C-OSS

The Corridor One-Stop-Shop (C-OSS) is the joint body of the Infrastructure Managers/Allocation Body involved in Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic and facilitates train path management for international rail freight along the Corridor. 
The C-OSS is the only point of access for applicants to request and receive offers for the Corridor capacity products.

The C-OSS manages and offers you internationally coordinated rail freight paths between all involved rail infrastructure managers and allocation body along the RFC North Sea - Baltic based on standard parameters for rail freight.

Your C-OSS Manager for Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic: 

Anna Difliff
mobile: +49 1523 7525962
e-mail: coss@rfc8.eu

Mission

Single point of contact for international rail freight along the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea - Baltic (read more)

Functions

The C-OSS manages and offers you internationally coordinated rail freight paths between all involved rail infrastructure managers and allocation body along the RFC North Sea - Baltic based on standard parameters for rail freight.

The main functions of the C-OSS are as follows:

  • offering PaPs exclusively reserved for international rail freight;
  • offering RC for international ad-hoc traffic;
  • coordination of PaP construction in cooperation with the infrastructure managers and allocation body of the corridor;
  • transparent and up-to-date path catalogues for fast and reliable PaPs and RC;
  • a booking tool (PCS) bundling the path ordering process;
  • one allocation decision on basis of harmonized priority rules for PaPs on the whole corridor;
  • allocation of PaPs and RC on behalf of infrastructure managers and allocation body;
  • service guarantee by the C-OSS acting as one face to the customer for all timetable offers, including feeder/outflow paths;
  • provision of all information concerning by the C-OSS offered capacity.

Additionally, the C-OSS, as a joint body of the Infrastructure Managers is acting as the working group leader of the working group “TT/C-OSS” (read more).

Added values of C-OSS

New customer service concept for international rail freight capacity on the Rail Freight Corridor North Sea - Baltic (read more)

C-OSS offer

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