CEF support to Rhine - Danube Corridor.
Date: 2019-08-25
Institutions: Innovation and Networks Executive Agency
Subjects: Danube region, EU financial instrument, Rhine Valley, combined transport, common transport policy, inland waterway transport, investment project, maritime transport, project of common interest, rail transport, road transport, trans-European network, transport capacity, transport infrastructure, transport network

CEF support to

Rhine - Danube Corridor
March 2019

Innovation 
and Networks 
Executive Agency

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Table of Contents 

1. 

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 

2.  Action portfolio: State of play ................................................................................................................................. 4 

2.1.  Operational Implementation ....................................................................................................................... 4 

2.1.1.  Air ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 

2.1.2. 

Inland Waterways ............................................................................................................................................ 5 

2.1.3.  Maritime .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 

2.1.4.  Multimodal ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 

2.1.5.  Rail ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8 

2.1.6.  Road ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 

2.2. 

Financial implementation ........................................................................................................................... 12 

3.  Evolution of the action portfolio ....................................................................................................................... 13 

3.1. 

Funding variations after the Grant Agreement signature ................................................. 13 

3.2.  Challenges affecting the implementation of actions .............................................................. 13 

4.  Conclusion and Outlook ........................................................................................................................................... 14 

5.  Statistical Annex ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 

6.  List of actions on the Rhine Danube Corridor ........................................................................................ 17 

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1.  Introduction 

The  Rhine-Danube  Core  Network  Corridor  is  the  transport  backbone  linking  Central  and  South-
Eastern Europe. Running from the Strasbourg area and South-West Germany to the Romanian ports 
of  the  Black  Sea  and  the  Slovak-Ukrainian  border  (in  two  distinct  branches),  it  comprises 
intermediate sections in nine Member States, and connects them to neighbouring countries Serbia, 
Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Moldova  and  Ukraine.  Except  for  France,  Germany  and  Austria,  the  other  six 
Member States (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania) have access to 
the Cohesion Fund. Several segments of the Rhine-Danube Core Network Corridor are shared with 
the  Orient-East  Med  Corridor.  The  Corridor  includes  around  5,800km  of  rail  network,  4,500km  of 
roads and 3,900km of waterways.  

Since the adoption of the first Rhine-Danube Core Network Corridor Work Plan in 2014, in line with 
the TEN-T and CEF Regulations, the European Coordinator Ms. Karla Peijs has taken concrete steps 
to define the main work priority areas and facilitate the establishment of a truly multi-modal and 
seamless transport  Corridor by 2030. In the Third Work Plan, published in February 2018, a total 
number of 563 projects and global investment needs close to € 90 billion have been identified.  

CEF Transport funding concentrates on railway Actions, with a contribution  of €3.5 billion to date 
(88% of the total allocated to the Corridor). From the 141 interventions identified in the Work Plan, 
33 have been supported  through CEF. These Actions are on-going in all beneficiary countries and 
address the main priorities highlighted by the Coordinator including tackling the limitations to the 
allowed axle loads or to access by 740m-long freight convoys, reduced operational speeds and the 
absence of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). 

In financial terms, the overall CEF inland waterways (IWW) portfolio amounts to €369.2 million. The 
focus  of  the  Work  Plan  lies  on  existing  difficulties  that  limit  admissible  draughts  or  hinder  the 
achievement  of  target  fairway  depths.  Consequently,  infrastructure  and  environment-related 
projects (aligned with the guiding principles of the International Convention on the protection of the 
River Danube) have been at the heart of CEF interventions. However, it has been highlighted by the 
Coordinator that IWW do not receive the same level of support from all different Member States, 
which has a clear impact on associated investment decisions. 

CEF  Actions  in  the  road  sector  pertain  to  safe  and  secure  infrastructure  (rest  and  parking  areas), 
innovation (alternative fuels) and Intelligent Transport Systems, in line with the Work Plan. All the 
aspects  above  have  been  extensively  discussed  on  several  occasions  between  the  Rhine-Danube 
Core  Network  Corridor  Coordinator  and  national,  regional  and  local  authorities  as  well  as  the 
relevant stakeholders, in view to identifying the most urgent and indispensable interventions.  

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2.  Action portfolio: State of play1 

CEF Transport has so far (2014-2017 calls) funded 688 grants worth €22.9 billion and mobilised a 
total investment of €48.1 billion, in all areas and Corridors alike. The current portfolio of Actions in 
the Rhine Danube Corridor comprises  98 grant agreements 2  allocating €3.9 billion of actual  CEF 
Transport funding (which represent 14% of the total number of CEF Transport Actions and 17% of 
the  total  actual  CEF  Transport  funding).  CEF-supported  investments  cover  9%  of  the  total 
investment  needs  outlined  in  the  Work  Plan  (€8  billion  out  of  the  estimated  €87.7  billion).  There 
has been one termination and two closures of these grant agreements so far.  

2.1. Operational Implementation 

For  the  Rhine  Danube  Corridor,  the  Core  Network  Corridor  priority  (under  Funding  Objective  1) 
represents 96% of actual CEF Transport funding. Other priorities, such as innovation under Funding 
Objective  2  and  ERTMS  under  Funding  Objective  1,  also  contribute  to  the  development  of  the 
Corridor.  

Due to its location, most of the funding for the Rhine Danube portfolio is coming from the Cohesion 
envelope.  96%  of  the  grants  allocated  to  this  Corridor  address  pre-identified  sections  through 
national  actions  which,  however,  have  a  strong  cross-border  effect.  75%  of  the  actual  CEF 
Transport funding is devoted to works Actions. The highest number of these refers to rail transport, 
which  also  receives  most  of  the  resources  (88%).  Upon  completion  of  the  ongoing  Actions,  36 
bottlenecks,  mainly  concerning  railway  sections  and  the  Danube  River  and  producing  significant 
cross-border impact, will be addressed by CEF Actions in this Corridor.  

Figure 1: Statistics by transport mode  

Funding (€ million) 

Number of actions 

Number of bottlenecks 

Air

0.6 

Inland Waterways

369.2 

Maritime

10.8 

1 

1 

Multimodal

17.2 

7 

Rail

3,459  

Road

82.4 

6 

0 

1 

0 

1 

24 

33 

32 

29 

1 As of February 2019.  
2 98 grants have been signed following the 2014-2017 Calls. 

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2.1.1.  Air 

The only CEF funded Action (2014-DE-TM-0105-S) has been successfully completed (receiving €0.6 
million) and it represented the first step for the conversion of the airport of Stuttgart into a CO²-
neutral  airport.  The  completion  of  this  Action  has  been  conducive  to  gain  and  share  knowledge 
about the use of innovative solutions in order to meet the decarbonisation goals of the European 
airport industry. 

