Železnice Slovenskej Republiky

Železnice slovenskej republiky

NETWORK STATEMENT

2013

Approved by Director General of ŽSRRef. No.15928/2012 - O450

Effective as of 09 December 2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Annexes

Annex A Glossary

Annex B Framework Agreement

Annex C Contract on the access to the railway infrastructure of ŽSR

Annex D1 The simplified technical procedures for freight train operations

Annex D2 List of railway stations, where the simplified technical procedures of operations do not apply

Annex E ŽSR tracks list

Annex F Category of railway lines and track characteristics

Annex G List of traffic points by tracks and its categories

Annex H List of closed railway lines over a period of closure of traffic

Annex I Technical facility of Railways stations

Annex J Tracks characteristics

Annex KList of railway stations within RD with proper technical equipment forthe treatment of passengers with reduced mobility

Annex L List of stations with establishment of shunting and TechK

Annex M Refuelling facilities

Annex N Working schedule for the configuration of train timetable

Annex O Capacityof the railway network managed by ŽSR and a map

Annex P1 Order sheet for passenger traffic for train timetable

Annex P2 Order sheet for ad-hoc train paths

Annex R Order sheet for equipment and running of additional and extra wagons in regularly trains

Annex S Directive onprovision of additional services of railway infrastructure managed by ŽSRto the railway undertakings together with a template of contract on the provision of additional services of shunting and technical office on the railway infrastructure managed by ŽSR

Annex T Product catalogue for additional services of shunting and technical office of ŽSR

Annex U Guidelines for additional services of shunting operations and technical office services provided by ŽSR for RUs

Annex V Decree of the Railway Regulatory Authority No. 3/2010 laying down the charges for the access to railway infrastructure and its amendments

Within this “Network Statement” following abbreviations are being used:

ATAustria

ATCAutomatic train control

AGCEuropean Agreement onMain International Railway Lines

AGTCEuropean Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations

AVV/ RIVGeneral Contract of Use for Freight Wagons

CISCharging Information System

CLaOLogistics and Procurement Centre

TTTrain Timetable

CRDTraffic Management Centre

CZCzech Republic

DSAdditional services

DBTraffic Point

EECEuropean Economic Community

ECEuropean Commission

EPEuropean Parliament

ESEuropean Community

ETCSEuropean train control system

EÚEuropean Union

GSM-RGlobal System for Mobile Communications – Railway

DGDirectorate General

GVDAnnual timetable

GysevGyőr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Zrt.

HKVMotive power unit

HUHungary

IMInfrastructure Manager

ITInformation technology

ITPInstradation of permanent validity

KVRolling stock

MÁVHungarian Railways

MDVRR SRMinistry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic

MF SRMinistry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

MV SRMinistry of Interior of the Slovak Republic

MŽP SRMinistry of Environment of the Slovak Republic

NDFreight Transport

NR SRNational Council of the Slovak Republic

NTDangerous Goods

ODPassenger Transport

RDRegional Directorate

CC SRBusinesses Register of the Slovak Republic

OSSOne Stop Shop Business Office

OVVehicle Gauge

OZRack railway

ÖBBAustrian Federal Railways

PCSPath Coordination System

PGVRegulation on the use of wagons in international rail transport of goods

PHMFuels and Lubricants

PISOperational information system

PKPPolish State Railways

PLPoland

PNMExceeded loading gauge

PpStructure gauge

PPSCross-border station

PPVRegulation on Use of the Wagons in the International Railway Passenger and Freight Transport

PTPPermission for a standardized transport

RFCRail Freight Corridors

RIC Agreement Governing the Mutual Use of Passenger and Baggage Coaches in the International Transport

