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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...