From sea to sea without barriers
The dream of a Europe without frontiers has nearly come true. This means new possibilities, but also new challenges. For example, international freight transport by rail needs cross-border solutions. The strategic foundation for this consists of six European ERTMS railway corridors. In terms of traffic, the corridor between Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Antwerp and Genoa is the most significant corridor and plays a pilot function.
The EEIG Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa project company is using this website to provide information about this path finding project and its objectives.
News Update
17th January 2012
Local service dispatcher has significantly improved the cross-border freight traffic in Aachen West
16th January 2012
Rail takes greater share of transalpine cargo in first half of 2011
19th December 2011
18th October 2011
Germany and Switzerland ease admission process of railway vehicles
23th August 2011
Deployment of ETCS in Switzerland progresses well
24th June 2011
Restoration works at Simplon Tunnel
24th June 2011
Major works at Simplon Tunnel after fire
11th March 2011
Record after record on the Lötschberg axis!
10th December 2010
Excellent construction works speed up the completion of Gotthard Base Tunnel
29th November 2010
Regulation on European rail network for competitive freight enters into force.
21th October 2010
Gotthard Basis Tunnel - A fresh breeze is blowing through the Alps
28th July 2010
Recent progress on Karlsruhe - Basel section
26th July 2010
New freight record at Lötschberg system
13th July 2010
Rotterdam Declaration of Ministers on Rail Freight Corridors
13th July 2010
Study "Noise on the railway corridor Rotterdam - Genoa" published
01st June 2010
Information of last RU advisory board meeting
31st May 2010
27th May 2010
Europtirails for terminal operators
25th May 2010
What we offer
The rail freight corridor from Rotterdam to Genoa runs along the River Rhine through the industrial heart of Europe and is connected to Zeebrugge and Antwerp via Cologne. This railway link serves the major industries and the most dynamic and fast growing economic regions as well as four deep-sea ports, six inland ports and around 50 intermodal terminals on 4900 kilometres of track.
The coordination of this international programme is being managed by the Management Board of the EEIG Corridor Rotterdam – Genoa EWIV, a European entity founded by rail infrastructure managers and supported by the European Union.
To prepare for the growing demand in the market and to offer the best quality for competitive rail freight services, the rail infrastructure managers ProRail, DB Netz, SBB Infrastruktur, BLS Netz and RFI joined forces in 2008 and launched a corridor programme comprising 1) the implementation of new technologies to allow interoperable traffic, 2) infrastructure enlargements and 3) smart logistics and operational procedures. More
