EU Parliament votes for larger transport budget
Two committees of the EU Parliament have voted in favour of an increased budget for transport in the financing period 2021-2027. The amount comes to 37.8 billion Euros, including the amounts transferred from the Cohesion...Read more
European Parliament asks for larger budget transport infrastructure
The European Parliament has called for a significantly larger budget for transport infrastructure through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme. This is a European financing tool for railway projects such as the TEN-T corridors and the...Read more
Spanish regional governments inject 150 million Euros in Mediterranean Corridor
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
ProRail: ‘From Dutch to Baltic port in 22 hours’
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and block train operator Baltic Rail, subsidiary of Rail World Group, want to shorten transit times of rail freight traffic between the Dutch and Baltic ports. The 1,800 kilometre journey should...Read more
EU Council reaffirms rail potential of TEN-T corridors
The Council of the European Union has formally accepted the latest report on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), of which the EU rail freight corridors are a key element. Ministers from the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy...Read more