UNIQUE KEY PERFORMANCES INDICATORS FOR RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGERS

Abstract

Performance indicators as well as the infrastructure manager (IM) business vary from country to country and depend on the level of the country's rail system development, the railway network size, the national railway company's restructuring model, and the number of operators on the network, etc. In order to harmonize IMs business and managing the network performances, the European Commission proposed the adoption of a platform for monitoring the performance of the railway network and the operations of IMs. Based on the adopted platform in 2013, a project called the European Railway Infrastructure Platform - PRIME was launched. Implementation of this project will establish direct cooperation and common priorities between the IMs, defined comparable indicators and key performances indicators (KPI) for the network and IM activities, improved the management and use of infrastructure, provision of transport services, access to infrastructure, more efficient IM operations, etc. The paper presents the concept of defining unique KPI for the network and business operation of the IM as well as the structure of the KPI catalog. The IM network KPI and business operations from the Slovak Republic were presented, with an assessment of the possible monitoring and implementation of similar KPI for network and operations of IM in the Republic of Serbia.