The  Action  has  been  conceived  as  a  real-life  pilot  deployment  of  six  battery-electric  passenger 
buses  (not  funded  from  CEF)  and  the  respective  charging  infrastructures,  including  nine  fast 
chargers, at the Stuttgart airport. The Action focused on gathering information on operating the e-
buses  and  the  fast  charging  infrastructure  and  examining  the  impact  of  this  infrastructure  in 
reducing the airport's CO² emissions.  

2.1.2.  Inland Waterways 

The inland waterway portfolio in the Rhine Danube Corridor consists of 24 Actions, receiving €369.2 
million  in  CEF  Transport  funding,  which  aim  at  establishing  and  maintaining  a  good  navigation 
status along the Danube and the Sava rivers.   

As a Corridor Flagship Action, "FAIRway Danube" (2014-EU-TMC-0231-S, 2014-EU-TM-0219-S), will 
provide  on-time  harmonized  information  about  the  Danube  shallow  sections,  water  levels  and 
water level forecasts to identify maintenance priority measures and to implement large scale work 
measures to ensure and improve good navigation status along the whole Danube.. By end 2018, 4 
new surveying vessels were delivered in Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Romania and two marking 
vessels in Croatia and Bulgaria. The Romanian marking vessels are being delivered by end of March 
2019.  Furthermore,  9  gauging  stations  were  installed  in  Croatia.  This  hydrological  service 
equipment is acquired to carry out pilot surveying and marking activities to collect and analyse the 
data for the Danube critical sections. Inland waterways industry had welcome this information and 
support the work of this Action to achieve a good navigation status along the Danube.  

Targeting  6  major  bottlenecks,  the  other  CEF-funded  IWW  projects  concentrate  mainly  on  three 
areas  of  intervention:  upgrade  and  construction  of  infrastructure,  studies  with  pilots  addressing 
environmental concerns and the implementation of RIS along the whole Danube.  

Several bottlenecks resulting in unreliable, unsafe and non–compliant navigation infrastructure are 
being  tackled  through  works  actions,  namely:  the  reconstruction  of  the  cross-border  Komarno-
Komarom  Bridge  (2014-EU-TMC-0485-W)  and  Gabcikovo  lock  (2015-SK-TM-0151-W)  or  the 
upgrade of the inland ports of Giurgiu (2014-RO-TMC-0313-W) and Galati (2015-RO-TM-0275-W). 
Most of the contracts for these Actions, have been signed, and the construction works started. The 
road, rail and IWW connections works foreseen in the Action for the upgrade of the port of Giurgiu 
have been completed by end 2018.  

The other group of Actions aims at ensuring a long term good navigation status side by side with a 
good  ecological  status  (GES)  along  three  stretches  of  the  Danube  and  the  Sava  rivers:  the 
Romanian-Bulgarian  and  Hungarian-Slovakian  common  sections  (Actions  2014-EU-TMC-0297-S 
and 2016-SK-TMC-0263-S, respectively) as well as the Croatian Sava (2014-HR-TMC-0122-S). The 
studies  and  consultations  for  obtaining  the  EIA  decisions  and  all  other  necessary  environmental 
assessments  have  started  in  all  countries  in  line  with  the  integrating  guiding  principles  of  the 
International  Convention  of  the  Protection  of  the  Danube  River  (ICPDR).  Civil  society  and 
environmental stakeholders have been associated to the implementation of the Actions.  

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Operational bottlenecks are being addressed through RIS-related pilot Actions involving all Danube 
riparian  countries  (2014-HU-TM-0619-W  and  2015-EU-TM-0036-W,  2015-EU-TM-0036-W).  Their 
objectives are the promotion of a more transparent and effective data exchange process and the 
simplification  of  complex  administrative  procedures.  By  end  of  2018  the  overall  corridor  RIS 
concept and architecture option were approved by the beneficiaries. 

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2.1.3.  Maritime 

The port of Constanta is the only sea port in the entire Rhine-Danube Core Network Corridor. It is 
located at the crossroads of the trade routes that link the TEN-T network of the EU to the markets 
of the countries of Caucasus and Central Asia. CEF-funded interventions in the port of Constanta, 
which is already compliant with TEN-T requirements, aim to enhance its capacity by: constructing 
an on-shore ship waste collection facility, modernising the signalling system in the port basin and 
fairway  (2015-RO-TM-0046-W)  as  well  as  upgrading  its  connections  with  the  TEN-T  core  rail 
network (2016-RO-TMC-0248-S). The construction works should commence in spring 2019.  

In  the  area  of  Motorways  of  the  Sea  (MoS),  exploration  and  development  of  new  maritime  links 
with the neighbouring countries has not been fully pursued.  

2.1.4.  Multimodal 

The  multimodal  portfolio  in  the  Rhine  Danube  Corridor  is  composed  of  7  Actions  located  in 
Germany,  Czech  Republic  and  Slovakia,  receiving  €17.2  million  of  CEF  Transport  funding.  These 
Actions  aim  at  enhancing  the  utilisation  of  transport  infrastructures  located  at  intermodal 
terminals.  Their  particular  aim  is  to  overcome  interoperability  obstacles  between  rail,  road  and 
inland waterways thus mobilising capacity reserves in the respective Member States. This will allow 
a  better  integration  of  the  different  modes  in  the  logistics  chain  of  the  Corridor.  An  additional 
objective is to ensure an effective last mile connection through either rail or inland waterways. The 
works in Czech Republic and in Germany are progressing well. These 3 on- going Actions, improving 
rail connections between multimodal hubs and the rail core network , are expected to ensure that 
the standard requirements for electrification and train length will be met by 2020.  

2.1.5.  Rail 

The railway portfolio in the Rhine-Danube Corridor includes 33 ongoing Actions receiving an overall 
CEF Transport funding of €3.5 billion. These Actions are expected to remove 29 major bottlenecks 
through the deployment of ERTMS and also via the improvement of railway infrastructure which, in 
many  cases,  presents  a  sub-optimal  use  of  capacity  and  can  hinder  modal  split.  A  majority  of 
Actions entail basic construction works, or mature studies leading to them, and involve either new 
construction  or  the  rehabilitation  and  upgrade  of  existing  infrastructure  in  line  with  TEN-T 
requirements. Actions targeting railway sections absorb the largest proportion of CEF funds (close 
to €2.9 billion). Moreover, interventions on several junctions and nodes are receiving a significant 
support (above €240 million). 

The aggregated impact of these Actions on the development of the Corridor can be summarised as: 

-  243  km  of  railway  lines  will  have  achieved  the  minimum  technical  requirements  of  the 
TEN-T Regulation in terms of electrification, allowed axle load, line speed and admissibility 
of 740 m-long convoys. This represents 3.61 % of the total rail network of the Corridor. CEF 
funding addresses key missing links for an effective Corridor implementation. 

-  387 km of railway lines will be equipped with ERTMS. This represents 6.79 % of the total 

rail network of the Corridor. 
-  29 bottlenecks will be removed. 

