Update: Komárno – Komárom bridge

A new Danube rail bridge at Komárom was proposed here earlier, as part of a high-speed route from Vienna and Bratislava, to Budapest. Historically, there are two main lines from Vienna to Budapest: one south of the Danube via Győr, the other north of the river, via Bratislava and Nové Zámky. The earlier proposal here …

Re-opening rail line to IJmuiden

Amsterdam is linked to the sea by the North Sea Canal, a wide ship canal, built in 1875 and later widened. The canal cut through the dunes, and it ended at a sea lock, protected by breakwaters. There was nothing else at first, just dunes, but a town grew up around the locks: IJmuiden. Later …

Update: high-speed rail Novi Sad – Belgrade

Proposals for a high-speed line between Novi Sad and Belgrade were posted here several years ago, when official plans were still incomplete. By now, the project is nearing completion, so there is no point in proposing an alternative alignment. Most of it follows the old line anyway. The official project is less ambitious than proposed …

Update: Rail Baltica in the region

New and upgraded rail lines, in the Baltic States and Kaliningrad Oblast, were proposed here earlier. The proposals were integrated with each other, and with the older network. One proposal was a north-south high-speed rail line, Kaunas – Riga – Tallinn. Since then, the official Rail Baltica project has finalised its alignment, and it is …