{"id":314947,"date":"2025-11-11T19:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=67267"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:20:05","slug":"slovakia-to-receive-135-million-euros-in-cef-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=314947","title":{"rendered":"Slovakia to receive 135 million euros in CEF funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Commission is granting 135 million euros to Slovakia to modernise its rail infrastructure, with significant benefits for rail freight. The funds, coming from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), will be used to modernise the east-west stretch connecting to the Czech and Ukrainian borders and for ETCS deployment.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The modernisation of the infrastructure revolves around Ko\u0161ice, the country\u2019s second largest city. Most of the funds were allocated to the line to \u017dilina, near the border with Czechia, which will receive 96,7 million euros. Another 27,3 million euros are earmarked for the Ko\u0161ice-\u010cierna nad Tisou section, running all the way to the borders with Ukraine and Hungary.<\/p>\n

Stronger connection to Ukraine<\/h2>\n

This last one is particularly important for connecting Ukraine to the rest of Europe via rail. \u010cierna nad Tisou is just a few kilometres from Chop, which is where Ukraine opened its newest standard gauge railway, leading to Uzhhorod. Creating solid standard gauge connections to Ukraine has been a prerogative for both Kyiv and the EU since the beginning of the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n