Connecting Europe Facility Koralm railway line (-): TRANSPORT package of implementation measures for

2014-2020 Member States involved:

Austria 2014-AT-TM-0003-W

Implementation schedule Baltic-Adriatic Corridor

Start date: January 2014 End date: March 2019

Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €191,930,423

Maximum EU contribution: €57,579,127

Percentage of EU support: 30%

Beneficiary: Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) www.bmvit.gv.at

Implementing body: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) www.oebb.at

Additional information: Coordinator’s Report on the Corridor http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i The Action will see the implementation of construction work on the nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors Wettmannstätten–St. Andrä sub-section of the Koralm railway line, located on the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor. The Action is part of a Global Project aimed at the construction of the 127 km long, continuously electrified new line http://ec.europa.eu/transport connecting Graz and Klagenfurt, commonly known as the Koralm railway line. Innovation and Networks Executive

Agency (INEA) The specific objectives of the Action are to: http://ec.europa.eu/inea  build embankments for the two-track line between the bridge structures from Wettmannstätten to the east portal of the (Activity 1)  to lay the bituminous base course, erect overhead line masts and noise protection walls and build tracks in the 8 km long Wettmannstätten– section (Activity 2)  to carry out building measures, include the structure of the South Tube of the Koralm Tunnel, the internal fitting out (with walkways and cableways) in the section from the east portal of the Koralm Tunnel along a length of approximately 21.2 km in the direction of Klagenfurt (Activity 3)

Completion of the Action is foreseen for March 2019.

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Update: September 2015