Vision 2050+ upgrades the current Transport Development Strategy (2015) for the period until 2030. Vision 2050+ serves as a framework for further railway planning activities, as it represents a possible, but not final, set of measures. The set of measures does not constrain any additional measures, spatial, organisational, administrative, or multimodal, that will be needed in the coming decades.
For the period through 2035, the set of measures for the rail network is more or less final. It includes the implementation of ongoing projects, the modernization of the TEN-T network, the implementation of measures to introduce a clockface timetable in the areas of Ljubljana in Maribor and other immediate measures. The time until 2035 must be used to develop new connections and define the concept of the Ljubljana railway node. In addition, appropriate transport policy support measures must be adapted (e.g. the inclusion of bus public transport, discouraging the use of cars).
When planning the measures, passenger demand, phased implementation, construction under traffic, spatial and economic feasibility, and social acceptability were considered. The article describes the process, criteria and tools for analysis, modelling and design.

vision; railway; planning