According to Article 10 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC[1] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, the rail network should include the infrastructures and the facilities which enable rail and road and, where appropriate, maritime services and air transport services to be integrated. In this regard, particular attention should be paid to the connection of regional airports to the network.
One or more of the following functions should be met by any component of the rail network:
it should play an important role in long-distance passenger traffic
it should permit interconnection with airports, where appropriate
it should permit access to regional and local rail networks
it should facilitate freight transport by means of the identification and development of trunk routes dedicated to freight or routes on which freight trains have a priority
it should play an important role in combined transport
it should permit interconnection via ports of common interest with short sea shipping and inland waterways
^Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network
January 01, 1970
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