Will France miss out on EU funds for the Turin-Lyon railway?
The project for the Turin-Lyon railway continues to create controversies in France. The country is running the serious risk of missing out on key EU funds from the…
Two connections from Poland and Czech Republic to Ukraine launch this autumn
This autumn, two new train services connecting Ukraine and EU countries Poland and Czech Republic will be launched. The Warsaw – Rava-Ruska – Bryukhovychy connection will be launched…
‘Geopolitical necessity’ Rail Baltica receives more EU funding
Rail Baltica has been awarded 928 million euros from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a European funding instrument. Combined with national co-financing from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the…
Ukraine can now fund transport projects via CEF
An agreement between the EU Commission and Ukraine allows the second to benefit from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funds. The deal, which was signed earlier this week,…
Renewed Czech bridge and tunnel allow larger trains to Germany
Czech infrastructure manager Správa železnic has finished the reconstruction of a bridge and tunnel near Děčín, important for international rail freight traffic to and from Germany. Earlier on…
Adif plans standard gauge conversion for section connecting to France
Adif has awarded a contract for the preparations for switching the 138-kilometre long Huesca-Canfranc line in Spain to the standard gauge. It is part of an effort to…
Last phase of Hungarian TEN-T rail project completed
For the first time in two decades, a completely new section of railway tracks on the main Hungarian network has been constructed. As part of the modernisation of…
Analysis
77 percent of CEF financing in first call for TEN-T goes to rail
In the first round of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), 77,7 percent will go to railway projects, an analysis by RailTech.com shows.…
These ETCS projects are selected to receive European subsidy
The European Commission has selected 135 transport infrastructure projects to receive subsidies from CEF transport, an EU funding instrument with a budget of 5,4 billion euros for this…
Railway infrastructure benefits from EU Military Mobility fund
To improve infrastructure for military and civilian purposes, the EU has selected 22 projects and grants 339 million euros from the Military Mobility fund in the first round,…
40 percent of Belgian track now equipped with ETCS
In the province of Antwerp, 65 kilometres of track were equipped with the European safety system ETCS within two days. With this step, 40 percent of the Belgian…
Czech Republic selects contractors for rail modernisation to Slovakia
Sweden-based construction group Skanska and the Czech Elektrizace železnic Praha are selected to modernise part of a railway line from Czech Republic to Slovakia. The modernisation of the…
More money invested in roads than rail, where is the shift?
Railways are constantly hailed as the future for sustainable mobility, and leaders stumble over each other to say that we need a shift to rail. But when looking…
Interview
‘Rail Baltica is at least three times more expensive for Estonia than HS2 for the UK’
Rail Baltica is without a doubt one of the largest railway projects in Europe, but there exist doubts about whether the benefits outweigh the high costs in the…
7 billion euros available for EU infrastructure projects
A call for proposals launched on 16 September under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport programme makes available 7 billion euros for projects targeting new, upgraded and…