5.1 INTRODUCTION

SECTION 5 – SERVICES

5.1 INTRODUCTION

The definition of the general regulatory guidelines, relating to the production and procurement of the service by the RU, shall be contained in the measures adopted by the TRA, pursuant to article 37 of DL 201/2011 (amended and converted into Law 214/2011) and article 13(13) of Legislative Decree 112/15.

Following is an overview of the different types of services provided by the Manager:

a) Minimum Access Package

The infrastructure manager, having regard to the payment of the access charge and utilisation of the infrastructure, guarantees that all railway undertakings allocated train paths, at fair and non-discriminatory conditions, the provision of the following services forming the minimum access package:  handling rail infrastructure capacity requests for the purpose of concluding the access contracts;  right to access the allocated capacity;  utilisation of the rail infrastructure, including the points and connecting tracks;  control and regulation of train traffic, signalling and train routing and communication of all information on traffic;  utilisation of the electrical power supply system for the traction electricity, if available;  all other information needed to perform or manage the service for which the capacity has been granted;  Ferry service to/from Sicily (Villa S. Giovanni – Messina route) and Sardinia (Villa S. Giovanni/Messina – Golfo Aranci route);  infrastructure connecting service facilities.

b) Guaranteed access to service facilities and supply of services

RFI, acting as an operator of service facilities, provides to all railway undertakings, at fair, non-discriminatory and transparent conditions, access to the railway lines and to the following service facilities and yards, if existing, and to the services delivered thereat:  passenger stations, with regard to the functional structures, travel information systems and suitable locations for ticketing services and other functional structures for rail operations;  freight terminals;  train coupling/uncoupling areas, including shunting facilities;  areas, facilities and buildings for parking and storage of rolling stock and freight;  maintenance facilities, with the exception of heavy maintenance facilities dedicated to high-speed trains or to other types of rolling stock requiring specific facilities;  train washing facility;  refuelling facilities  clearing of infrastructure with equipped emergency cars.  waste water draining.

c) Additional Services

If RFI, as the service facility operator, provides the following additional services, the latter are provided at the request of the railway undertakings, at fair, non-discriminatory and transparent conditions.