Any changes to the train composition shall be carried out independently by the RU and access to the dedicated areas for these activities shall be requested in accordance with paragraph 5.3.1. The rail link does not include any other service requested by the RU, which shall, therefore, be subject to extra charging. RFI ensures the maritime rail link to/from the mainland and Sicily (Villa S. Giovanni-Messina route), Sardinia (Messina/Villa S. Giovanni-Golfo Aranci route). RFI undertakes to provide the carriages with electric power throughout the ferry crossing, unless this is impossible for proven technical reasons. The RU undertakes to comply with the maximum load prescriptions applicable to the carriages and to present wagons containing dangerous goods only for expressly appointed trips. The RU undertakes, in this case, to comply with the applicable regulations and to take all the necessary steps to ensure the transport safety of the wagons containing these goods. RFI shall take over the carriages and wagons for the ferry crossing from the moment in which the RU makes them available for embarkation and shall return them to the RU after completion of the disembarkation operation. The IM, however, shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to the goods and/or injury to persons occurring prior to the carriages and wagons are made available to it by the RU and after the disembarkation operation. During the embarkation/disembarkation operations and the ferry crossing, RFI shall be responsible for any loss or damage to the goods and/or injury to persons occurring in connection therewith, unless it can be proved at the event occurred through no fault of its own. Infrastructure connecting service facilities RFI guarantees to the RU the right to use the national rail infrastructure to access the connecting service facilities owned by parties other than RFI itself.
5.3
GUARANTEED ACCESS TO SERVICES FACILITIES AND SUPPLY OF SERVICES
With reference to the services outlined in paragraph 5.1.1, letter b), above, with regard to the RFI facilities, the following rules shall apply:
5.3.1 Guaranteed access facilities (updated in December 2019) Unless otherwise indicated, the perimeter and characteristics of the facilities where RFI provides the services are shown in paragraph 3.6, while the procedures and timescales for making the relevant requests are shown in paragraphs 4.3.2 and 4.3.3.
5.3.1.1 Passenger stations, with regard to the functional structures, travel information systems and suitable locations for ticketing services and other functional structures for rail operations (updated in July 2020) Description of service The service consists in making available to each company operating in railway passenger transport service undertaking station spaces for self-service ticket machines (SSTM), information desks and ticket validators, as well as technical and station premises and areas for staffed ticket offices and passenger reception and assistance facilities. Minimum allocation of the asset for service The access service to the areas in question provides for the provision of the following minimum facilities: Non-automatic ticket offices and functional facilities for their operation ticketing area lighting system of the common areas preparation of the electrical system 128