The CEF contribution to the four railway Actions located in the Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – München pre-
identified section (2014-DE-TM-0094-M; 2014-DE-TM-0163-W, in Stuttgart-Wendlingen; 2014-DE-
TM-0166-W,  in  Wendlingen-Ulm;  and  2014-EU-TM-0267-W,  in  Freilassing-Salzburg),  amounts  to 

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€1.03  billion.  It  will  alleviate  freight  traffic  congestion  and  improve  the  operational  speed  of 
passenger  trains  up  to  250  km/h.  Several  key  achievements  have  been  reached  within  these 
Actions:  the  Albvorlandtunnel  is  almost  complete  and  the  third  rail  track  on  the  cross-border 
Saalach Bridge was officially inaugurated in December 2017.  

Solving  infrastructure-related  bottlenecks  that  hinder  the  movement  of  freight  trains  and 
interoperability is the pivotal objective of many of the 25 Actions in the Cohesion Member States of 
the  Corridor,  where  some  of  the  parameters  of  Regulation  1315/2013  are  not  yet  met.  Another 
objective  is  the  increase  of  operational  speeds,  for  both  passenger  and  cargo  trains,  which  are 
nowadays greatly affected by the condition or alignment of existing tracks and, in some cases, by 
the crossing of urban areas. The implementation of this part of the portfolio will probably continue 
beyond  2020.  The  Rhine-Danube  Corridor  railway  portfolio  in  Romania  is  particularly  important, 
with a €1.1-billion total CEF Transport contribution. It includes works along 114 km of rail network 
(2014-RO-TMC-0639-W  and  2015-RO-TM-0362-W)  and  studies  covering  some  additional  27  km 
(2016-RO-TMC-0076-S). The Rhine-Danube Corridor railway portfolio in the Czech Republic (16 CEF 
funded  Actions  for  an  overall  funding  of  €  619.20)  is  also  extremely  important  as  it  aims  to 
upgrade the pre-identified section Munich/Nűrnberg – Prague and, in particular, the Plzen and Cheb 
railway junctions, the Plzeň-Domažlice cross-border line, as well as several sections between Plzeň 
and Prague. Furthermore, several Actions address upgrades of the railway sections between Prague 
and Slovakia, namely between Prague and Česká-Třebová. These Actions are all on-going several of 
them are expected to be fully completed by 2020. 

The deployment of trackside and on-board ERTMS is an important pillar of rail interoperability and 
is  therefore  crucial  for  the  efficiency  of  the  railway  corridor.  At  the  moment,  this  issue  is  being 
addressed by 6 Actions, independently or combined with construction measures, in both Cohesion 
and non-Cohesion Member States. The total CEF-Transport contribution to them nears €100 million.  

Finally,  CEF  is  also  supporting  measures  to  streamline  operations,  (as  mentioned  in  cross-border 
issues in section 3.2) through a Programme Support Action to Rail Freight Corridor 9 Rhine-Danube 
(RFC9). The CEF grant will contribute to the establishment of the RFC9 in line with the existing EU 
Regulation in force.  

Figure 2: Improved railway lines (number of km) 

Km of railway adapted to the European Nominal
Gauge standard

112 

Km of ERTMS first deployment

387 

Km of line tracks and sidings electrified

184 

Km of freight lines improved

243 

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3 ERTMS First deployment means equipping a railway line section which was not equipped with the system before. 

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2.1.6.  Road 

The  total  road  portfolio  in  the  Rhine  Danube  Corridor  is  composed  of  32  Actions  receiving  €82.4 
million in CEF Transport funding. They focus on the implementation of a low-carbon, interoperable 
as  well  as  safe  and  secure  road  network.  CEF  interventions  complement  the  efforts  of  national 
governments to construct and upgrade the existing road network.  

Out of the 32 CEF Actions selected under the 2014 and 2017 calls, 24 include innovation aspects. 
They  receive  €53.6  million  of  CEF  funds  and  target  the  deployment  of  alternative  fuels 
infrastructure  in  line  with  EU  Directive  2014/94/EU.  These  Actions  are  expected  to  install  1,303 
supply points for road transport (1,263 electric, 20 LNG, 17 CNG, and 3 H2) along the Rhine Danube 
Corridor.  

The  results  of  the  2017  CEF  Transport  Blending  II  Call  foresee  financial  support  for  2  Actions 
addressing LNG and electric charging station in all the countries of the Rhine-Danube Corridor.  

The  development  of  the  electric  vehicle  charging  network  is  the  sole  priority  in  the  field  of 
innovation  in  most  Cohesion  countries.  Hungary  and  Slovakia  are  the  front-runners  that  have 
developed  and  implemented  an  integrated  strategy  for  the  deployment  of  alternative  fuels, 
including  e-mobility.  This  is  reflected  in  the  CEF  funded  Actions  in  these  Member  States,  where 
Actions  address  CNG,  LNG  and  road  e-mobility.  The  challenge  for  e-mobility  is  to  ensure  the 
implementation  of  a  corridor  approach  while  deploying  high  performance  charging  stations  from 
Germany to Romania. At urban level, the cities of Bratislava and Budapest have led the way in this 
respect.  Cohesion  Member  States  are  reaping  the  benefits  of  former  pilot  projects,  building  upon 
consolidated results and accelerating the deployment of mature technologies.  

For instance the Action "CNG ROMANIA" (2015-RO-TM-0373-M) aims at deploying an initial network 
of 9 CNG stations in Romania. Works for the station in Bucharest are on-going. Furthermore 11 fast 
charging  stations  have  been  already  installed  in  Romania  in  the  framework  of  the  Action 
“Comprehensive fast-charging corridor network in South East Europe” (2016-EU-TMC-0344-W).  

Three CEF interventions in the field of ITS, with a total CEF funding share of €4.9 million, focus on 
the  implementation  of  the  priority  actions  of  EU  Directive  2010/40/EU  and  its  delegated 
regulations. ITS services are harmonised, interoperable and deployed at Corridor level, so that the 
European driver can ultimately travel seamlessly across several Member States. One of the main 
challenges  for  public  authorities  and  road  operators  in  this  area  is  to  ensure  an  efficient  cross-
border  communication  among  the  various  Traffic  Management  Centres.  In  this  regard,  the 
implementation  of  National  Access  Points  and  the  use  of  the  DATEX  II  communication  standard 
have started and are funded by past and ongoing CEF Actions. CEF funding acts as a catalyst for 
the  improvement  of  the  existing  road  network.  In  this  field,  Cohesion  countries  also  benefit  from 
technologies that have been tested and have already started being deployed.  

The  construction  and  the  upgrade  of  safe  and  secure  parking  areas  on  motorways  in  Germany, 
Austria,  Czech  Republic  and  Romania  in  compliance  with  Article  39  of  the  TEN-T  Regulation  and 
requirements of Regulation 885/2013 are the challenges addressed by 4 CEF-funded Actions along 
this Corridor. 405 rest areas will be upgraded in Czech Republic, Austria and Germany.  

