Rail – Studies

Call Updates

Jul 5, 2022 4:34:52 PM
CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results

Published: 16/09/2021

Deadline: 19/01/2022

Indicative available budget: EUR 1 620 000 000

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted: 153

Total funding requested for submitted proposals: EUR 6 510 795 417

Number of inadmissible proposals: 4

Number of ineligible proposals: 4

Number of selected proposals: 35

Total recommended funding for selected proposals: EUR 1 740 082 469

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact CINEA-CEF-TRANSPORT-CALLS@ec.europa.eu

Sep 24, 2021 4:08:56 PM

The submission session is now available for: CEF-T-2021-COREGEN-RAIL-STUDIES(CEF-PJG)

Sep 20, 2021 4:45:10 PM

A new version of the call document was made available on 20.09.21 (update: section on funding rates - page 22).

Rail – studies

TOPIC ID: CEF-T-2021-COREGEN-RAIL-STUDIES

Programme: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Work programme part: CEF-2021
Call: CEF 2 Transport - Projects on the Core Network – General envelope (CEF-T-2021-COREGEN)
Work programme year: CEF-2021
Type of action: CEF-PJG CEF Project Grants
Type of MGA: CEF Action Grant Budget-Based [CEF-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 16 September 2021
Deadline date: 19 January 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description
 
Objective:

The objective is to develop rail transport infrastructure projects on the Core Network of the TEN-T.

Scope:

Studies 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 meters 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 actions aimed at the integration of the rail and air networks to make the feeder network for long-haul flights more sustainable. Actions located exclusively within the perimeter of inland ports and maritime ports shall be submitted under those priorities respectively;
• connections of freight terminals to the TEN-T Network;
• electrification of line tracks and upgrade of electrification systems.

Support will not be given to railway stations, except for railway infrastructure components. If the Action includes such components, they shall be presented as a separate work package. Neither shall support be given to activities related to the Class B systems. Actions shall comply with the provisions of Directive 2016/797 on the interoperability of the rail system (Directive 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union which replaces Directive 2008/57/EC as of 31 October 2020 (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44)) and with the related Technical Specifications for Interoperability. Where relevant, Actions shall also be compatible with the alignment of operating procedures accross borders in order to ensure the most effective use of the supported infrastructure.

In accordance with Article 9(2)(a)(i) of the CEF Regulation, Actions addressing the Core Network may include related elements on the Comprehensive Network, when necessary to optimize the investment. These elements may form up to 10% of the total eligible costs of the Action and shall be presented as a separate work package.

Facilities and infrastructure supported under CEF must be accessible for use by all operators on a non-discriminatory basis.

The foreseen duration of the action should be 2-3 years maximum.