Traffic growth and reliability

A new horizon for the transport of goods

By providing greater fluidity and quality of service on the corridor between Valencia and Budapest, the project will contribute to improve rail freight performance and increase rail freight market share.

The demand for national and international freight should considerably increase by 2020. Studies forecast annual growth of 3.7% to 7.8% for the five countries involved in Corridor D, with differences from one country to another.

Considering corridor D and cross border traffic, the evolution could be higher :

• + 6 % annual growth between Spain and France
• + 6 % annual growth between France and Italy (not counting the Lyon-Turin project)
• Multiplication by 10 of the tonnage from 2004 to 2020 between Italy and Slovenia
• Multiplication by 6 of the tonnage from 2004 to 2020 between Slovenia and Hungary

To meet this demand, rail transport will have to provide a service that constantly improves its efficiency, especially as regard journey times, reliability and capacity.