Rail – studies, works or mixed

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Connecting Europe Facility

Programme Description

The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CEF-T-2024-COMPCOEN-RAIL-WORKS

Call

Rail – studies, works or mixed

Summary

The objective is to develop rail transport infrastructure projects on the TEN-T comprehensive network.

Detailed Call Description

Studies and / or works related to:

  • construction/upgrading of cross-border and missing links;
  • capacity and performance upgrade of existing lines, including removal of level-crossings and upgrades necessary for 740 meter long trains and upgrades necessary to facilitate international rail passenger and freight transport;
  • capacity increase in nodes, including as regards a better articulation of long-distance and local traffic;
  • interconnections between rail and other modes of transport, in particular inland waterway and maritime transport and projects aimed at the integration of the rail and air networks to make the feeder network for long-haul flights more sustainable. Projects located exclusively within the perimeter of inland ports and maritime ports must be submitted under those priorities respectively;
  • connections of freight terminals to the TEN-T network, including the construction/upgrade of the railway infrastructure component of the terminals;
  • electrification of line tracks and upgrade/construction of electrification systems.

Support will not be given to railway stations, except for railway infrastructure components. If the project includes such components, they should be presented as a separate work package. Support will not be given to activities related to the Class B systems nor to rolling stock.

Support to track side ERTMS deployment, electronic interlockings and/or Class A radio communication (5G/FRMCS/GSM-R) components will only be granted under the topic ERTMS in the form of unit contribution.

Call Total Budget

€150.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (maximum 85% (‘project funding rate’).

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Public Administration
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Shipping - Marine Transports
  • Transport
  • Urban Development

Eligibility for Participation

  • International Organisations
  • Legal Entities
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund

Call Opening Date

24/09/2024

Call Closing Date

21/01/2025

National Contact Point(s)

Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Department of Public Works
Website: https://bit.ly/3BoYoGo
Address: 165 Strovolou Avenue, 2048 Strovolos
Telephones: +357 22806521, +357 22806550, +357 22806537
Email: info@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

Contact person:
Elpida Epameinondas
Senior Executive Engineer
Τelephone: +357 22806643
Email: eepamenonda@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

EU Contact Point