The European Commission announced an ambitious investment plan where rail projects are prioritized. A total of 140 projects will receive approximately € 2 billion with the intention of improving Europe's transport system
Of these projects, 55 refer to railway infrastructure projects in the main network of the TEN-T, which represent 1.6 billion euros.
The Executive Agency for Innovation and Networks expects to sign the grant agreements with the project beneficiaries by January 2021 at the latest.
The type of projects in which it is invested ranges from inland waterway transport to multimodal connections, alternative fuels and massive rail infrastructure.
Below is a table of the projects contemplated in the announced investment plan:
|
Project |
Type |
Applicant country |
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Studies for a new double-track railway line between Salzburg and Neumarkt-Köstendorf |
Studies |
Austria |
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Planning of a new four-track railway line between Linz and Wels |
Studies |
Austria |
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Development of prototypes for the upgrade of vehicles with ETCS SRS2.3.0d on-board equipment to ETCS SRS 3.6.0 |
Works |
Belgium |
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Increasing performance on four freight sections on all core network corridors in Belgium |
Works |
Belgium |
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Increasing capacity by adding a thord and fourth track between Brugge and Gent |
Works |
Belgium |
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Railway connection between Burgas station and Burgas Airport (studies) |
Studies |
Bulgaria |
|
Modernisation of traction substations in Vratsa and Pernik |
Works |
Bulgaria |
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Modernisation of the Dragoman – Serbian border line |
Studies |
Bulgaria |
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Doubling the Plovdiv - Svilengrad - Turkish border line |
Studies |
Bulgaria |
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Modernizstion of the Mezdra - Medkovets line |
Studies |
Bulgaria |
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Prototype deployment of onboard ETCS |
Works |
Czech Republic |
|
Junction Prerov - second construction part |
Works |
Czech Republic |
|
Modernisation of Pardubice junction |
Works |
Czech Republic |
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ETCS on-board deployment for interoperable freight traffic along the Scan-Med Corridor |
Works |
Germany |
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ERTMS prototyping for TRAXX MS2 and TRAXX AC3 locomotives |
Works |
Germany |
|
Dutch border - Emmerich - Oberhausen new line |
Works |
Germany |
|
Final planning of Hamburg urban line S4 |
Studies |
Germany |
|
On-board deployment of ETCS Baseline 3 for Siemens locomotives operating on the TEN-T |
Works |
Germany |
|
i2030 Rail Expansion in Berlin and Brandenburg: Western Gateway |
Studies |
Germany |
|
Preliminary design for the Heidenau - Czech border new line on the Dresden - Praha route |
Studies |
Germany |
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Upgrade and new build of Stuttgart - Wendlingen line |
Works |
Germany |
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Final planning of the Regionaltangente West in Frankfurt/Main |
Studies |
Germany |
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Improvement of the cross-border line between the Czech Republic and Germany near Bad Schandau |
Works |
Germany |
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Supplementary and updated studies for upgrading the Danish Fehmarnbelt tunnel railway access line |
Studies |
Denmark |
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New Storstrøm Bridge |
Works |
Denmark |
|
Upgrading and duplicating the railway line from Alexandroupoli to Pithio |
Studies |
Greece |
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New single line connecting Thessaloniki - Amphipolis - Nea Karvali |
Studies |
Greece |
|
Installation of 1435 mm gauge track on the Mediterranean Corridor between Valencia, Sagunto and Castellón |
Works |
Spain |
|
High-speed line Sines/Lisboa - Madrid: study of the Madrid Atocha station area (Phase 3) |
Studies |
Spain |
|
Northern Access Line to the Brenner Base Tunnel between Munich (DE) & Radfeld (AT) |
Studies |
Austra and Germany |
|
Brenner Base Tunnel |
Studies |
Austria and Italy |
|
Rail Baltica development in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Part V) |
Works |
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania |
|
Rail Baltica development in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Part IV) |
Studies |
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania |
|
Development of the line between Helsinki and Riihimäki |
Studies |
Finland |
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KOKOHA upgrade of Kouvola - Kotka - Hamina railway |
Studies |
