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Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Transport, and Pat Cox, European Coordinator in charge of the Priority Project No. 1 "Railway axis Berlin-Verona/Milano-Bologna-Naples-Messina-Palermo", attended a ceremony in Innsbruck to launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel. The Brenner Base Tunnel is a low-gradient rail tunnel with two parallel tubes between Innsbruck (Austria) and Fortezza (Italy). The cross-border tunnel will remove a major bottleneck for both freight and passenger transit between Austria and Italy. Vice-President Kallas welcomed the decision taken by Austria and Italy to start the tunnelling works as an important step towards more resource-efficient and sustainable transport in the sensitive alpine region.
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ID P-018790
Date 17/04/2011
Photos 26
Category Report
Tags European Commission - visits made EU relations with Member States Austria See more
Personalities Altero Matteoli Luis Durnwalder Doris Bures See more
Location Innsbruck Baumkirchen
Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas sitting in the driver's cab

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Plans of the Brenner Base Tunnel

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Pat Cox and Siim Kallas (from left to right)

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Handshake between Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, on the left, and Siim Kallas in the presence of Pat Cox, in the centre

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Handshake between Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, on the left, and Siim Kallas in the presence of Pat Cox, in the centre

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Group photo: Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Pat Cox and Siim Kallas (from left to right)

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Group photo: Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Pat Cox and Siim Kallas (from left to right)

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Discussion between Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, on the right, and Siim Kallas

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Discussion between Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, on the right, and Siim Kallas

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Pat Cox, Siim Kallas, Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, and Roland Adrowitzer, Moderator and Coordinator of the correspondence offices of ORF (from left to right)

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas at the podium

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, on the left, and Altero Matteoli, Italian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, unveiling the commemorative plaque of the Brenner Base Tunnel, as a tribute to the late Karel Van Miert, former Member of the EC

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, on the left, and Altero Matteoli, Italian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, unveiling the commemorative plaque of the Brenner Base Tunnel, as a tribute to the late Karel Van Miert, former Member of the EC

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Group photo: Mauro Moretti, Director-General of the Italian State Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato) and Chairman of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, Patx Cox, Siim Kallas, Luis Durnwalder, gouverneur du Tyrol Sud, Günther Platter, Governor of Tyrol, Doris Bures, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Altero Matteoli, Italian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Andreas Scheuer, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development, and Coordinator for Freight and Transport and Logistics, and Christian Kern, CEO of ÖBB-Holding AG (from left to right)

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas posing in front of the commemorative plaque of the Brenner Base Tunnel, created as a tribute to the late Karel Van Miert, former Member of the EC

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas putting on a safety vest at the construction site in Baumkirchen

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas wearing a safety helmet

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Pat Cox, on the left, and Siim Kallas at the entry of the Brenner Base Tunnel

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Pat Cox, on the right, and Siim Kallas, in the centre, in the train driver's cab

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

A locomotive leaving the Brenner Base Tunnel

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Brenner Base railway tunnel on the Baumkirchen site

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas, on the left, listening to the explanations on the Brenner Base Tunnel given by the OBB employees

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas putting on a safety vest on the construction site of the tunnel in Baumkirchen

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

Siim Kallas, on the left, visiting the construction site of the tunnel in Baumkirchen

Participation of Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC, at the launch the works on the Brenner Base Tunnel

The train with Siim Kallas on board, about to go though the Brenner Base Tunnel

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