RIDRegulation for the International Railway Transport of Dangerous Goods

RNERailNetEurope

SMGSAgreement on the International Transport of Goods by Rail

SRSlovak Republic

SŽDCCzech Railway Infrastructure Manager

ŠRTBroad gauge line

TBSTechnical-Safety Test

TISTrain Information System

TKUpper surface of the rail

TechK Technical Office

TEN-TTrans-European transport network

TEŽTatra Electric Railways

TREŽElectric Railway of Trenčín

TTP Table of the route ratio

UICInternational Union of Railways

URMIZACentral Administration for Special Consignments

UAUkraine

UZUkrainian State Railways

ÚRŽDRailway Regulatory Authority

VKMReproduction of rolling stock holder’s full name as registered in the rolling stock registry or of its acronym; it is a part of vehicle’s marking

VÚCHigher Territorial Unit = Self-governing region

ZCPWorking Timetable

Zmluva oPŽIContract on the Access to rail infrastructure

ZODDelivery Contract

ŽIRailway Infrastructure

RURailway Undertaking

ŽSRŽeleznice Slovenskej republiky, Bratislava

ŽSTRailway Station

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1.Introduction

1.1.1.State administration

The state administration related to the railway infrastructure is executed by the following administrative bodies:

a)the Ministry,

b)the Railway Regulatory Authority and

c)self-governing regional authorities.

1.1.1.1.Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development

a)takes role of the appellate body in the administrative proceeding as regards matters handled at first instance by the Railway Regulatory Authority acting as the surveyor’s office and/or the self – governing region;

b)decides on closure of a railway line after an agreement with the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic;

c)defines which railway lines are the main ones and which are the secondary ones and publishes this definition of lines on its webpage;

d)acts as the approval body for approving the types of rolling stock, with the exception of funicular railways.

Location: Ministerstvo dopravy, výstavby a regionálneho rozvoja SR

Námestie slobody č. 6

P.O.BOX 100

810 05 Bratislava

Slovak Republic

For further information, please visit – .

1.1.1.2.Railway Regulatory Authority

a)issues, decides on suspension of licenses´ validity, or revokes licenses´ of RUs;

b)issues safety certificate and safety permission, decides on its amendments, cancelation, revoking, validity prolongation and checks if the conditions and requirements laid down are fulfilled;

c)issues and revokes permission for operation of railways, except light rail;

d)by generally binding legal regulation lays down the charges for the access to railway infrastructure in the scope of a minimum access package and track access to service facilities under Annexe No. 13 part B of the Railway Act;

e)issues licences as well as supplementary licences for putting the railway vehicles into operation;

f)undertakes state expert supervision as regards railways, except for urban tram and trolley bus lines, and undertakes state expert technical supervision;

g)keeps the National register of vehicles as well as the National register of railway infrastructure and issues certificates on registration,

h)is the regulatory authority for railways, special railways and cableways, imposes fines for infringements and other administrative offences committed along railway tracks, cableways and special railways.

Location: Úrad pre reguláciu železničnej dopravy

Miletičova 19

820 05 Bratislava

Slovak Republic

For further information, please visit –

1.1.2.Basic information on the infrastructure manager

Železnice Slovenskej republiky (hereinafter referred to as ŽSR) were created on 1 January 1993 by decision of the Government of the Slovak Republic on establishing a state public enterprise following the separation of the Czecho-Slovak State Railways into two independent entities. The decision of the Government was further elaborated by the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 258/1993 Coll. of 30 September 1993 on Železnice Slovenskej republiky as amended by later regulations.

Since 1 January 2002 in accordance with the Project of transformation and restructuring of ŽSR, the company has been split in two independent entities – Železnice Slovenskej republiky(ŽSR) and Železničná spoločnosť, a.s (ZSSK).

ŽSR are enrolled in the Business register of District court Bratislava I, in the Section PO, Insertion 312/B.

Name of the organization:Železnice Slovenskej republiky, Bratislava

Seat of the organization:Klemensova 8

813 61 Bratislava

Identification number:31364501

The main activities of ŽSR as of 1 January 2002 are the following:

management and operation of railway infrastructure,

allocation of infrastructure capacity,

provision of services related to operation of railway infrastructure,

establishment and operation of railway, telecommunication and radio networks,

construction, modification and maintenance of railway and funicular lines,

other business activities as entered into the Commercial Register,

levying charges for the access to railway infrastructure.

