Organisation

The legal body for the corridor Rotterdam-Genoa consists of a European Economic Interest Group (EEIG). This corridor company under European law with its registered address in Frankfurt/Main was founded in 2008 by the participating railway infrastructure managers (IM) ProRail, DB Netz, BLS Netz, SBB Infrastruktur and RFI. In the course of the extension of the ERTMS Corridor A to Antwerp / Zeebrugge in September 2010, the Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel joint the Management Board.

The organisation structure consists of an Executive Board (ExB) of the Ministries and a Management Board (MB). The ExB represents the joint interests of the Transport Ministers in dealings with the European Coordinator for ERTMS and the European Commission. The MB is made up of high-ranking management representatives from ProRail, Infrabel, DB Netz, SBB Infrastruktur, BLS Netz and RFI who are responsible for the implementation of the corridor within their national Organisations. The MB has set up a Programme Management Office (PMO) as permanent working organisation of the railway infrastructure managers with six working groups (WG) in order to materialise the production and delivery of tangible corridor results in an effective and systematic way.

The Railway Undertakings Advisory Board and the Terminal Advisory Board serve as information platforms to involve railway undertakings as well as stakeholders of the intermodal transport chain and to take into account their opinion and requirements in the corridor development from a customer's point of view. Additionally, a terminal platform as well as a noise platform have been set up and are managed by the Ministries of Transport.

Rail Net Europe as an important service provider offers operational and commercial information on the European railway infrastructure. It supports RUs as well as IMs in their international activities and increases the efficiency of Infrastructure Managers' processes.

Overall Management Organisation

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  • The legal framework of the Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa consists of a European Economic Interest Group (EEIG)
  • Participating railway infrastructure undertakings: ProRail, Infrabel, DB Netz, SBB Infrastruktur, BLS Netz, RFI