Pre-arranged paths are exclusively distributed and managed by the Corridor One-Stop-Shop on behalf of the national infrastructure managers/allocation bodies. Therefore it is essential that the displayed dedicated capacity is protected against subsequent adaptations (dislocation, shifting etc.) by the IMs/ABs due to other path requests during the allocation phase. Path Request Management is executed entirely by the IT-Tool PCS and for the first time ever the decision on path allocation will be done by the Corridor One-Stop-Shop for the entire international pre-arranged path segment on the basis of one harmonized allocation rule.

National Catalogue Paths may be requested at national infrastructure managers and will still be allocated by the national IMs individually based on national rules only.

The PaP-Catalogue is published mid-January of every year for the following network timetable (11 months before timetable change). The Pre-arranged Path Catalogue will be displayed on the website of the Corridor and in the IT-Tool PCS of RNE.

A pre-arranged path is reserved capacity in the IMs planning system/tool. Also protected against major changes triggered due to other path requests during the allocation phase performed by the Corridor One-Stop-Shop. In this sense pre-arranged paths are dedicated for rail freight only.