Article 31 — Cooperation in the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and capacity in service facilities

1. Infrastructure managers and operators of service facilities that are offering services which are necessary for operating a rail transport service and whose service facilities are part of the trans-European transport network as specified in the Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, including those located in the urban nodes defined in Article 3(6) of that Regulation, shall cooperate with a view to ensuring that the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and capacity in service facilities is consistent. 2. Infrastructure managers shall provide a list in the network statement of the service facilities referred to in paragraph 1. 3. Infrastructure managers shall ensure that applicants can request, in a single place and in a single operation, railway infrastructure capacity rights and capacity in the service facilities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, using the one-stop shop established under Article 66(5). 4. Infrastructure managers may enter into an agreement with operators of other service facilities for the joint provision of capacity. 5. For the purposes of paragraph 3, infrastructure managers and operators of service facilities shall coordinate the capacity and shall provide capacity rights, including capacity in the service facility that meets the requirements of the applicant, or shall make an effort to provide a viable alternative to the capacity requested. 6. The operators of service facilities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall make available information about the available capacity to the infrastructure manager in a digital format in accordance with Article 66(5). Real-time information shall be provided whenever supported by the digital tools referred to in Article 66(5). 7. This Article shall not apply to operators of service facilities benefiting from an exemption under Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2177.