The Action "Setup and ITS connectivity of safe and secure truck parking areas" (2015-RO-TM-0137-
M) completed the upgrade of a safe and secure parking area. This parking area has been certified 
with a security and service level 4 by the European Secure Parking Organisation (ESPORG).   

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Figure 3: Number of supply points for alternative fuel for road transport 

Electricity 
1,263 

CNG 
17 

LNG 
20 

H2 
3 

Electricity

LNG

CNG

H2

2.2. Financial implementation  

The state-of-play of the financial implementation of the portfolio is shown in the figure below. The 
effective  payment4  (including  pre-financing)  corresponds  to  €1.1  billion,  28%  of  the  total  actual 
CEF Transport funding. As a consequence of the interim cost claims introduced by the beneficiaries 
in 2016, 2017 and 2018, €623 million of costs have already been accepted (16% of the actual CEF 
Transport funding).    

Figure 4: Financial implementation ratios (€ million) 

3,939.5 
(100%) 

1,115.0 
(28%) 

623 
(16%) 

Actual Funding

Effective Payment

Effective Accepted Contribution

Effective payments and effective accepted contribution as shown in the figure above may appear 
as relatively low. This is due to a series of reasons: 

•  Actions are due to submit interim payment claims every two years. For example, an interim 
cost claim received in 2018 includes costs incurred until 31/12/2017 and those received in 
2017 include costs incurred until 31/12/2016. As a consequence, the accepted contribution 
by the end of February 2019 does not correspond to the total incurred costs by the Actions 
until that moment but to the accepted costs of received cost claims (i.e. a delay of several 
years is normal until incurred costs are assessed and accepted by the Agency).  

•  The bulk of the funding goes to works (or major studies). These Actions usually start with a 
study and/or a tendering phase during which the costs incurred are relatively low. For this 

4 (closed payments – recoveries) 

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reason, the bulk of the costs are incurred in the last implementing years of these Actions 
(see also figure 5 below).   

Moreover,  it  has  to  be  noted  that  effective  payments  are  higher  than  effective  accepted 
contribution due to the fact that advance payment (pre-financing) are made. 

Figure 5 gives an overview of the estimated financial progress, in terms of total estimated costs, of 
the overall Corridor portfolio.  

Figure 5: Estimated budget implementation (€ million) 

1,865.8 
(22%) 

1,487.8 
(17%) 

1,493.7 
(17%) 

1,340.4 
(16%) 

1,148.6 
(13%) 

843.1 
(10%) 

181. 
(02.1%) 

207.9 
(2%) 

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

after 2020

3.  Evolution of the Action portfolio 

3.1. Funding variations after the Grant Agreement signature 

The  actual  CEF  Transport  funding  allocated  to  Actions  can  in  general  differ  from  the  initially 
allocated  funding  depending  on:  (1)  action  closures  or  terminations  and  (2)  certain  types  of 
amendments to the grant agreement during their lifetime.  

In that respect, until now this portfolio presents a funding variation of 0.1% of the total allocated 
grants. 

Figure 6 : CEF Transport funding variations (€ million) 

3,944 
(100%) 

3,939.7 
(100%) 

Initial Funding

Actual Funding

3.2. Challenges affecting the implementation of actions  

A number of issues are affecting the timely implementation of some of the Actions above.  

In many instances, they are recurrent. The most common ones are presented below.  

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•  Although aiming at simplifying public procurement procedures and making them more flexible, the 
2014  EU  public  procurement  Directive  has  triggered  significant  changes  in  national  procurement 
legislation.  As  a  result,  beneficiaries  were  obliged  to  adopt  new  internal  practices  and,  in  some 
cases, to resort to new additional legal services and expertise. These changes, often combined with 
complex  administrative  processes,  have  lengthened  the  time  taken  in  tender  procedures,  in  all 
sectors and across Member States. Besides, in some Member States an additional ex-ante control 
by  national  authorities  has  been  introduced  at  the  end  of  the  procurement  procedure,  prior  to 
contract signature. As a result of all these, the start of the works phase of many Actions has been 
postponed. Small Actions in the fields of innovation and inland waterways suffered limited delays 
thanks to the contingency plans that they included. On the contrary, the bulk of the railway Actions 
bear major delays between 6 months and 2 years.  

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Implementation delays in some CEF Actions along the Rhine-Danube Corridor have been identified.  
It is essential that adequate staff is allocated by Member States throughout the implementation of 
the  Action  from  preparatory  phases  (technical  designs,  permitting  procedures  and  public 
procurement)  to  its  completion.  Expropriation  procedures  have,  in  several  cases,  held  back  the 
progress of  a number of railway  Actions. Notwithstanding project management capacity, in many 
cases, it is the resistance of the current owners that make delays associated to the land acquisition 
process unavoidable.   
In a context where environmental issues can lead to important delays and reductions in the scope 
of  Actions,  one  of  the  major  results  of  the  first  years  of  CEF  programme  implementation  in  the 
field  of  IWW  has  been  the  achievement  of  a  sound  cooperation  between  various  stakeholders, 
including  environmental  groups,  thus  adopting  an  integrative  and  more  robust  approach  to  each 
Action. In the railway sector, some of the Actions in Germany have been subject to lengthy public 
consultations  concerning  flood  risk  assessments,  as  well  as  the  need  to  address  noise  issues 
through the implementation of noise protection measures beyond the legal minimum. However, in 
spite of having caused some delays they are the result of an enhanced integrative approach which 
helped increase projects' ownership and acceptance at local and national levels. Some Actions have 
suffered  from  the  divergence  between  national  and  European  environmental  norms  which  led  to 
the inclusion of strong environmental conditionality.  

•  Some of the main work interventions face costs overruns, resulting from bids that were higher than 
the  initial  tender  price  estimates.  As  a  result,  new  financial  commitments  by  the  concerned  MS 
governments or the revision of existing designs are required. These changes delay further the start 
of  the  Actions.  In  this  situation,  the  availability  of  sufficient  national  budgets  and  the  adequate 
allocation of experts following the new procurement rules represent two important challenges that 
need to be addressed in order to facilitate the overall implementation of the Actions. 

4.  Conclusion and Outlook 

As  outlined  in  this  report,  CEF-funded  Actions  have  positively  impacted  the  development  of  the 
Rhine-Danube  Corridor  in  line  with  the  objectives  and  priority  areas  defined  by  the  European 
Coordinator,  Karla  Peijs,  in  the  latest  Work  Plan.  These  Actions  have  already  contributed  to  the 
removal of some of the main bottlenecks along the Corridor.  

