Each Alpine crossing railway tunnel project needs EUR 8 billion

The Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc and the Transport Ministers of the seven Alpine States confirmed their joint commitment to completing all the key railway projects within the next 15 years.

Investment opportunities in transport infrastructure through EU funds

Last week in Split held place the 4th consecutive Conference “Together to the EU funds” – for better transport links which presented investment opportunities in transport infrastructure through EU funds.

In no country is travelling by car safer than by train

The latest figures on road accidents published today by the EU Commission are “still unacceptably high”, according to the German Pro-Rail Alliance. However, Germany is well placed in the EU ranking of road accident casualties, which covers several years. In the EU average from 2005 to 2012, 3.6 car passengers were killed per billion passenger-kilometres, whereas in Germany the average was 2.6 fatalities. Travelling by train in Europe

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“People are looking for an alternative to cars”

A representative study carried out by the German environment agency UBA published Monday shows that ever more people feel that cars are a burden on their everyday lives. 82 percent of those surveyed expect their politicians to ensure that urban planning has a positive impact on pedestrians, cyclists and local transport. “People are tired of cars,” said the managing director of the German Pro-Rail Alliance, Dirk Flege, on

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