Connecting Europe Facility Railway connection Sines/Elvas (): TRANSPORT Évora-Caia Section and Technical Station at

km 118 of the South Line Member States involved:

Portugal 2014-PT-TM-0627-M

Implementation schedule Atlantic Corridor

Start date: April 2014 End date: December 2019

Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €315,446,963

Maximum EU contribution: €127,716,150.9

Percentage of EU support: 50% (Studies) 40% (Works - Évora-Caia section) 30% (Works - South Line section)

Beneficiary: DGAE-Direção-Geral das Atividades Económicas (Ministério da Economia) www.dgae.min-economia.pt

Implementing body: Infraestruturas de S.A. www.infraestruturasdeportugal.pt

Additional information: The cross-border section Évora-Elvas/Caia (Spanish border) is part of the Coordinator’s Report on rail freight axis Sines-Elvas--Paris and is a missing link in the High the Corridor Speed connection -Madrid. The Action includes design studies and http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i works for the renewal of the stretch Évora-Évora Norte as well as the nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors construction of the new railway line between Évora Norte and Elvas/Caia (border with Spain). European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/transport The new interoperable line will allow the movement of 740m freight trains and will be designed for high-speed (over 250 km/h). The Action is located Innovation and Networks Executive on the Atlantic corridor and is part of a Global Project that aims to develop a Agency (INEA) high-capacity freight and passenger railway axis linking Portugal with Spain http://ec.europa.eu/inea and the centre of Europe.

The Action will support economic growth and the regional development of the concerned regions. It will also promote modal split, increase the competitiveness of the port of Sines and serve several logistic platforms.

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Update: October 2015