At least thirty billion Euros has been allocated to the European transport subsidy programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It now looks like the investments in important railway projects such as the TEN-T corridors and the...Read more
Rail freight will be the beneficiary of nearly two billion Euros of funding into strategic rail links in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
The first project will see the European Union’s Cohesion Fund provide 1.3 billion Euros...Read more
A prevailing focus on the Europe-China northern rail freight route is detracting from the possibilities offered by southern Europe and Asia’s other diverse economies, says Professor Richard Griffiths, one of the world’s leading Silk Road...Read more
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) is demanding that European policymakers increase central funding in the coming years to meet the rail – including freight – sector’s needs.
CER wants the budget for...Read more
Construction is well underway on the 55-kilometre Brenner Tunnel that will link Italy and Austria by 2027, and provide a major truck-to-train modal shift opportunity. It will be the world’s longest underground railway link when...Read more
Italian Railways (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana – RFI) has signed a deal with Bologna Freight Village to create an ‘international rail gateway’ by reinvigorating intermodal rail traffic along Italy’s north-south axis and onto its ports.
RFI said...Read more
