Ukraine has started building yet another track to the border with the EU. The planned European-gauge track will run from Uzhhorod to Chop on the border with Hungary and Slovakia. Ukraine started building a track...Read more
UPDATEThe railway line between Zagreb and Rijeka in Croatia will remain closed until 22 December for restoration works. The closure follows the collision of a freight train and a track maintenance vehicle on the line’s...Read more
A railway accident occurred on Monday, 11 December, near the Croatian port of Rijeka. A freight train carrying corn collided with a track maintenance vehicle of the Croatian Infrastructure Manager HŽ Infrastruktura. As a result,...Read more
The Quadrante Europa intermodal centre in Verona, in northern Italy, will undergo a major upgrade including two new tracks, a fourth gantry crane, and a brand new intermodal terminal. The terminal plays a key role...Read more
The Madrid-Vicálvaro intermodal terminal is currently undergoing a comprehensive remodeling that will see the implementation of 18 tracks to handle 740-metre trains. Last week, Spanish infrastructure manager Adif launched a tender to start the third...Read more
Voestalpine Railway Systems Jez has been tasked with the supply and transport of track devices for the standard gauge connection of Hupac’s La Llagosta terminal in Barcelona with the Mediterranean Corridor. The Spanish manufacturer will...Read more
Sant’Anna Waters, one of the largest Italian water companies, is shifting its transportation services from road to rail in northern Italy. Thanks to a collaboration with Mercitalia Rail and Logistica Uno, one weekly train will...Read more
CMA CGM launched a new rail service linking the port of Valencia with Murcia, both in southeastern Spain. This rail section is part of the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor. With this new service, the industrial area...Read more
The expansion of the Zaragoza Maritime Terminal (TMZ) in northeastern Spain has officially started. The project aims at doubling the number of trains handled in the Spanish terminal every year, from 3,500 to 7,000. Read more
The new rail section connecting the Slovenian port of Koper with Divaca will have a double track. The new project is expected to divert significant volumes from the road to a new, modern rail connection...Read more
The Spanish regions Galicia, Asturias, and Castilla y Leon are demanding to be involved in the Atlantic Corridor of the TEN-T network. The three regions prepared an investment plan, amounting to 7,9 billion euros, to...Read more
The Spanish government published its Indicative Strategy for developing, maintaining, and renovating the railway infrastructure in December. However, the European Alliance Association for the development of Railway Corridors pointed out a series of deficiencies concerning...Read more
Spain has been quite active in the past years in the realisation of the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor, expected to link Spain and Hungary, crossing Europe from west to east. Adif, the Spanish infrastructure manager, provided...Read more
Last week, María Luisa Domínguez, president of Spanish infrastructure manager Adif and Xavier Flores, General Secretary of Infrastructures of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, presented the results of the study on the...Read more
Spain will have a dedicated rail freight line with European gauge along the Catalonian coast. The Spanish Transport Ministry has decided to develop a new rail track from Castellbisbal, in the south of Barcelona province,...Read more
The regional governments of Valencia and Aragon have agreed to co-invest around 150 million Euros to build several sections of the railway line between Zaragoza and Sagunto. This railway line connects the Mediterranean Corridor with...Read more
The Spanish and the French governments have opened a call for expression of interest in running two main train services connecting the two countries. One train service will connect Vitoria in Spain to the French...Read more
Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardia have signed and agreement with rail operator RFI to increase intermodal transport in these northwestern Italian regions on October 17 in Rome. This agreement has committed an investment of 18 billion euros...Read more
The Valencian Association of Entrepreneurs (AVE) in Spain demands a quicker development of the Mediterranean Corridor, it said during a seminar where the vital corridor was discussed in Madrid on the 3rd of October.
Two thousand...Read more
A rail freight infrastructure programme for Slovenia that would cost a billion Euros is to be put to a referendum, following a vote by the country’s Parliament. The 27-kilometre line is designed to speed up...Read more