With  regard  to  the  implementation  of  the  rail  core  network  along  the  Rhine  Danube  (the  biggest 
CEF Transport portfolio), the main obstacles have been covered through the on-going CEF Actions. 
In the field of IWW, CEF pilot Actions have already tackled the main environmental issues, paving 
the way for the subsequent start of large scale infrastructure works in order to guarantee a good 

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navigation  status  along  the  Sava  and  Danube  rivers.  In  terms  of  the  deployment  and 
implementation  of  alternative  fuels,  CEF  funded  Actions  have  enabled  the  implementation  of  e-
mobility  throughout  the  whole  Corridor,  from  Germany  to  Romania.  The  involvement  of  private 
companies, not only from the country where the Actions are located but as well from other parts of 
the Corridor, has proven to be extremely beneficial for the successful completion of the Actions as 
it  facilitates  the  preparation  of  the  technical  specifications  for  the  tenders  for  the  construction 
works  and  the  smooth  implementation  of  the  Action  from  a  technical  point  of  view.  Successful 
experiences in that respect can be found in Giurgiu, Vienna and Bratislava.   

Therefore, it is worth mentioning that the investment in the infrastructure should be combined with 
additional  measures  to  facilitate  smooth  cross-border  flows  in  operational  terms.  The  recent  CEF 
funded  Programme  Support  Action  for  the  establishment  of  the  RFC  9  Rhine-Danube  aims  at 
addressing operational issues for improving the overall performance of the rail network.  

It is also important to note that during the transition from TEN-T to CEF, a shift from small scale to 
larger Actions addressing specific Corridor priorities in a more global way has been seen. To ensure 
the successful completion of such Actions by the end of the eligibility period, mid-term results of 
the  CEF  Actions  reveal  that  additional  coordination  between  all  the  stakeholders  involved  is 
required, both at national and EU levels. Furthermore involving as well stakeholders from the civil 
society  has  proved  to  be  extremely  successful  because  their  early  involvement  facilitates  the 
approval of the EIA when this is necessary, i.e. cases of Croatia and Romania.. This coordination is 
essential  to  overcome  the  challenges  defined  in  the  Work  Plan  as  described  in  this  report.  It  can 
also  facilitate  the  early  identification  of  potential  issues  which  might  negatively  impact  the 
implementation of Actions.  

Thanks to CEF funded Actions, important steps have been taken and continuous progress has been 
made  to  promote  the  participation  of  all  relevant  stakeholders  and  an  increased  sense  of 
ownership among the actors involved at national and EU levels. A telling example in this regard is 
FAIRway  Danube  (Action  2014-EU-TMC-0231-S),  which  is  creating  a  Danube-wide  platform  for 
exchange and discussion, enabling the alignment of inland waterway transport and environmental 
priorities. CEF Actions have also facilitated greater political commitment from Member States in the 
field of innovation and ITS, where close cooperation in the countries concerned is essential.  

Thus,  despite  the  still  existing  difficulties  as  described  in  section  3.2,  considerable  progress  has 
been  achieved  in  the  past  5  years  of  CEF  implementation  and  some  significant  milestones  have 
been  reached.  Over  the  years  2019  and  2020,  the  highest  budget  implementation  so  far  is 
foreseen, and the corresponding leap forward in operational progress expected. INEA will continue 
making  implementation  happen  through  regular  monitoring  of  the  progress  of  the  Actions  and 
close cooperation with the Rhine-Danube Corridor Coordinator and countries.  

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5.  Statistical Annex 

Corridor funding per country - € million 

Corridor funding per type - € million 
(number of actions) 

DE

RO

CZ

SK

HU

AT

 637  

 354  

 195  

 93  

Other

 39  

HR

BG

 16  

 6  

 1,399  

 1,200  

Studies 
125.9 
(36) 

Mixed 
872.1 
(20) 

Works 
2,941.6 
(42) 

CEF Transport funding per priority - € million 

 Number of actions and corridor funding (€ 
million) by national/multinational 

Pre-identified projects on
the Core Network corridors

 3,776.8  

New technologies and
innovation

 71.8  

European Rail Traffic
Management System
(ERTMS)

 49.4  

Safe and secure
infrastructure

 16.3  

River Information Services
(RIS)

 12.1  

Multimodal logistics
platforms

 7.0  

Intelligent Transport
Services for road (ITS)

 4.9  

Number of Actions  

                     Funding (€ million) 

74 

National 

€3,765.7 

24 

Multinational 

€174.0 

Cumulative number of finalised projects 

89 
(91%) 

93 
(95%) 

98 
(100%) 

83 
(85%) 

37 
(38%) 

8 
(8%) 

1 
(1%) 

Nodes of the Core Network

 1.4  

2016

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Disclaimer: The allocation of projects and funding to the corridor is based on the assessment done by INEA. In the chart per beneficiary country, the 
funding of multinational projects which are allocated to more than one corridor is included in the "Other" category. 

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6.  List of actions on the Rhine Danube Corridor 

Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Air 

2014-DE-TM-0105-S 

Decarbonised passenger 
transport at European airports 

Closed 

FO 2 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Studies 

100% 

01/10/2014 

31/12/2016 

559,332 

1,118,664 

Air Total 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

2014-EU-TM-0219-S 

FAIRway Danube 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

2014-EU-TMC-0231-S 

FAIRway Danube 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2014-EU-TMC-0297-S 

Technical Assistance for 
Revising and Complementing 
the Feasibility Study Regarding 
the Improvement of 
Navigation Conditions on the 
Romanian-Bulgarian Common 
Sector of the Danube and 
Complementary Studies - FAST 
DANUBE 

Connecting Core Network 
elements in the transport 
sector: Corridor Rhine-Danube 
Komárom - Komárno cross-
border Bridge 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

2014-EU-TMC-0485-W 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

2014-HU-TM-0619-W 

Enhance the Efficiency of 
Hungarian RIS Operation 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

2014-HU-TMC-0605-W 

Improving fairway marking 
system on the Hungarian 
Danube section of the Rhine - 
Danube corridor 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Studies 

100% 

01/07/2015 

30/06/2020 

323,161 

646,322 

559,332 

1,118,664 

Studies 

100% 

01/07/2015 

30/06/2020 

19,304,293 

22,710,933 

Studies 

100% 

01/11/2014 

31/12/2020 

4,464,200 

5,252,000 

Works 

100% 

01/06/2014 

30/09/2019 

100,067,341 

117,726,283 

Works 

100% 

01/03/2015 

31/05/2018 

6,491,287 

12,982,574 

Works 

100% 

01/09/2015 

31/05/2020 

7,581,891 

8,919,872 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

River Information 
Services (RIS) 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

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Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Inland 
Waterways 

2014-HU-TMC-0606-S 

Improving navigability  on the 
Hungarian section of the 
Danube  in the Rhine-Danube 
corridor: Extended study to 
prepare implementation 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

2014-RO-TMC-0313-W 

High Performance Green Port 
Giurgiu- Stage II Construction 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

2015-EU-TM-0036-W 

2015-EU-TM-0038-W 

2015-HU-TM-0152-S 

2015-HU-TM-0187-W 

River Information Services 
Corridor Management 
Execution (Cohesion Call) 

