Diabolo: Rail link of the Zaventem airport to the Thalys high speed ...

Commission Decision:
C(2008)7413
Member States involved:
Belgium
Implementa� on schedule:
Start date: January 2007
End date: December 2013
Es� mated end year: post 2015
Budget:
Total project cost: €268,385,000
EU contribu� on: €15,000,000
Na� onal budget: €253,385,000
Percentage of EU support:
Studies: 5.59%
Works: 5.59%
Diabolo: Rail link of the Zaventem airport
to the Thalys high speed network
2007-BE-02030-P • Part of Priority Project 2
The aim of the project is to link Brussels Zaventem Airport with the high speed rail network: Brussels-Antwerp-Amsterdam
and Paris-Brussels/Brussels-Köln-Amsterdam-London high speed railway axis, each line forming part of Priority Project 2.
The airport is currently only accessible by a dead-end railway sta� on served by local and regional trains, or by a heavily
traffi cked road. By construc� ng a northbound tunnel underneath the airport perimeter, a new link will also directly connect
Zaventem Airport to the north-south railway axes between Brussels and Antwerp.
This project contributes to the interconnec� on of high speed lines, and the establishment of an interoperable rail network,
while reducing the isola� on of Zaventem Airport, a major economic hub threatened by problems of accessibility and
conges� on.
MAP Review
The Mid Mid-Term Term evalua�on evalua� on concluded that the pro project will encounter delays in its implementa� on and may not be en� rely
completed by the end of 2015. Given the delays, it will not be possible to maintain the EU support for the part of the works to
be performed a� er 2015. This entails a reduc� on to the TEN-T contribu� on of approximately €80,000. The comple� on of the
remaining ac� vi� es by the end of 2015 is more realis� c provided that the following condi� ons are met:
• the works, following tenders 129304 and 129371, start in 2010
• the works, following tender 109306, start in early 2011
• the works for the double track connec� on between the new line 25N and line 25 start in 2011
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300
250
200
150
100
16
14
12
10
50
8
6
4
2
0
0
MAP Review
End
2010
End
2011
Diabolo: Rail link of the Zaventem airport to the
Thalys high speed network
2007-BE-02030-P • Part of Priority Project 2
Planned, updated and revised cumulative costs (€ Million)*
End
2012
268.4
End
2013
End
2014
End
2015
279.3
279.3
Post
2015
Planned costs (Decision) Revised costs (MAP review) Updated costs (as reported by the beneficiary)
End
2010
When the updated plans are confi rmed by the review, the curve of the updated costs reported by the benefi ciary overlaps the curve of the revised costs (MAP review)
Planned and revised cumulative TEN-T contribution (€ Million)*
End
2011
End
2012
15.0
End
2013
End
2014
14.9
End
2015
Planned TEN-T contribution (Decision) Revised planned TEN-T contribution (MAP review)
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*Rounded fi gures

Commission Decision:
C(2008)7891
Member States involved:
Germany
Implementa� on schedule:
Start date: January 2008
End date: December 2013
Es� mated end year: 2013
Budget:
Total project cost: €73,900,000
EU contribu� on: €14,780,000
Na� onal budget: €59,120,000
Percentage of EU support:
Works: 20%
Aachen-Köln
2007-DE-02020-P • Part of Priority Project 2
This project looks at fi nalising the last remaining gap of Priority Project 2, the high speed railway axis Paris-Bruxelles/
Brussel-Köln-Amsterdam-London.
It includes general track upgrading works to increase the capacity of the line, including new railway control centres between
Düren and Aachen in Germany.
In addi� on, renova� on and upgrading of the Buschtunnel between Aachen and the Belgian-German border will be carried out
in order to make it suitable for high speed rail standards.
MAP Review
The Mid Mid-Term Term evalua�on evalua� on has concluded that the
project has progressed according to the ini� al plans. However, the works
related to Stolberg sta� on will not be undertaken, which entails a reduc� on to the TEN-T contribu� on of approximately €2.9
million. Moreover, the impact of the removal of this project component on the project’s objec� ves needs to be fully assessed
by the benefi ciary. Considering the aforemen� oned adapta� on to the scope of the project, the updated implementa� on plans
maintaining the original comple� on date are feasible.
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80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
MAP Review
End
2010
End
2011
Aachen-Köln
2007-DE-02020-P • Part of Priority Project 2
Planned, updated and revised cumulative costs (€ Million)*
End
2012
73.9
50.9
50.9
End
2013
Planned costs (Decision) Revised costs (MAP review) Updated costs (as reported by the beneficiary)
End
2010
When the updated plans are confi rmed by the review, the curve of the updated costs reported by the benefi ciary overlaps the curve of the revised costs (MAP review)
Planned and revised cumulative TEN-T contribution (€ Million)*
End
2011
End
2012
14.8
11.9
End
2013
Planned TEN-T contribution (Decision) Revised planned TEN-T contribution (MAP review)
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*Rounded fi gures