Slovenia’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Austria’s Ministry of Transport, Innovation & Technology signed an agreement on October 20 for a €192m modernisation and redoubling of the Graz – Maribor line in 2017-21.
This is intended to increase capacity from 63 to 84 trains/ day, and reduce the journey time from 70 to 45 min. The Graz – Maribor route forms part of the historic Südbahn main line from Wien to Trieste, …
Celebrations for the winning station 2016: jury praises the personnel
From today, the residents of Stralsund can read it for themselves engraved in brass: in the main concourse, a resplendent brass plaque confirms that their station is among the best in Germany. In order to properly celebrate winning the Train Station of the Year award 2016, transport experts, friends of the railways and prominent politicians from Berlin,
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The 2016 CEF Transport Calls for Proposals make €1.9 billion of funding available for projects of common interest in the transport sector. The specificity of EC funding for CEF transport calls is that it only covers up to 50% of the costs, meaning that each participant shall bring at least 50% of its planned budget. These calls are divided into two different types (Cohesion calls and General calls) which are themselves split
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Bruxelles 28. September 2016. – Last week the European Commission has appointed Maja Bakran Maricic deputy general director of DG MOVE (DG Mobility and Transport). She will take the office on 1. December 2016. Ms. Bakran Marcich will be the highest ranking croatian official in a body of the European Commission. In to her new position she brings her vast experience from working in the bodies of the European Commission.
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