Press Releases 2009

Press Releases 2009

• 1.
  Press release 24.12.2009

  Topic: Infrastructure,  Cargo,  Passenger Service

   

  Pro-Rail Alliance welcomes Ramsauer’s plans for expanding the network

  “The minister is still vague on funding, however”

  

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  Berlin. The German Pro-Rail Alliance has welcomed federal transport minister Peter Ramsauer’s plans for expanding the rail network. “We fully support the targets. What is missing however is the minister’s funding concept. If you pin all your hopes on public-private partnerships for …

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• 2.
  Press release 22.12.2009

  Topic: Cargo,  Safety

   

  Danish mega trucks now in Northern Germany

  2010 – Germany will still not be free of gigaliners

• 3.
  Press release 18.12.2009

  Topic: Infrastructure

   

  Road construction: transport minister’s “ring-fenced funding”

  “This idea is almost incestuous”

• 4.
  Press release 04.12.2009

  Topic: Environment

   

  EU figures show transport sector is biggest climate killer

  CO2 targets will be missed without policy changes

• 5.
  Press release 27.11.2009

  Topic: Infrastructure,  Cargo

   

  Motorway tolls on HGVs: system was overdue, but has potential

  “Disadvantages for rail freight must now be corrected”

• 6.
  Press release 14.11.2009

  Topic: Train Stations,  Passenger Service

   

  Rail Station of the Year 2009: Award for Usedom’s seaside railway

  “Stations like pearls on a chain”

• 7.
  Press release 03.11.2009

  Topic: Train Stations,  Passenger Service

   

  Railway station of the year 2009: Uelzen is a work of art

  “Colourful station with wonderfully rounded forms”

• 8.
  Press release 26.10.2009

  Topic: Train Stations,  Passenger Service

   

  Train Station of the Year 2009. Erfurt beats the rest of Germany

  “A highly intelligent intersection”

• 9.
  Press release 24.10.2009

  Topic: Cargo,  Passenger Service

   

  Conservative-liberal agreement: transport section “without drive”

  “Coalition only has clear targets for space travel”

• 10.
  Press release 23.10.2009

  Topic: Infrastructure

   

  Comparison of railway investments in Europe

  Germany lags behind Italy