Preventing congestion amongst RID transports

Existing information on the number of transports entering Finland was not used for the management of railway network capacity and, where necessary, the restriction of RID traffic coming from Russia. According to their own interpretations, the Finnish Transport Agency and VR had no means of restricting traffic. The Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications lacked information on the safety risk posed by congestion.

Railway traffic operators, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency and the competent authorities must develop means of preventing traffic congestion amongst transports with dangerous goods arriving from Russia. The acquisition and use of predictive information must be developed in particular.

For managing rail capacity, use should be made of the information held by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency on the number of wagons in the country and rail transport operators’ advance knowledge of transports.

Existing information on the number of transports entering Finland was not used for the management of railway network capacity and, where necessary, the restriction of RID traffic coming from Russia. According to their own interpretations, the Finnish Transport Agency and VR had no means of restricting traffic. The Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications lacked information on the safety risk posed by congestion.