Luxemburg Charge Unit Differentiation Cost covered Equals the cost that can be allocated directly to running the Minimum service railway service and include a fee for scarcity of access to infrastructure capabilities Regular train path Access and Pre-arranged extraordinary train request of Train path path Tailor made extraordinary path Freight Combined transport freight Operation of path (track Train passenger train wear) Passenger train Running locomotive Capacity / congestion Train charge Note: A performance regime is applied with penalties and compensations Netherlands Charge Unit Differentiation Cost covered Differentiation between Covers the incremental cost of freight and passengers Access operating a train on the train.km / Freight: train km by network. Measured by a Variable tonne.km graduated weight category Usage Charge percentage of wear and tear cost Passengers: km by in total maintenance costs. graduated weight category No segmentation, defined by km per train type/weight, Covers cost of transport of Electrification per € use of train type and speed (actual electricity only, wear and tear KwH electrical wire usage in case gauges have of wire not included been fitted) Six categories of stations (by size/number of passengers). Recovery of ProRail’s part of Three train categories defined station maintenance; ProRail by percentage of stops on does not own the stations, but Access via rail per stop their total route. has a right of use of the tracks € to railway per Category A: at max. 15% and passenger corridors to and stations category of stations on route from platforms. Charge covers Category B: stops at max. only the costs involved with 50% of stations on route corridors (cleaning and Category C: stops at 51-100% maintenance) of stations on route per € Two categories: service areas meter of Covers incremental cost of controlled centrally/ Shunting and track / track wear and tear measured by decentrally (switch points day / a percentage of maintenance parking controlled locally or month cost centrally) year
Electrification Luxemburg Charge Unit Differentiation Cost covered Minimum service Equals the cost that can be allocated directly to running the railway service and include a fee for scarcity of access to infrastructure capabilities Access and request of path Train Regular train path Pre-arranged extraordinary train path Tailor made extraordinary path Operation of path (track wear) Train Freight Combined transport freight passenger train Passenger train Running locomotive Capacity / congestion charge Train Note: A performance regime is applied with penalties and compensations Netherlands Charge Unit Differentiation Cost covered Access Variable Usage Charge train.km / tonne.km Differentiation between freight and passengers Freight: train km by graduated weight category Passengers: km by graduated weight category Covers the incremental cost of operating a train on the network. Measured by a percentage of wear and tear cost in total maintenance costs. use of electrical wire € per KwH No segmentation, defined by km per train type/weight, train type and speed (actual usage in case gauges have been fitted) Covers cost of transport of electricity only, wear and tear of wire not included Access via rail to railway stations € per stop per category Six categories of stations (by size/number of passengers). Three train categories defined by percentage of stops on their total route. Category A: at max. 15% of stations on route Category B: stops at max. 50% of stations on route Category C: stops at 51-100% of stations on route Recovery of ProRail’s part of station maintenance; ProRail does not own the stations, but has a right of use of the tracks and passenger corridors to and from platforms. Charge covers only the costs involved with corridors (cleaning and maintenance) Shunting and parking € per meter of track / day / month year Two categories: service areas controlled centrally/ decentrally (switch points controlled locally or centrally) Covers incremental cost of track wear and tear measured by a percentage of maintenance cost
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