Another year needed to complete Rastatt tunnel after 2017 collapse
The completion of the Rastatt tunnel on the Rhine Alpine corridor is pushed back again. The railway tunnel in Germany will not be operational until mid-2026, Deutsche Bahn (DB) has said. The tunnel was planned...Read more
Adif presents study on Granada railway gauge conversion
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif will switch the Granada-Almería section of the Mediterranean Corridor to the European standard gauge, as well as electrify the line and implement advanced signalling and communication systems. Last week, Adif president...Read more
EU wants standard European track gauge for all member states
The European Commission wants to beef up Europe’s internal transport connectivity and to that end has suggested that all new railways be built to the standard European gauge. The news came with the proposal announced...Read more
Rail associations to analyse requirements for new affordable high-speed services across Europe
The European Rail Supply Industry Association (UNIFE), ALLRAIL and the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EU Body Europe’s Rail on Wednesday for a new study...Read more
ETS revision with direct benefits for rail adopted by European Parliament
The EU Parliament’s plenary session on Wednesday, 22 June, voted in favour of revising the EU Emissions Trading System. In practice, this means that the ETS will include emissions from all transport modes, while its...Read more
EIB to support purchase of high-speed trains by Trenitalia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) this week announced it will be supporting the purchase of high-speed trains by Trenitalia for use in Italy and Spain. The EIB will do so through subscriptions of Ferrovie dello...Read more
European Commission proposed TEN-T revision
The European Commission has published its proposal for a revised Regulation on Union guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The revised TEN-T Regulation is in line with the European Green Deal’s...Read more
EU still lags with major infrastructure projects
A comparative review conducted by the European Court of Auditors identified that the EU policies are still quite weak when it comes to implementing infrastructure projects. Even though the EU does not face strategy definition...Read more
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 at the investments that were made in...Read more
Northern Netherlands could be vital European rail link
With new and improved railway connections, the Northern Netherlands can fulfill an important linking function in Europe and close a gap in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). This appears from a report published by the...Read more