The Bavarian National Assembly has allocated EUR 6 million for the modernisation of the railway line connecting Munich to Prague, via Plzeň. The Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, Building and Transport, Joachim Herrmann during his meeting with his Czech counterpart Dan Ťok, informed that the funding will be used for the electrification of the railway line Regensburg – Schwandorf – Furth im Wald – state border.
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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.
The latest figures on road accidents published today by the EU Commission are “still unacceptably highâ€, 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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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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