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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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On Tuesday 7 February 2017, CER & UNIFE will hold a special celebration in Brussels marking the 10th Anniversary of the European Railway Award! Since it was first presented in 2007, the European Railway Award has honoured the achievements of 18 laureates in its technical and political award categories, in the presence of hundreds of guests from all over Europe.  In 2017, for the event's 10th Anniversary, there will be no awards as usual. Instead, we will pause to mark this m ...

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