Organisational structure:

1.2.Objective

The Network Statement (hereinafter NS) is a document containing the terms of using the railway network of ŽSR, which has been prepared according to the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 513/2009 Coll. on Railways and on amendment and completion of certain acts as amended by later regulation. Its text is in accordance with legal regulations of Slovak Republic and internal legislation of ŽSR and is intended as an informative material for railway undertakings.

The Network Statement provides general information on the railway network, important conditions for the access to railway infrastructure, as well as rules and procedures of railway infrastructure charging and path capacity allocation and information on services provided by the infrastructure manager (ŽSR) for railway undertakings.

1.3.Legal framework

The basic legislative conditions for railway construction, operation of railway infrastructure, operation of transport on railway infrastructure, as well as the rights and obligations of the natural and legal entities related to these activities are stipulated by the Act on railways and its implementing decree, as noted in the next text provisions.

1.3.1.European legislative regulations

CouncilDirective 91/440/ECC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community's railways

Directive 95/18/EC ofthe European Parliament and of the Council of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings

Directive 2001/14/EC of European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification

Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community’s railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification

Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No.1191/69 and1107/70

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of26 June 1969 on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 z04.06.1970 introducing an accounting system for expenditure on infrastructure in respect of transport by rail, road and inland waterway

Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods

Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on interoperability of the rail system within the Community

Commission Regulation (EC) No352/2009 of 24April 2009 on the adoption of a common safety method on risk evaluation and assessment as referred to in Article 6(3)(a) of Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Commission Decision No2009/460/ES of 5June 2009 on the adoption of a common safety method for assessment of achievement of safety targets, as referred to in Article 6 of Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23October 2007 on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community

Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 of 18 September 1995 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks

Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20June 2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks

Commission Decision of 9 November 2007 adopting a common specification of the national vehicle register provided for under Articles 14(4) and (5) of Directives 96/48/EC and 2001/16/EC

Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers' rights and obligations

Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 of the Council of 19 July 1968 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway

Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics

Seventh Council Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983 based on Article 54(3)(g) of the Treaty on consolidated accounts

Commission Regulation (EC) No 332/2007 of 27 March 2007 on the technical arrangements for the transmission of railway transport statistics

Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight

Decision No.661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 7July 2010 onUnion Guidelines for the developmentof the trans-European transport network

Council Regulation (EC) No 169/2009 of 26 February 2009 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1158/2010 of 9 December 2010 on a common safety method for assessing conformity with the requirements for obtaining railway safety certificates

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1169/2010 of 10 December 2010 on a common safety method for assessing conformity with the requirements for obtaining a railway safety authorisation

Commission Decision of 29 October 2009 on the adoption of basic parameters for registers of train driving licenses and complementary certificates provided for under Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Commission Regulation (EU) No.36/2010of3December 2009 on Community models for train driving licences, complementary certificates, certified copies of complementary certificates and application forms for train driving licences, under Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council

Commission Decision of 19 July 2010 on Common Safety Targets as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2010/409/EU)

Regulation (EC) No 67/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European network.

For more information visit in the section „Railway infrastructure/Legislation/
Legislation EU“

1.3.2.Legislative regulations of the Slovak Republic

Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 513/2009 Coll. on Railways and on amendment and completion of certain acts as amended by later regulations (hereinafter “Act on Railways”),

Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 514/2009 Coll. on Railway Transportation as amended by later regulations (hereinafter “Act on Railway Transportation”),

Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 258/1993 Coll. on the ŽSR as amended by later regulations,

Decree of the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic No. 351/2010 onRailways Traffic Order as amended by later regulations,

Decree of the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications No.205/2010 Coll. on Determined Technical Appliances and Determined Activities and Activities on Determined Technical Appliances,

