This program makes available over 5 billion euros for European transport infrastructure projects.
The European railway sector, represented by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), together with the European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) call upon the European Commission and Member States to develop a strategy that protects the European Union’s modal shift objectives and ensures uninterrupted affordable energy supply for rail transportation.
With this order, MRCE will have a fleet of 147 Vectrons in total.
EU presidency Transport Minister Martin Kupka: digitalisation is a way to make significant savings in terms of the efficiency of transport connections. Another topic of the EU presidency is the further development of the TEN-T network – key routes across Europe, both on rail and in other modes of transport.
The European Commission approves state aid in German to compensate Deutsche Bahn for damages suffered by its subsidiaries because of the coronavirus pandemic.
On the contrary, the proposal extends four European Transport Corridors to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
The European Commission has approved this investment from the Cohesion Fund for the first phase of a project modernizing a railway corridor in Western Bulgaria, part of a bigger TEN-T network between Sofia and the Serbian border.
Revision of the TEN-T regulation, promotion of high-speed railways across Europe, and strengthening of the role of the European Union in space. This was what the transport minister Martin Kupka spoke about to the MEPs.
Around 30 railway CEOs accepted the invitation of Andreas Matthä, ÖBB CEO and President of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) to participate in a summit in Vienna.
PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. has received €937 million in EU funding from the CEF Connecting Europe Facility for modernisation work on the sections: Będzin - Katowice Szopienice Płd. - Katowice - Katowice Piotrowice and Tychy - Goczałkowice-Zdrój.
Completing this transaction with Hitachi Rail was required by the European Commission about the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.
Two days before the Czech EU presidency is starting, the Czech transport minister Martin Kupka discussed all these topics at the meeting of European transport experts in Lyon, France.
The European Union has decided to support 135 transport infrastructure key projects across the continent.
Better connection and development of the European transport network, promotion of high-speed rail lines, and clean mobility. These are some of the issues of the upcoming Czech Presidency of the EU Council in transportation. The Czech Republic will also focus on autonomous transport and support of space activities.
European Commission accused both companies of breaching anti-monopoly rules.
The approval is conditional on full compliance with a commitments package offered by Alstom.
Freight volumes were down by almost -10% in March 2022 (compared to March 2019)
Collaboration between Dutch Hardt Hyperloop and Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, FS Italiane Group, will continue.
The study has shown more energy efficiency, more climate protection, and less energy dependency in this kind of transport.
EU and US have included one of the world's largest railway companies, Russian State Railways, in the sanctions imposed on Russia over the attack on Ukraine.