EU transport ministers agree to review Trans-European Transport Network

The EU agrees on the need to review the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), Czech Transport Minister Martin Kupka said at a press conference after Friday's informal meeting of the bloc's transport ministers in Prague. The TEN-T rail network lacks a number of important cross-border rail routes, he said, and the Czech Republic is particularly advocating for the inclusion of a Berlin-Prague-Vienna line and a route from Austria to Poland via Czechia.

As well as expanding the TEN-T network, the ministers also discussed measures to reduce energy consumption on railways in response to the energy crisis, the need for further electrification of railway lines, and ways of making rail transport more attractive for passengers, such as greater comfort on trains and the possibility of purchasing a single pan-European ticket.