OEM TrendLine

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“The total length of the Orient / East - Med corridor (OEM) is 6 480 km long, including the Connecting Europe Facility 2 (CEF 2) extension. It crosses 8 countries: Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. The OEM Corridor connects the maritime interfaces of the North, Baltic, Black, and Mediterranean Seas, and allows for the optimal use of the ports concerned.” (European Commission). “According the Regulation No. 1316/20131 the Orient / East-Med corridor (OEM corridor) and clarifications agreed with the Member States consists of the following parts: - Rostock – Berlin - Brunsbüttel – Hamburg – Berlin – Dresden - Bremerhaven / Wilhelmshaven – Magdeburg – Leipzig / Falkenberg – Dresden - Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Mělník/Praha – Kolín - Kolín – Pardubice – Brno / Přerov – Wien/Bratislava – Győr – Budapest – Arad – Timişoara – Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia - Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas - Plovdiv – Svilengrad - BG/TR border - Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athina – Piraeus - Athina – Patra / Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki / Palaiofarsalos – Igoumenitsa - Piraeus – Heraklion – Lemesos – Lefkosia – Larnaka” (Work Plan of the European Coordinator Mathieu Grosch 2015: 3) "The Corridor aims at fostering the development of key ports as major multimodal logistic platforms and improving the multimodal connections of major economic centres in Central Europe to the coastlines, using rivers such as the Elbe. Its southern part extends, across the Mediterranean Sea, from Greece to Cyprus while its northern part ends in Germany, in the North and Baltic seas…. The actual funding foreseen is only €1.76 billion” (CEF support 2020)(CEF 2020: 3) “The existing infrastructure of the OEM railway network, around 5,800 km long, is not yet fully compliant with the TEN-T requirements, such as operational speed, axle load, electrification, train length and ERTMS. Most of the non-compliant sections are in the southern part of the corridor. The CEF programme addresses this priority identified in the Work Plan since most of the funding (82% of the total portfolio) is allocated to railway Actions. The rail actions selected are expected to upgrade 311 km of railway lines” (CEF 2020: 3) The Orient/East–Med Corridor was discontinued in 2024. References: - https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-modes/rail/ertms/who-involved-ertms-deployment/corridors/orient-east-med-corridor_en - European Commission: Innovation and Networks Executive Agency, CEF support to Orient - East-Med corridor, Publications Office, 2020, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2840/696647 - https://transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/d630da9e-fd28-4311-9bd4-1fde4d7d3830_en?filename=1st_workplan_oem.pdf

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