River Information Services 
Corridor Management 
Execution (General Call) 

Master Plan and feasibility 
study for the development of 
the TEN-T ports, including 
Komárom Port 

RIS enabled Hungarian Inland 
Navigation Information System 
(HIR) 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

2015-HU-TM-0349-M 

PAN-LNG-4-DANUBE 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

2015-HU-TM-0365-S 

Preparatory activities to 
upgrade the railway link 
between the inland Freeport of 
Budapest and the core network 
corridors 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2015-RO-TM-0275-W 

Galati multimodal platform - 
Stage I - Upgrade of the 
waterside infrastructure 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2015-RO-TM-0366-S 

SWIM -  SMART Waterway 
Integrated Management 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Studies 

100% 

01/09/2015 

30/09/2020 

5,362,900 

6,309,294 

Works 

100% 

01/09/2015 

31/03/2020 

13,254,954 

15,594,063 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

River Information 
Services (RIS) 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

River Information 
Services (RIS) 

Works 

50% 

15/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

2,859,331 

3,363,919 

Works 

17% 

15/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

1,680,735 

3,361,471 

Studies 

100% 

01/08/2016 

31/03/2020 

889,683 

1,046,686 

Works 

100% 

16/02/2016 

31/07/2019 

1,101,090 

1,295,400 

Mixed 

100% 

01/06/2016 

31/12/2019 

6,032,578 

7,097,150 

Studies 

100% 

16/02/2016 

31/12/2019 

840,858 

989,245 

Works 

100% 

01/08/2016 

31/03/2020 

21,776,814 

25,619,781 

Studies 

100% 

01/07/2016 

31/12/2020 

10,388,870 

12,222,200 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

River Information 
Services (RIS) 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

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Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

2015-SK-TM-0116-S 

Master plan and feasibility 
study for the public port of 
Komárno 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

2015-SK-TM-0151-W 

Upgrade of Gabčíkovo locks 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2016-HR-TMC-0017-W 

Slavonski Brod Port 
infrastructure construction and 
upgrade 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2016-HR-TMC-0122-S 

Preparation of EIA Study and 
Design Documentation for the 
river Sava IW section between 
rkm 329 to 315 and 312+200 
to 300 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2016-HU-TMC-0164-S 

Integrated Port Information 
System in Hungary 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Inland 
Waterways 

2016-SK-TMC-0263-S 

DaReM project - Danube 
Rehabilitation Measures 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

2017-AT-TM-0045-W 

Trimodal Port of Linz - Rail 
connection and port 
enhancement 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Studies 

100% 

01/09/2016 

31/10/2019 

572,135 

673,100 

Works 

100% 

17/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

122,965,250 

144,665,000 

Works 

100% 

01/03/2017 

31/03/2020 

6,625,741 

11,677,373 

Studies 

100% 

01/01/2018 

31/12/2020 

551,541 

648,872 

Studies 

100% 

01/09/2017 

31/12/2020 

847,875 

997,500 

Studies 

100% 

07/02/2017 

31/12/2020 

8,287,500 

9,750,000 

Works 

100% 

17/07/2017 

31/12/2023 

24,580,269 

122,901,347 

2017-NL-TM-0056-W 

Port-Liner, "zero emission" 
ships for inland waterways 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Works 

34% 

15/07/2017 

31/12/2019 

2,337,133 

11,863,621 

Transport 
Mode 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 

Inland 
Waterways 
Total 

369,187,430 

548,314,005 

Works 

100% 

01/07/2016 

31/07/2019 

10,791,706 

12,696,125 

Maritime 

2015-RO-TM-0046-M 

Upgrade of infrastructure and 
environmental protection in 
Constanța Port - PROTECT 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

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Transport 
Mode 

Maritime 
Total 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

10,791,706 

12,696,125 

Multimodal 

2015-AT-TM-0289-S 

Rhine-Danube CNC: Connection 
to the existing freight terminal 
Wels and provision for the 
interconnection between the 
RRT & other modes (Studies) 

Termina
ted 

FO 3 

Multimodal 

2015-CZ-TM-0330-M 

Multimodal Container Terminal 
Paskov, Phase III 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

Multimodal 

2015-DE-TM-0133-W 

Core Network Port Regensburg 
- Improving Accessibility 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

Multimodal 

2015-DE-TM-0426-S 

Erdinger Ringschluss 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

Multimodal 

2016-SK-TMC-0235-S 

fueLCNG 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Multimodal 

2017-DE-TM-0040-W 

Multimodal 

2017-DE-TM-0126-W 

LNG Rollout in Central Europe - 
for a greener transportation 
sector 

Biohybrid-Market rollout of 
sustainable small-scale 
solution supplying LBG as 
alternative fuel for heavy-duty 
transport 

Multimodal 
Total 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Rail 

2014-CZ-TMC-0274-M 

Junction Plzen, 3rd 
construction - transposition of 
the Domazlice line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2014-CZ-TMC-0282-M 

Junction Plzen, 2nd 
construction - reconstruction 
of passenger station, including 
bridges Mikulasska 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

20 

Multimodal 
logistics 
platforms 

Multimodal 
logistics 
platforms 

Multimodal 
logistics 
platforms 

Nodes of the Core 
Network 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Studies 

100% 

16/02/2016 

01/12/2019 

- 

- 

Mixed 

100% 

16/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

5,871,360 

8,896,000 

Works 

100% 

01/03/2016 

31/12/2019 

1,096,000 

5,480,000 

Studies 

100% 

01/03/2016 

30/06/2018 

901,100 

1,802,200 

Studies 

34% 

03/07/2017 

31/12/2020 

5,335,717 

6,277,315 

Works 

20% 

01/01/2018 

30/06/2021 

654,588 

3,272,940 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Works 

100% 

01/06/2018 

31/12/2021 

3,293,800 

16,469,000 

17,152,565 

42,197,455 

Mixed 

100% 

01/06/2014 

30/06/2019 

35,761,031 

49,924,656 

Mixed 

100% 

01/12/2014 

31/03/2019 

29,980,681 

41,854,922 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Rail 

2014-CZ-TMC-0329-M 

Optimization of the line Beroun 
(incl.) – Kraluv Dvur 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2014-DE-TM-0057-W 

Rail 

2014-DE-TM-0094-M 

ERTMS Deployment on the 
German part of the Core 
Network Corridor Rhine - 
Alpine 

Upgraded line / New-build line 
(ABS/NBS) Karlsruhe - Basel 
with partial upgrade measures 
on the existing line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2014-DE-TM-0163-W 

Upgrade and new build of 
Stuttgart-Wendlingen line, 
including Stuttgart 21 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2014-DE-TM-0166-W 

New-build line Wendlingen-
Ulm 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2014-EU-TM-0267-W 

Rail 

2014-RO-TMC-0639-W 

Upgrading of the Freilassing – 
D/A border - Salzburg section 
of the TEN core network 
corridor Rhine – Danube 

