Trans-European transport network: Community guidelines

This proposal for a decision aimed to adopt the guidelines to be implemented in the transport sector, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XII of the Treaty on European Union, on trans-European networks. The trans-European transport network, as envisaged, had the following characteristics: - roads: 58 000 km to be built, modernised or realigned; - railways: 70 000 km of lines, including 23 000 km of high-speed lines and conventional lines modernised to take speeds of over 200 km/h; - inland waterways: 12 000 km of waterways; - combined transport: development of well-equipped intermodal corridors and platforms to ensure effective transhipment of goods between railways, roads, inland waterways and shipping routes; - airports: 250 of Community significance; - European radio navigation system, based on satellites: this would help the network to function correctly and safely. The investment needed to develop this network amounted to around ECU 400 billion over the next 15 years. Public funding would be supplemented by public/private partnerships, the arrangements for which were being examined within a working party chaired by Commissioner Christophersen. �