Eu co-financiert snelle treinverbinding tussen Frankrijk en Duitsland (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Uitvoerend Agentschap voor Innovatie en Netwerken (INEA) i, gepubliceerd op woensdag 25 mei 2011.

The European Union will finance a project to upgrade a 17.5 km section of French railway which will allow high speed trains to run faster and thus reduce travel times. The project, presented under the 2010 TEN-T Calls, is essential in guaranteeing the proper connection of the French and German networks and will further contribute to Priority Project 24, the “Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen”.

The cross-border railway between Mulhouse and Müllheim is a single-track line whose French section is 17.5 km long. The railway connects with the Karlsruhe-Freiburg-Basel railway line, which is part of Priority Project 24.

The EU will finance a project on the above French section of this railway line for a total of €0.72 million from the TEN-T budget, to allow for faster transit of high speed trains and contribute positively to mobility of passengers and freight.

The following specific works will be carried out:

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    Upgrade of the signalling equipment to allow for higher return traction currents;
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    Strengthening the track foundations by replacing the ballast to enable continuous speeds of up to 90 km/h;
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    Automation of three level crossings.

Once completed, the project will allow high speed trains running between Paris, Lyon or the Mediterranean (Marseille, Barcelona) to Freiburg-im-Breisgau to reduce their travelling times by 10 minutes, thus rendering rail more competitive against other less energy-efficient modes of transport.

For more information, please consult the project's page!