THE REHABILITATION OF THE 
BRASOV – SIMERIA RAILWAY 
COMPONENT OF THE RHIN - 
DANUBE CORRIDOR, FOR 
CIRCULATION WITH MAXIMUM 
SPEEDs OF 160 KM/H;   
SECTION: BRASOV – 
SIGHISOARA.   SUBSECTIONS:  
1. BRASOV – APATA and 3. 
CATA – SIGHISOARA. 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0058-S 

Modernisation of the Plzeň – 
Domažlice – DE border railway 
line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Mixed 

100% 

01/05/2014 

31/10/2019 

54,951,798 

72,726,043 

Works 

17% 

01/01/2014 

31/12/2020 

9,132,458 

18,569,261 

Mixed 

100% 

01/01/2014 

31/12/2019 

338,532,745 

828,614,563 

Works 

100% 

01/01/2014 

31/12/2019 

594,415,675 

1,981,385,584 

Works 

100% 

01/01/2014 

31/12/2019 

432,869,136 

1,442,897,120 

Works 

100% 

01/01/2016 

31/12/2019 

14,740,588 

36,851,470 

Works 

100% 

01/11/2015 

31/12/2020 

677,739,060 

797,340,070 

Studies 

100% 

01/12/2016 

31/05/2020 

11,117,177 

13,079,032 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

European Rail 
Traffic 
Management 
System (ERTMS) 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

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Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0088-M 

Upgrade of the Valašské 
Meziříčí - Hustopeče nad 
Bečvou railway line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0099-M 

Modernisation of selected 
sections of the railway line 
Pardubice -Česká Třebová 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0166-M 

Modernisation of Cheb railway 
station 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0170-S 

Upgrade of the Praha hl. n. - 
Praha Smíchov railway line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0174-M 

ETCS Beroun-Plzeň-Cheb 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0354-M 

Upgrade of the Praha Smíchov 
- Černošice railway line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-CZ-TM-0377-M 

ETCS Prerov - Ceska Trebova 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-DE-TM-0363-W 

Rail 

2015-HU-TM-0053-W 

Design and equipment of 
ERTMS for six border crossing 
corridor sections as well as 
two gap closings on German 
TEN core network corridors 

Stage 2 of deployment of the 
GSM-R system on the TEN-T 
Railway Core Network in 
Hungary 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

European Rail 
Traffic 
Management 
System (ERTMS) 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

European Rail 
Traffic 
Management 
System (ERTMS) 

European Rail 
Traffic 
Management 
System (ERTMS) 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

22 

Mixed 

100% 

01/01/2017 

31/12/2020 

46,304,912 

55,072,445 

Studies 

100% 

18/03/2016 

31/03/2020 

14,532,698 

17,097,292 

Mixed 

100% 

01/03/2016 

30/09/2020 

15,351,564 

18,387,309 

Studies 

100% 

31/10/2016 

31/12/2020 

4,957,794 

5,832,699 

Mixed 

100% 

01/11/2016 

31/12/2020 

27,147,770 

31,938,553 

Mixed 

100% 

01/03/2016 

31/12/2020 

97,398,651 

128,902,397 

Mixed 

100% 

01/01/2017 

31/12/2020 

11,889,222 

13,987,320 

Works 

5% 

16/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

1,245,723 

2,587,164 

Works 

17% 

01/09/2016 

30/12/2020 

8,413,609 

9,898,363 

 
Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Rail 

2015-HU-TM-0134-W 

Upgrade of the Budapest 
South Railway Bridge 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-RO-TM-0362-W 

Rehabilitation of the Brașov – 
Sighisoara railway section, 
sub-section Apața – Cața 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2015-SK-TM-0200-W 

Modernisation of railway line 
Žilina – Košice, section 
Liptovský Mikuláš – Poprad-
Tatry (outside), stage 1 
(Poprad-Lučivná) 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-CZ-TMC-0014-W 

Modernisation of the 
Čelákovice railway station 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-CZ-TMC-0033-W 

Upgrade of the Přerov railway 
junction, phase 2 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-CZ-TMC-0102-M 

Upgrade of the Mstětice - 
Praha-Vysočany railway line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-CZ-TMC-0106-M 

Upgrade of the Lysá nad 
Labem - Čelákovice railway 
line 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-HU-TMC-0319-S 

Budapest Railway Node 
Strategic Development Study 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-RO-TMC-0076-S 

Feasibility study for upgrading 
the Predeal-Braşov railway 
section 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Works 

100% 

01/01/2017 

31/12/2020 

97,105,657 

114,241,949 

Works 

100% 

01/11/2016 

31/12/2020 

440,007,116 

538,300,852 

Works 

100% 

17/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

77,619,766 

97,316,657 

Works 

100% 

31/01/2017 

31/07/2019 

24,398,379 

29,370,867 

Works 

100% 

01/12/2018 

31/12/2021 

33,137,851 

42,364,934 

Mixed 

100% 

19/09/2017 

31/03/2023 

131,496,521 

158,296,041 

Mixed 

100% 

26/06/2017 

30/06/2022 

42,491,999 

51,152,039 

Studies 

100% 

01/01/2018 

29/02/2020 

1,266,500 

1,490,000 

Studies 

100% 

01/11/2017 

30/04/2020 

3,724,530 

4,381,800 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

23 

 
Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Rail 

2016-RO-TMC-0248-S 

Feasibility study for upgrading 
the railway infrastructure in 
Constanţa port 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-SK-TMC-0218-W 

Implementation of GSM-R into 
ŽSR infrastucture, section of 
Varín - Košice - Čierna nad 
Tisou state border 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2016-SK-TMC-0219-W 

Upgrade of the Váh – Varín – 
Strečno railway section 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2017-AT-TM-0001-W 

Upgrading and electrification 
from Vienna Stadlau to the 
Slovakian Border near 
Marchegg (bottleneck removal) 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail 

2017-CZ-TM-0020-W 

Removing selected bottlenecks 
on pre-identified sections of 
the Core Network Corridors 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

Rail Total 

Road 

2014-EU-TM-0196-S 

FAST-E (DE/BE) 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2014-EU-TM-0318-S 

Connecting Hydrogen 
Refuelling Stations (COHRS) 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2014-EU-TM-0563-W 

CROCODILE 2 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

Road 

2014-EU-TMC-0568-S 

FAST-E (SK/CZ) 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2014-HU-TMC-0629-M 

PAN-LNG Project 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2015-CZ-TM-0357-S 

Road 

2015-CZ-TM-0430-M 

EV Fast Charging Backbone 
Network Central Europe 

Extension of the rest area 
Střechov on motorway D1 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Intelligent 
Transport 
Services for road 
(ITS) 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Safe and secure 
infrastructure 

