Topic: Sharon Dijksma

Rhine-Alpine rail freight corridor could see longer trains by 2021

Longer freight trains could be operating on the vital Rhine-Alpine rail freight corridor by 2021, building on the ‘booming success’ of the route which saw nearly 170,000 international freight trains operate in 2016, European ministers...Read more

02-06-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Rotterdam gets go-ahead for port line Betuweroute revamp

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has been given the go-ahead for a 275 million Euros port railway scheme that will redirect a 4 kilometre stretch of line marking the start of the vital Netherlands-Germany Betuweroute...Read more

30-05-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

German section of key Betuweroute freight link faces delays

The German section of the vital Betuweroute freight line faces a significant delay, the Dutch Transport Secretary Sharon Dijksma has said. In a letter to Parliament, she said the official schedule for the 70 kilometre...Read more

16-02-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy