capacity granting calendars

In order to meet its clients’ commercial needs, Réseau Ferré de France takes account of their considerations and prepares an annual capacity reservation programme that we call "service timetables". The national railway network’s new service timetable begins each year the second Saturday in December at midnight. It is valid for a single service.

The 2010 service timetable is established according to the capacity granting calendar below.
 

 

Dates	Player	Operation
14 December 2008 to 13 April 2009	The requesting parties...	…request their train paths for the 2010 service timetable
From 14 April to 10 July 2009	Réseau Ferré de France...	…prepares the 2010 service timetable
11 July 2008	Réseau Ferré de France...	…communicates the planned 2010 service timetable, with a detailed response for each requesting party
11 July 2009 to 9 August 2009	The requesting parties...	…send in their comments on the planned service timetable
10 August 2009	Réseau Ferré de France...	…communicates its final train path proposals to the rail companies
10 August 2009 to 21 August 2009	The requesting parties...	… send any comments they may have
4 September 2009	Réseau Ferré de France...	…fixes the service timetable and makes it public
from 13 December 2009 to 11 December 2010	… 2010 service timetable application period

 

Any capacity that remains after the train paths are granted using the service timetable preparation calendar is called "residual capacity". It allows us to meet any requests sent in after the deadline set for the 2010 service timetable, in particular to meet one-off needs.

This capacity is granted according to the calendar below
 

 

Train path requests	Réseau Ferré de France’s train path granting proposal
From 14 April to 10 August 2009	Between 7 and 14 September 2009
After 10 August 2009	In 1 business day for a catalogue train path In 5 business days for a catalogue train path that is subject to minor modifications In 30 calendar days for the construction of a made-to-order train path