Article 24 — Capacity analysis in case of highly utilised or congested railway infrastructure

1. The infrastructure manager shall carry out a capacity analysis within six months of the declaration of railway infrastructure as highly utilised or congested, unless a capacity-enhancement plan, addressing all relevant factors, has been carried out in the five years preceding the declaration of infrastructure as highly utilised or congested or is already being implemented. The capacity analysis shall determine the constraints on railway infrastructure capacity which prevent the inclusion of capacity needs expressed by applicants in the capacity model or in the capacity supply plan, or which prevent requests for railway infrastructure capacity from being adequately met. The capacity analysis shall also include a first indicative set of possible measures to be taken in the short, medium and long term to ease the congestion and increase the availability of capacity. 2. The capacity analysis shall consider the characteristics of railway infrastructure in terms of railway infrastructure capacity, capabilities and interoperability, operating procedures, the nature of the different services operating and the effect of all those factors on railway infrastructure capacity. Measures to be considered shall include, in particular, rerouting services, including via different networks if applicable, retiming services, speed alterations, harmonisation of operating procedures and railway infrastructure improvements. 3. Infrastructure managers shall consult applicants on the draft capacity analysis in accordance with Article 7e of Directive 2012/34/EU and, if the element of railway infrastructure concerned is part of a European Transport Corridor, in accordance with Article 57 of this Regulation. The infrastructure manager shall make the result of the capacity analysis publicly available on its website. ENIM shall make the links to the result of the capacity analysis available on its website. 4. Infrastructure managers shall take into account, where relevant, the results of any capacity analysis carried out, including in other networks concerned, pursuant to this Article in strategic capacity planning, in particular in the capacity strategy, in the capacity model and in the capacity supply plan. The results of the capacity analysis shall be submitted to Member States’ authorities in charge of preparing the indicative railway infrastructure development strategy referred to in Article 8(1) of Directive 2012/34/EU and to the European Coordinator concerned.