10
Jan 2018

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 ...

14
Nov 2017

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 ...

23
Oct 2017

CER & UNIFE are delighted to announce the 11th edition of the European Railway Award! It will take place at the Square Brussels Meeting Centre on Tuesday 20 February 2018. Following this year’s unique 10th anniversary celebration, in 2018 the event is back with a few new twists. Our political and technical award categories have been rolled into one and we look forward to revealing our winner soon. Join us as of 17:30 for networking before the ceremony at 18:30. As always the evening ...

08
Feb 2017

On 7 February, the 10th Anniversary celebration of the European Railway Award took place in Brussels. Followed by the CER-UNIFE Annual Reception, the evening ceremony attracted more than 500 guests from all over Europe, including high-level politicians and transport stakeholders. The evening’s political keynote speaker, European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič highlighted: "Rail is a very important transport mode. The European Commission works in three ways to ...

30
Jan 2017

2017 marks a special year in the history of the European Railway Award and the programme of its upcoming 10th Anniversary edition has just been announced. On this unique occasion there will be no awards presented as usual, rather we will pause to pay tribute to our past winners, to our speakers and to all who have contributed over the last ten years to making the event what it is today. Besides celebrating the many past achievements highlighted during the European Railway Award's fir ...

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