Topic: Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T)

First Czech high-speed line to be designed by Czech-French-British consortium

The design work of the first Czech high-speed line in the Elbe had been recently awarded. Completion of the design by a Czech-French-British consortium is expected in mid-2022.…
Monika Heiming: the Year of Rail should be more than just marketing

“It is a great idea to declare 2021 European Year of Rail, the timing could not have been better”, says Monika Heiming, director of the European association for…
Adif finishes part of Spanish section Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor

In Catalonia, Spain, Adif has finished railway works on the Martorell-Sant Sadurní section, part of the Mediterranean Rail Freight Corridor. The Martorell tunnel is adapted to the European…
New European mobility strategy aims to triple high-speed rail traffic

The European Commission aims to double high-speed rail traffic within ten years and to triple it by 2050. Rail freight traffic must also have doubled by that time.…
EU funds new rail link between Netherlands and Germany

This year, the Netherlands is getting a subsidy of 18.5 million euros from Brussels for international rail connections. This money will be spent on the Wunderline between Groningen…
Catherine Trautmann wins European Railway Award

Catherine Trautmann, coordinator of the TEN-T North Sea-Baltic rail corridor, has won the European Railway Award on Wednesday in Brussels. She also received a check of 10 thousand…
Albania and Greece consider interstate rail connection

Albania and Greece have launched a joint feasibility study for the construction of a 130-kilometre railway between the countries. The new line would establish a new railway corridor…
European Parliament asks for larger budget transport infrastructure

The European Parliament has called for a significantly larger budget for transport infrastructure through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport programme, a European financing tool for railway projects…
CEF budget proposal: 30.6 billion Euros for European transport

The European Commission has unveiled its definitive proposal for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget for the period 2021-2027. It confirmed a CEF Transport budget of 30.6 billion…
European Commission launches CEF 2018 call for proposals

The European Commission has launched the 2018 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport call for proposals that opens co-financing possibilities for projects supporting the policy orientations of the Third…
‘Important EU railway projects secured under post-2020 budget’

At least thirty billion Euros have been allocated to the European transport subsidy programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It now looks like the investments in important railway projects…
‘More EU funding needed for completion TEN-T network’

Over forty stakeholders from the transport and related sectors jointly unveiled the Ljubljana Declaration, asking for an increased EU budget for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) under the…