Construction of railway infrastructure in the

Connecting Europe Facility Rododafni-Psathopirgos section of the new TRANSPORT railway line -

Member States involved:

Greece 2014-EL-TMC-0268-W Orient/East-Mediterranean Corridor Implementation schedule Start date: January 2014 End date: September 2018

Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €290,604,929.54

Maximum EU contribution: €207,404,738.54

Percentage of EU support: 71.37%

Beneficiary: Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism www.mnec.gr

Implementing body: ERGA OSE S.A www.ergose.gr

Additional information: Coordinator’s Report on the Corridor The Athens–Patras rail axis connects Port of Patras to Athens (Central Station) http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i and Port of Piraeus, as well as to the International Athens Airport. It is located nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors on the Orient/East-Mediterranean (OEM) Corridor of the TEN-T core network.

European Commission The Action aims at removing a bottleneck on the Athens-Patras rail axis by the http://ec.europa.eu/transport construction of a double track standard gauge railway line in the section from Rododafni to Psathopirgos. It is part of the Global Project for the construction Innovation and Networks Executive of the -Patras of Athens-Patras rail axis. The activities include the Agency (INEA) construction of the 4 km Panagopoula tunnel, infrastructure construction on http://ec.europa.eu/inea open line sections, the restoration of the affected local side road network, land expropriations, relocation of public utility networks, archaeology works and project management.

The Action contributes to the upgrade/modernization of the Athens–Patras axis and its objective is to turn the entire Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki-Promachonas corridor into a high-speed rail corridor of increased capacity, equipped with modern signalling, telecommanding, telecommunication and electrification systems.

Update: October 2015