CER & UNIFE are delighted to announce the 12th edition of the European Railway Award! The jury have cast their votes for our 2019 laureate and we look forward to revealing the result soon. The event will take place for the very first time at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium on 20 February 2019, starting as of 18.00 with a networking cocktail.  As always the award ceremony will be followed by the joint CER & UNIFE Annual Reception.  Registrations are now open, pleas ...

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The 2018 European Railway Award was presented tonight to the Gotthard Base Tunnel Project, for delivering the world’s longest railway tunnel, shifting freight to rail. Peter Jedelhauser, former Head of the Gotthard North South Corridor Project at SBB, and Renzo Simoni, former CEO of AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd accepted the award on behalf of the European workforce who brought the project to life. This is the eleventh edition of the European Railway Award, where, since 2007, the European rail secto ...

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With less than a week to go, the final preparations are underway for the European Railway Award 2018, which pays tribute this year to the Gotthard Base Tunnel Project. The ceremony takes place on 20 February 2018 at the Square Brussels Meeting Centre. The final programme for the evening is as follows: PROGRAMME Welcome Libor Lochman, CER Executive DirectorPhilippe Citroën, UNIFE Director-General Round-table discussion Building on the Gotthard success story - Priorities for a stro ...

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Following the announcement of our winner for 2018 - the Gotthard Base Tunnel Project - we are delighted to share with you now the programme for the ceremony, which takes place from 18:30 to 19:45. PROGRAMME Welcome Libor Lochman, CER Executive DirectorPhilippe Citroën, UNIFE Director-General Round-table discussion Building on the Gotthard success story - Priorities for a strong European rail sector Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for TransportKarima Delli (Greens/EFA, FR), Chair of the ...

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In 2018, the European Railway Award will go to the Gotthard Base Tunnel project, for delivering the world’s longest railway tunnel, shifting freight to rail. In figures: 57 km length; up to 2300 m deep; 28.2 million tonnes total volume of excavated material; 2600 persons employed and 3900 persons trained; 17 years construction/commissioning time; 11 billion euros cost; 249 km/h max. travel speed; less than 20 min. travel time through the tunnel; max. 260 freight and 65 passenger trains per da ...

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