9 years until the Brenner Base Tunnel: let’s look at where we are
With a length of 64 kilometres, including the bypass of Innsbruck, the Brenner Base Tunnel will be the longest underground railway connection in the world. With construction works hitting important milestones, this is a good...Read more
The new basin at the port of Basel will have a railway section
Big changes are ahead for the port of Basel, Switzerland’s only access to the Rhine river and therefore a key point for developing the TEN-T Rhine-Alpine Corridor. The Parliament of Canton Basel-Stadt has submitted to...Read more
The Spanish northwest wants to be on Atlantic TEN-T Corridor
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
This is what it costs to double EU’s rail freight share by 2050
The share of rail freight transport is projected to double until 2050. In order to handle the growing volumes, a public investment of 490 billion euros is needed into the TEN-T rail infrastructure. This comes...Read more
Not broad gauge to Europe, but normal gauge to Ukraine
The possibility of extending the European railway gauge to Ukraine and Moldova has become more than just a proposal. The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched a pre- feasibility study, which...Read more
Not enough funds for TEN-T implementation in the Netherlands
Full implementation of all the requirements under the revised TEN-T network is not financially possible in the Netherlands. This was concluded by the infrastructure manager of the Netherlands, ProRail, based on the draft revision of...Read more
EU Commission: 5 billion euros in infrastructure investments with multimodal angle
The European Commission is ready to release 5,12 billion euros through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in infrastructure projects targeting mainly the TEN-T network and multimodal transport. For interested parties, a call for proposals will...Read more
Will Finland adopt the European gauge?
Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka has called the recent proposal by the European Commission on the European standard rail gauge “unreasonable”. The views of Finnish officials and experts vary, but specifically the...Read more
Bulgaria: 110 million euro from the EU to modernise TEN-T corridor
The European Commission has approved the allocation of 110 million euro, as part of the Cohesion Fund, to modernise a railway corridor in Western Bulgaria that is part of the TEN-T network between Sofia and...Read more
77% of CEF financing in first call for TEN-T goes to rail
ANALYSISIn the first round of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), 77,7 per cent will go to railway projects. Sixty-seven rail projects across Europe will be funded for a total...Read more
EU invests billions in infrastructure projects-rail gets fair share of the pie
The EU Commission has selected 135 transport infrastructure projects eligible for EU grants. Brussels will allocate 5,4 billion euros to them through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), targeting the development of the TEN-T network and...Read more
TEN-T map for Ukraine back on the table, this time prioritised
The EU and Ukraine have dusted off the TEN-T maps for Ukraine, and are more willing than ever before to invest in the transport connections to and from the country. The maps that were initially...Read more
TEN-T revision: a good idea, but this must not be forgotten
In completing the TEN-T network, capacity for freight should not be forgotten, infrastructure works should not interrupt rail freight too much and the punctuality of freight trains should be monitored at the very least. Also,...Read more
EU: TEN-T provides too little alternative rail capacity
The European TEN-T investment programme to expand the trans-European transport corridors does not yet provide enough extra rail capacity to shift more freight transport from road to rail.Read moreThe revision of the TEN-T Regulation is here, this is on Europe’s agenda
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
More money invested in roads than rail, is this the modal 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 moreNorthern Netherlands could close gap in TEN-T network
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
7 billion euros available for EU infrastructure projects
A call for proposals launched on 16 September under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport programme makes available 7 billion euros for projects targeting new, upgraded and improved European transport infrastructure. The majority of...Read more‘No Green Deal without investments in rail infrastructure’
Investment in rail infrastructure and the EU-added value this creates, are extremely important if the EU wants to achieve its objectives of decarbonisation, digitalisation, and increased competitiveness. This will be the core message of the...Read more