Railways
All aspects of the relationship between ports and railways. This is mainly railway infrastructure within ports used to deliver and collect cargo from ships. It also includes national and international rail networks used to transport goods from ports to markets in Europe. Also includes EU rail transport policies and regulations (TEN-T). Railways often form parts of international transport corridors.
Castellón port eyes regular train service to Zaragoza
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Castellón port expects to have “three or four” weekly connections by train with Zaragoza by...
Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...
Lyon increases container handling from Marseille port
Lyon, France (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Since 1997, Lyon has become the advanced port for Marseille for container traffic. Currently, 50% of...
Serbia to receive over €11 million EU funds for transport development
Brussels, Belgium, October 24, 2017 Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Dirk Beckers, Director of INEA signed today a grant agreement on...
EU: New Horizon 2020 Work Programme announced
Brussels, Belgium, October 27, 2017 The European Commission has announced the new Horizon 2020 Work Programme, including all funding opportunities for the two...
Poland and Ukraine sign Via Carpathia transport agreement
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – A memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a trans-European transport route was signed by Poland...
Spain’s Adif says funding for Zaragoza-Valencia railway project guaranteed
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – The president of Spanish state-run railway infrastructure company Administrador de Infraestructuras...
High speed Basque railway line gets EIB €600M boost
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Investment bank (EIB) has signed a €600m loan with Adif AV to finance the “Y Vasca”...
Barcelona port’s freight railway traffic expands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The railway traffic at Barcelona port rose by 7.34% in the first nine months of 2017 to a total of...
Huelva port operates 30 trains monthly at Majarabique railway hub
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president José Luis Ramos has said the Majarabique...
Sagunto port penalised by lack of railway access
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Sagunto port is affected by the absence of rail access. In the event that a penalty is not included for this...
Avilés port okays tender for railway signalisation works
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has approved a tender for works on the railway...
Venice attends the 11th Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Coordination Forum
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – The 11th Baltic-Adriatic Corridor Coordination Forum takes place in Brussels on October 16. In this...
Spain’s Adif to overhaul railway link to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Adif plans to carry out works to improve the railway infrastructure in...
Zaragoza-Sagunto rail freight traffic to soar at end-October
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) October 13, 2017 – At the end of October, freight traffic on the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto railway corridor will quintuply on the...
Hannibal introduces the fifth movement on the Melzo-Frenkendorf railway service
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – Hannibal, operator of multimodal transport of the Contship Italia Group, has announced an increase in the...
EBRD to fund Tirana-Durrës railway line
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Albanian Railways (Hekurudha Shqiptare – HSH) is to receive a loan from the European Bank for...