Philippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General 10th MENA Rail & Metro Summit

1. Perspectives on the European Railway Standardisation System Philippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General
10th MENA Rail & Metro Summit
21-23 October, Dubai

2. 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
2

3. 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
1.
2.
3.
4.

4. Activities

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 8
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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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
11
UNIFE ready to help implement the EU open system of
standards, which brings strong assets

12. 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
12

13. 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

14. ERTMS: A Key EU Rail Export
14

15. 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)

16. ERTMS: The key success factors
Interoperability
ERTMS
Worldwide Performance
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

17. 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

18. 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!

19. 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

20. 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

21. The SHIFT2RAIL PPP:
Video

22. 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

23. UNIFE – Promote rail market growth for sustainable mobility
www.unife.org