By 2024-07-18T11:50:00+01:00 EUROPE: Rail projects are to receive 80% of the €7bn of Connecting Europe Facility co-financing grant funding announced by the European Commission on July 17 the Lyon – Torino and Brenner tunnel corridors numerous ERTMS deployments and work to better integrate Ukraine’s railways with the EU network Among the largest single allocations is a grant worth €813m to support the early development of the Porto – Lisboa high speed line which is being taken forward as a PPP project Rail Baltica project promoter RB Rail receives around €1·1bn in two tranches Around 83% of the funding will support projects relating to the EU’s climate objectives mainly by improving and modernising railways inland waterways and maritime routes on the TEN-T network The revised TEN-T Regulation took effect on July 18 The 134 selected projects have been chosen from 408 applications submitted under the call for proposals which closed on January 18 The CEF Transport Programme for 2021-27 is making €25·8bn available to co-fund TEN-T projects in the Member States ‘This is the largest call under the current CEF Transport programme’ ‘The selected projects will help transform Europe’s transport network making cleaner transport modes more efficient and attractive for passengers and freight while enhancing safety across the TEN-T I am especially pleased that several projects supporting the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes have been funded These new corridors are of key importance to help integrate Ukraine and Moldova into the EU.’ Baseline3 Level2 to promote safety and cross border transport - Development of the multimodal passenger hub : Detailed studies RING: Capacity Enhancement of the Ferencváros – Kelenföld Section deployment on the Emilia – Romagna regional fleets circulating on the TEN- T corridors BAC PORTUGAL: The LusoLav consortium led by Mota-Engil has been selected to build the initial 71 km Porto – Oiã section of the Lisboa – Porto high speed corridor EUROPE: Environmental campaigning organisation Greenpeace has produced a comprehensive study of rail services between major European cities highlighting the ‘untapped potential’ for new direct trains which could replace flights The Connection Failed report looks at 990 routes between 45 cities POLAND: Prime Minister Donald Tusk has recommitted his government to implementing the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny high speed rail and airport programme When the current government came to power at the end of last year it quickly initiated a review of the previous administration’s plans for the .. Site powered by Webvision Cloud