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 of ERTMS, in the form of unit contributions.

Projects shall comply with the provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/797 and with the related Technical Specifications for Interoperability. Where relevant, projects should also be compatible with the alignment of operating procedures across borders in order to ensure the most effective use of the supported infrastructure.