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Cross-border missing rail links - where do we stand? (2024CE160AT172)

Buyer: European Commission, DG JRC - Joint Research Centre

Published
16 December 2025
Estimated value
€300,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Notice number
00834563-2025
Reference
af6f302f-efb2-45b6-84a2-b85fcae29693
Official source
Official source

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Description

In 2018, the European Commission published a comprehensive analysis of the existing cross-border transport connections and missing links on the internal EU borders (https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/studies/cb_rail_connections_en.pdf). The underlying assumption was that more cross-border railway passenger transport could enhance mobility and economic development in the border regions, and the study was a first step in the direction of enhancing the possibilities of higher cross-border mobility. The study provided an inventory of all cross-border rail connections along the EU and EFTA internal land borders, containing maps and data on the operational status, technical aspects, and stakeholders of each connection. It also analysed the viability, network relevance and investment need and funding opportunities of possible new railway connections. Now, seven years later, there is a need to revive and put the findings of this study to the test. More importantly, the study will enlarge the geography of the old study and involve the Western Balkan countries as well. So, the overall purpose of this contract is twofold. Firstly, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the most prom…

Award criteria

Awards

Awarded toAmountDate
DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH €280,000
MULTICRITERI-MCRIT AIE €280,000

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