Finland |
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Development of the Helsinki - Turku railway |
Studies |
Finland |
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Development of the Botnia corridor |
Studies |
Finland |
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Espoo Rail Line: development of the Helsinki - Turku railway |
Studies |
Finland |
|
Development of 12 ERTMS Baseline 3 prototypes for the improvement of interoperability on nine TEN-T Corridors |
Works |
France |
|
Capacity improvement of the Metz - Luxembourg cross-border line |
Studies |
France |
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Works at Mulhouse to improve the North Sea – Mediterranean Corridor |
Works |
France |
|
Grand Paris Express tunnels to connect Orly airport and the Massy-Palaiseau high speed line to Versailles |
Works |
France |
|
Improvements to increase capacity in the Lyon area |
Studies |
France |
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Studies into phasing construction of the French accesses to the Lyon - Torino tunnel |
Studies |
France |
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Upgrading and developing of the Paris Southern bypass |
Studies |
France |
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Modernisation of the northern underpass at Toulouse Matabiau station |
Works |
France |
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Establishment of monitoring systems for rail safety, security & technical controls |
Works |
Hungary |
|
Elimination of rail bottlenecks and improving cross-border interoperability between Budapest and Hegyeshalom (- Vienna) |
Works |
Hungary |
|
DART Expansion – Kildare Line (engineering design) |
Studies |
Ireland |
|
On Board ERTMS B3 equipment for Lombardia Fleet |
Works |
Italy |
|
MXP-NLINE to link Terminal 2 of Milano Malpensa airportwith railway lines towards Gallarate and Switzerland |
Works |
Italy |
|
Milan East Gate Hub |
Studies |
Italy |
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Rail to Air: enhancing the rail connection between the Torino urban node, airport and related hinterland |
Works |
Italy |
|
EuroCap-Rail: new alignment to provide a direct link between Luxembourg and Bettembourg |
Works |
Luxembourg |
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Connection of third cross-border track Zevenaar - Emmerich - Oberhausen |
Studies |
Netherlands |
|
Prototype retrofitting of ERTMS (B3) on-board equipment for Liège - Maastricht - Aachen services |
Works |
Netherlands |
|
Study for the removal of the railway bottleneck to the Maasvlakte II terminals in the Port of Rotterdam |
Studies |
Netherlands |
|
Rotterdam and EU hinterland connection: Theemsweg railway section superstructure |
Works |
Netherlands |
|
Upgrading Amersfoort East side yard |
Works |
Netherlands |
|
Analysis of the integrated transport development possibilities in Warszawa |
Studies |
Poland |
|
Upgrade of the E75 line Elk - Trakiszki (-border) |
Studies |
Poland |
|
Upgrade of the E75 line, Czyzew - Bialystok section (phase II) |
Works |
Poland |
|
Modernisation of the Coslariu - Cluj-Napoca line (feasibility study) |
Studies |
Romania |
|
Modernisation of the București - Craiova line (feasibility study) |
Studies |
Romania |
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Modernisation of the Apahida - Suceava line (feasibility study) |
Studies |
Romania |
|
Modernisation of the București Nord area (feasibility study) |
Studies |
Romania |
|
Modernisation of the București Nord - Henri Coandă International Airport line |
Works |
Romania |
|
Study for 40 km double track ine between Gävle and Kringlan |
Studies |
Sweden |
|
Removal of a major bottleneck between Flackarp and Arlöv on the Southern Main Line |
Works |
Sweden |
|
ERTMS onboard prototyping 2020-23 |
Works |
Sweden |
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The West Link - Kvarnberget railway tunnel |
Works |
Sweden |
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Preparation of project documentation for an upgrade of Ljubljana station |
Studies |
Slovenia |
|
Modernisation of the Czech border – Cadca line |
Works |
Slovakia |
Rail Baltica
The project to develop Rail Baltica's rail corridor received the largest financial allocation. There is an allocation of € 184 million for implementation work until 2024 in the Baltic States sections and € 422 million for the Polish sections. Including previously signed grant agreement contracts, the three Baltic states have now secured around € 1 · 2 billion from EU and national funds for this project.
At Deltana Engineering we are attentive to these projects to collaborate in the tasks of the technical design and execution office. We are already involved in supporting works in some of them through the development and updating of BIM models, in some cases, preparation of breakdown steel reinforcement drawings, executive plans or site measurements in others.
Source: www.railwaygazette.com
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