Text file: 3797.txt
author: lipi
downvotes: 3
end consideration date: 2012-11-13
id: '3797'
number comments: 7
number views: 3158
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning\n1) The\
  \ processes of reorganisation, rehabilitation and improvement of the performance\
  \ of the obligatory public service carrier (S\u017D-Potni\u0161ki promet, d.o.o.)\
  \ have already been implemented or, depending on the status and type of measure,\
  \ are still being implemented. All of them are characterised by the implementation\
  \ of measures aimed at increasing the competitiveness and quality of service in\
  \ the performance of this activity by reorganising business processes and reducing\
  \ overall operating costs. The measures have in all cases included, among other\
  \ measures, staff reductions and labour cost reductions. On the basis of the Railway\
  \ Act, the competent Ministry issued the Rules on the equipment of railway stations\
  \ and stops (Official Gazette of the RS, No 72/09), which specify the equipment,\
  \ including ticket vending machines. S\u017D-Potni\u0161ki promet, d.o.o. has a\
  \ self-service terminal for the sale of rail tickets in testing at the Ljubljana\
  \ passenger station.  The Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning is implementing\
  \ an integrated public passenger transport project, which aims to create the conditions\
  \ for the introduction of a single ticket and the harmonisation of timetables at\
  \ bus and rail level by 2014. The project is one of the activities of the Ministry\
  \ of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning contributing to the implementation of the\
  \ Resolution on the Transport Policy of the Republic of Slovenia. The establishment\
  \ of the JPP integration system will allow passengers to change from train to bus\
  \ and vice versa on a specific route or in a specific area with a single ticket,\
  \ which means an improvement in terms of timetable.  \n2) Slovenian Railways has\
  \ an effective action plan in its austerity programme, based on optimisation and\
  \ rationalisation of both business and work processes to increase economy and efficiency.\
  \ The Railway Safety Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No 36/10)\
  \ lays down the conditions for ensuring safe and orderly rail transport, the responsibilities\
  \ and powers of participants in ensuring the safety of rail transport. The conditions\
  \ laid down in the law require that the train be occupied by the prescribed number\
  \ of executive staff (train manager, conductor), that they have the appropriate\
  \ education and professional qualifications, which depend on the type, length of\
  \ the train, the traction unit and the equipment of the line and the railway vehicles.\
  \ The task of the executive staff directly involved in rail transport/trains intended\
  \ for the carriage of passengers is not only the checking of tickets, but also a\
  \ number of other more important tasks related to passenger safety and incidents\
  \ connected with rail transport which could affect its safety. 3) The carriage of\
  \ passengers by internal and cross-border regional rail is provided by the State\
  \ as a public good by means of a compulsory economic public service to the extent\
  \ defined by the transport policy in the field of public passenger transport. The\
  \ scope of the services of the compulsory public utility service for a given timetable\
  \ period shall be determined by a timetable for passenger transport adopted by the\
  \ economic operator after prior approval by the Ministry. If the needs of the inhabitants\
  \ of a given area are greater than the supply of transport provided by the mandatory\
  \ public service, it may also be provided and financed by the local community. 4)\
  \ Slovenian Railways - Potni\u0161ki promet, d.o.o. and Slovenian Railways - Infrastruktura,\
  \ d.o.o. shall have in place passenger information on delays and notifications required\
  \ for users/passengers. On the basis of the Railway Act, the competent Ministry\
  \ issued the Regulation on the equipment of railway stations and stops (Official\
  \ Journal of the RS, No 72/09), which specifies the equipment of railway stations\
  \ and stops, including the passenger information system. The competent ministry\
  \ is preparing a Resolution of the National Programme for the Development of Public\
  \ Railway Infrastructure until 2030. The key purpose of this Resolution is to define,\
  \ based on the existing state of financial capacity and needs, the scope and priorities\
  \ of renewals, upgrades and constructions on public railway infrastructure with\
  \ the aim of increasing the competitiveness and accessibility of the railway network\
  \ in Slovenia. 5 and 6) The Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning is preparing\
  \ a Resolution of the National Programme for the Development of Public Railway Infrastructure\
  \ until 2030."
response date: 2013-02-11
response due date: null
sent date: 2012-10-15
title: Proposals to improve rail transport
upvotes: 12
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/3797