24 

Studies 

100% 

01/11/2017 

31/12/2019 

2,377,969 

2,797,611 

Works 

100% 

02/03/2017 

31/12/2023 

25,112,113 

29,543,662 

Works 

100% 

07/02/2017 

31/12/2022 

50,319,392 

64,553,421 

Works 

100% 

14/07/2017 

31/12/2023 

65,753,400 

328,767,000 

Works 

100% 

16/04/2019 

31/12/2022 

38,284,304 

191,421,522 

Studies 

15% 

01/09/2014 

30/09/2018 

1,313,978 

2,627,955 

Studies 

15% 

01/09/2015 

30/06/2019 

1,946,668 

3,893,336 

3,459,577,789 

7,220,944,618 

Works 

20% 

01/01/2015 

31/12/2019 

1,651,400 

8,257,000 

Studies 

35% 

01/09/2014 

30/09/2018 

760,142 

894,285 

Mixed 

40% 

02/06/2015 

30/06/2018 

5,774,319 

6,793,316 

Studies 

25% 

18/02/2016 

30/09/2019 

491,938 

578,750 

Mixed 

100% 

01/10/2016 

01/11/2019 

9,198,700 

10,822,000 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Road 

2015-EU-TM-0204-S 

EAST-E 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Studies 

25% 

01/03/2016 

30/06/2020 

1,263,950 

1,487,000 

Road 

2015-EU-TM-0261-M 

Expansion of safe & secure 
truck parking spaces and truck 
parking information systems 
on the TEN-T core network in 
Austria and Germany (Bavaria) 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Safe and secure 
infrastructure 

Mixed 

50% 

16/02/2016 

31/12/2019 

1,531,661 

6,959,306 

Road 

2015-EU-TM-0367-S 

ULTRA-E 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2015-EU-TM-0422-S 

Road 

2015-HR-TM-0390-W 

Road 

2015-RO-TM-0137-M 

Road 

2015-RO-TM-0373-M 

Road 

2015-RO-TM-0435-W 

LNG motion: Fuelling trucks 
with LNG/CNG along the core 
network 

Construction of the Svilaj 
Bridge across Sava river on the 
border between the Republic 
of Croatia and Bosnia and 
Herzegovina 

Setup and ITS connectivity of 
safe and secure truck parking 
areas in Romania along the 
TEN-T Core Network Corridors 

CNG ROMANIA: Initial Market 
Deployment of a Refuelling 
Station Network along the 
Core Network Corridors 

Early Warning Intelligent 
System for Road 
Transportation Risks 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2015-SK-TM-0320-S 

NCE-FastEvNet 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2016-CZ-TMC-0191-M 

Road 

2016-CZ-TMC-0296-S 

Extension of the Humpolec rest 
area on D1 motorway 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

CEZ EV TEN-T Fast Charging 
Network 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2016-DE-TM-0332-S 

LNG4Trucks 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Ongoing 

FO 1 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Pre-identified 
projects on the 
Core Network 
corridors 

Studies 

32% 

01/03/2016 

31/12/2019 

2,093,648 

4,187,296 

Studies 

3% 

16/02/2016 

31/12/2020 

832,953 

1,665,906 

Works 

100% 

16/02/2016 

31/12/2019 

7,194,077 

12,410,000 

Closed 

FO 2 

Safe and secure 
infrastructure 

Mixed 

100% 

17/02/2016 

28/02/2018 

4,146,158 

4,877,833 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Mixed 

83% 

01/03/2016 

31/12/2019 

3,677,234 

4,326,158 

Works 

50% 

01/10/2016 

30/09/2018 

594,133 

698,980 

Studies 

4% 

01/03/2016 

30/03/2019 

130,356 

153,360 

Mixed 

100% 

07/02/2017 

01/11/2019 

1,398,016 

1,644,725 

Studies 

30% 

08/02/2017 

30/06/2020 

748,935 

881,100 

Studies 

7% 

07/02/2017 

31/12/2020 

670,960 

1,341,920 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Safe and secure 
infrastructure 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

25 

 
Transport 
Mode 

Project Code 

Title 

Status 

Funding 
Objective 

Priority 

Type 

Actual 
Corridor 
Share 

Actual Start 
Date 

Actual End 
Date 

Actual Funding 

Actual Costs 

Road 

2016-EU-TM-0044-M 

URSA MAJOR neo 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

Road 

2016-EU-TM-0121-W 

High speed electric mobility 
across Europe 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2016-EU-TM-0126-S 

Road 

2016-EU-TMC-0344-W 

ECO-GATE: European COrridors 
for natural GAs Transport 
Efficiency 

Comprehensive fast-charging 
corridor network in South East 
Europe 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2016-EU-TMC-0350-S 

NEXT-E 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Intelligent 
Transport 
Services for road 
(ITS) 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

Mixed 

10% 

07/02/2017 

31/12/2020 

3,212,939 

14,946,171 

Works 

8% 

01/07/2017 

31/12/2020 

813,440 

4,067,200 

Studies 

0% 

07/02/2017 

31/12/2019 

- 

- 

Works 

59% 

01/05/2017 

31/12/2020 

2,022,732 

2,528,416 

Studies 

29% 

01/03/2017 

31/12/2020 

5,464,905 

6,429,300 

Road 

2016-EU-TMC-0351-S 

URBAN-E: e-Mobilty, 
Infrastructure and Innovative 
Intermodal Services in 
Ljubljana, Bratislava and 
Zagreb 

Ongoing 

FO 3 

Nodes of the Core 
Network 

Studies 

14% 

01/03/2017 

31/12/2020 

532,294 

626,228 

Road 

2016-SK-TMC-0317-S 

NCE-AdvancedEvNet 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2016-SK-TMC-0320-S 

Road 

2017-DE-TM-0064-W 

Road 

2017-EU-TM-0065-W 

LBG: Fuelling Renewable 
Transport in the Visegrad 
countries 

EUROP-E:  European Ultra-
Charge Roll Out Project - 
Electric 

Central European Ultra 
Charging 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2017-EU-TM-0068-W 

MEGA-E: Metropolitan Greater 
Areas - Electric 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2017-EU-TM-0080-W 

BioLNG EuroNet 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road 

2017-IT-TM-0110-W 

AMBRA-E lectrify Europe 

Ongoing 

FO 2 

Road Total 

Studies 

33% 

01/03/2017 

30/06/2020 

2,034,614 

2,393,663 

Studies 

40% 

07/02/2017 

31/12/2020 

11,030,655 

12,977,241 

Works 

8% 

15/07/2017 

31/12/2021 

3,128,430 

15,642,152 

Works 

26% 

01/01/2018 

31/05/2021 

3,210,377 

16,051,887 

Works 

8% 

01/08/2017 

31/12/2021 

2,344,026 

11,720,132 

Works 

6% 

12/04/2018 

31/12/2023 

1,524,576 

7,622,880 

Works 

12% 

01/09/2018 

31/12/2022 

1,698,112 

8,490,561 

82,436,327 

177,996,057 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

New technologies 
and innovation 

26