Noise and rail
What about Belgium ?
Martine Serbruyns
Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport
Brussels - 28 april 2014
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Shift to rail ?
Freight Corridors
Single European Railway Area
TEN-T
Impact assessment of noise
Next steps
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1. Shift to rail ?
Facts
Federal initiatives
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Freight in Belgium
Source: NMBS-Holding
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Rail freight
Source: Infrabel
Subsidies
• National transport
• Proposal:
– Combined transport: 4,5 mio €
– Single wagonload: 10,5 mio €
• Period: 1/1/2014 till 31/12/2014
• Law passed on 23/4/2014
• Information: [email protected]
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Legislation for the last mile
• Principle:
• Local protocol with Infrabel
• No trainpath required
• Short distance
• Legal basis:
• Royal decree rolling stock of 23/5/2013
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2013052
341&table_name=loi
• Royal decree safety personnel of 9/7/2013
http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=nl&la=N&cn=2013070
910&table_name=wet
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2. Freight corridors
Legal basis
Noise
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Legal basis
• Regulation 913/2010 concerning a
European rail network for competitive
freight
• Information:
– http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/spoorwegverkeer/professionals/corridors_v
rachtvervoer/
– http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/professionnels/corridors/
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• RFC 1: the Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany, Switzerland and Italy
• RFC 2: the Netherlands, Belgium, the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France
and Switzerland
• RFC 8: the Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany to Eastern Europe
Source: website corridors
Noise
• Corridor 1: DE, CH and NL
– Policy noise for rail
– Problems with the public with growing rail
traffic
• Corridor working group on noise
• Working group Infrabel – FPS Mobility
and transport
– Availability of reliable figures on wagons
– Estimation effectiveness of a system
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3. Single European Railway
Area (SERA)
Legal base
Noise
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Legal basis
• Directive 2012/34/EU establishing a
single European railway area or the
“recast” of the first railway package
• Aims at
– an efficient railway system
– competetive with other modes
– integration of transport for the completion
of the internal market
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SERAC Working group noise
• Noise differentiated infrastructure (track
access) charges (NDTAC)
 wagons with cast iron brake blocks
• Preparation implementing act
• Working group
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member states (BE), actors of rail sector
overview of existing schemes in Europe
analysis of funding options
practical implementation of incentive scheme
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Other measures
1. adoption of technical specifications for
interoperability (TSI) setting maximum levels
of noise produced by railway vehicles
2. noise mapping and action plans to reduce
noise exposure under Directive 2002/49/EC
3. Union and national public funding for the
retrofitting of rail vehicles and for noisereduction infrastructures.
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TSI Interoperability noise
• Directive 2008/57/EC on the
interoperability of the rail system within
the Community
• Decision 2011/229/EU concerning the
technical specifications of
interoperability relating to the
subsystem ‘rolling stock – noise’ of the
trans-European conventional rail system
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4. TEN-T
Legal basis
Noise reduction subsidies
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Legal basis
• Regulation 1315/2013 on Union
guidelines for the development of the
trans-European transport network
TEN-T
• Regulation 1316/2013 establishing the
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for
the union financial assistance to TEN-T
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TEN-T Freight network
Source: Ten-T
TEN-T fundings - noise
• TEN-T program will finance actions to
reduce rail freight noise
• Funding rate : max. 20% of the eligible costs
• Several calls for proposals will be launched
during the period 2014-2020
Each proposal must be approved by one or
several member states !
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TEN-T fundings – 1st Call
• Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including
by retrofitting of existing rolling stock
• Budget : € 20 million
• Call publication (indicative): September 2014
• Information:
– Innovation and Network Executive Agency
http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/ten-t/ten-t.htm
– Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport
http://mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/financement/europeen/
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TEN-T fundings – 1st Call
Drafting of the proposal
Deadline for submission : J - 10
Proposal
Submission of the proposal to the
FPS Mobility and Transport
Deadline for submission : J
Proposal
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Member
State
approval
Submission of the proposal to EC
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5. Impact assessment of noise
Legal base
Noise charts
Action plans
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Legal basis
• Directive 2002/49/EC of 25 June 2002
relating to the assessment and
management of environmental noise
– Modelling traffic (road, rail, air) and noise
– Publication noise maps  priorities
– Actionplans
• Responsability : 3 Belgian regions
(see their websites)
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Noise map rail
Fase 1
2007-2008
Lines > 60.000 trains/year
Fase 2
2012-2013
Lines > 30.000 trains/year
 Noise contours on maps (example: Walloon Region)
Statistics on number of people disturbed
(example: Flemish region)
Source: website Vlaams gewest LNE
Source: website Région wallonne
Action plans rail
• Regions work together with Infrabel and
NMBS
• Specific measures based on priorities
• Flanders:
– 3 actions concerning rail way noise
– One action = modelling of the effect of a
total retrofitted wagonpark
– Why ? Assessment of the benefits
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6. Next steps
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What about Belgium ?
• Different scenario’s must be evaluated
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No action
NDTAC that rewards silent wagons
Subsidy scheme for retrofit
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• Contacts of the FPS mobility and
transport in working groups of SERAC,
Corridors, Infrabel, regions, sector, …
• A context of severe budget control.
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What can you tell us about …
• Cost and technical aspects of
retrofitting
– investment
– exploitation and maintenance
• Your experience in other countries
• Your opinion on the scenario’s and on
incentives
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Website rail
http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/nl/spoorwegverkeer/
http://www.mobilit.belgium.be/fr/traficferroviaire/
Contact
[email protected]
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