Connecting Europe Facility Upgraded line/New-build line (ABS/NBS) TRANSPORT Karlsruhe-Basel with partial upgrade measures on the existing line Member States involved: Germany 2014-DE-TM-0094-W Implementation schedule Rhine-Alpine Corridor Start date: January 2014 End date: December 2019 Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €828,614,563 Maximum EU contribution: €338,532,745.20 Percentage of EU support: 40.51% Beneficiary: Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur www.bmvi.de Implementing bodies: DB Netz AG http://fahrweg.dbnetze.com DB Station & Service AG DB Energie GmbH www.dbenergie.de The Karlsruhe-Basel project includes the four-track upgrade of the already existing 2 track line 4,000 (Rheintalbahn). With the two new tracks mainly Additional information: designed for high speed traffic, a travel time reduction of 31 minutes will be achieved for high speed passenger trains. The two new tracks will be Coordinator’s Report on designed for a speed of 250 km/h and mainly be routed parallel to the the Corridor existing tracks. http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors The Action consists of the following activities: route section 1 Karlsruhe-Rastatt Sud, works European Commission route section 7 Offenburg-Herbolzheim, studies http://ec.europa.eu/transport route section 7 Offenburg-Herbolzheim, works route section 8 Herbolzheim-Hugelheim, studies Innovation and Networks Executive route section 8 Herbolzheim-Hugelheim, works Agency (INEA) route section 8 Rheintalbahn (Rtb) Kenzingen-Hugelheim, studies http://ec.europa.eu/inea route section 9 Mullheim-Auggen, works route section 9 Schliengen-Eimeldingen, works route section 9 Haltingen-Weil am Rhein, works route section 9 Basel, works Please note that the present document is for information purposes only. The content and conditions of the grant agreement always prevail on any different information which may be included in this document or elsewhere. Update: September 2015 .