Decree of the Railway Regulatory Authority No. 3/2010 of 2 December 2010 setting the charges for the access to railway infrastructure,

Decree of the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications No.245/2010 Coll. on expert competences, physical and mental competences of persons in railway operations and transport on railway as amended by later regulations,

Decree of the Railway Regulatory Authority No. 2/2010 of 18 August 2010on the regulatory framework for laying down charges for the access to railway infrastructure,

Decree of the Railway Regulatory Authority No. 7/2012 of 24 May 2012 by which the Decree of the Railway Regulatory Authority No. 3/2010 of 2 December 2010 setting the charges for the access to railway infrastructure is being amended.

For more information visit in the section „Railway infrastructure/Legislation/
Legislation SR“

1.3.3.Regulations of ŽSR

The regulations of ŽSR stipulating the rules for organization and performance of railway operation shall be as follows:

ŽSR Bz 1 - Safety of employees of the Železnice Slovenskej republiky

ŽSR D 2/81- Transport of service vehicles per type

ŽSR Z17 - Accidents and extraordinary events

ŽSR D 101/T 101- Servicing of station safety installations

ŽSR D 102/T102 - Serving of track safety installations

ŽSR Z 1- Railway traffic rules

ŽSR Z6 - Gauges of ŽSR tracks

ŽSR Z7- Exceptional shipments

SR 1003 (D) - Operative traffic management at ŽSR

SR 1004 (D) - Closure proceeding at Železnice Slovenskej republiky

SR 1012- Operational information system

SR 1013 - Technical data on railway motive power units

For more information visit in the section „Železničná dopravná cesta/legislatíva/Predpisy ŽSR“

1.3.4.Other requisite regulations

Transport operation on the railway infrastructure is subject to the European and national legislative regulations as well as to uniform technological processes and regulations of the railway undertaking. These activities can be performed by a responsible person defined by the RU.

The rules of the transport operation on the railway infrastructure determine the scope, means and conditions of the train operator’s activities, which are necessary for securing the transport operation, especially:

a)operation of rolling stock

b)driving of rolling stock

c)stopping and breaking of the train

d)accompanying the train

1.4.Legal Status

1.4.1.General Remarks

The Network Statement is aninformatory document based on the legislative regulations of the Slovak Republic and on transposed EU Directives provisions. In the case of uncertainty and lawsuits it is possible to apply respective provisions of legislative regulations of the Slovak Republic.

Comments, suggestion and requests regarding the Network Statement may be addressed to the Trade Department at Directorate General of ŽSR.

1.4.2.Liability

Železnice Slovenskej republiky, Bratislavashall be responsible for the information provided within this Network Statement.

1.4.3.Appeals Procedures

The Regulatory authority is obliged to deal with the suggestions and complaints on unfair and discriminatory decision-making and activities of the infrastructure manager, in matters related to:

a)terms of using the railway infrastructure and criteria listed in these terms,

b)allocation process at providing the infrastructure capacity,

c)access to the railway infrastructure and to the rail services connected to it,

d)enforcement of charges for using of the railway infrastructure.

The Regulatory authority has to decide on complaints and adopt remedial measures within 2 month from beginning of the procedure. The remedial measures are imposing of obligation to refrain from unfair and discriminatory behaviour and imposing of obligation to eliminate the unlawful state of things.

1.5.Structure of network statement

The Network Statement is elaborated in according to the general structure adopted by the RailNetEurope community, namely to the document issued by its Working Group for Network Statement.This organization brings together the majority of the European infrastructure managers. The Network Statement ensures availability of the information for the potential and existent railway undertakings, while following a harmonized format of the Network Statement with other infrastructure managers.

The Network Statements is divided as following:

1. General information
2. Access conditions
3. Infrastructure
4. Capacity allocation
5. Services
6. Charges
7. Annexes

The parts of the Network Statement define: