Adopted was Mr Frits CASTRICUM's (NL, PES) report on a Directive on the
operability of the trans-European high-speed rail system. The aim of this
proposed Directive is to promote the interlinking and interoperability of
national high-speed railways and to create the conditions for the
development of an open and competition-orientated market in the high-speed
rail sector. Rapporteur CASTRICUM had retabled amendments on upholding some
political demans at first reading in order to provide the further
development of these networks. This is particularly true of the goal of
progressively making trans-frontier regional transport, rapid goods
transport and, at a later stage, the entire rail transport system
interoperable. The public should also have easy access to the high-speed
network. also have easy access to the high-speed network.
also have easy access to the high-speed network.