tunisia)

ERTMS: The key success factors

Interoperability

ERTMS

Performance Worldwide

Standard

Increase capacity and

speed

Reduce life cycle costs &

investments

Improved safety

More competition on

the railway market

Levels the playing field

with road transport

One system, multiple suppliers =

more competition on the supply

market

Global standard opening

worldwide market opportunities

Explains why

countries all over the

world are opting for

ERTMS, even when

cross-border traffic is

not at stake

Key factor behind ERTMS’ success:

one single standard provided by the

leading worldwide suppliers

The SHIFT2RAIL PPP

An unprecedented initiative of the rail sector for an

ambitious large-scale, market-oriented, industrially-

driven and multiannual R&I programme that aims to

increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of

rail transport

A public-private Joint Undertaking under the new

European research funding programme ‘Horizon 2020’

A significant European R&I effort of a budget of €920

Million over a six year period – €470 M financed by

the private sector and €450 M by the European

Commission

The SHIFT2RAIL PPP:

Goal & challenges

The overarching goal: Make the rail system more attractive to

end users

3 major challenges:

CAPACITY (to cope with growing EU demand)

Up to 100% increase in capacity

RELIABILITY (to better satisfy users)

Up to 50% increase of reliability

LIFE CYCLE COSTS (for more competitiveness)

Up to 50% of reduction of Life Cycle Costs

Impacting all segments of the market!

The SHIFT2RAIL PPP:

Participants

Preparatory phase: Under the coordination of UNIFE, interested

players from the entire rail supply chain, but also from wider sector

expertise, joined the preparation phase on a voluntary basis and

contributed to the foundation of the PPP

Stakeholder involvement:

8 Founding Members, including the largest private and public

players, to secure substantial industry co-funding from the outset

Selection of Associated Members in a second stage to open

up membership to a broad range of actors from the entire rail

value chain and from other innovative sectors (including SMEs,

research organisations, universities, etc.)

Fully open calls will allocate part of the EU contribution,

including funds for broader collaborative research

The SHIFT2RAIL PPP:

Innovation Programmes

IP1: Cost-efficient and Reliable Trains,

including High Capacity Trains and High Speed Trains

IP5: Technologies for Sustainable &

Attractive European Freight

IP2: Advanced Traffic

Management & Control Systems

IP3: Cost-efficient and Reliable High

Capacity Infrastructure

IP4: IT Solutions for Attractive Railway

Services

The SHIFT2RAIL PPP:

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Conclusions

The European standardisation system provides

considerable advantages: it is open, readily

available, flexible, whilst ensuring the highest levels

of safety and interoperability

UNIFE has developed a unique expertise in the

construction of this open standardisation system and

is willing to help and work with the MENA

authorities on the elaboration of a regional

network system

UNIFE – Promote rail market

growth for sustainable mobility

www.unife.org