Review Railway Forum 2024

Last week the Railway Forum 2024 was held in Sofia with around 170 participants to the topic:
The Future of Railway Interoperability: 25 Years of Experience and Innovative Strategies.

On the first day, the conference started with an introduction by the Bulgarian Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova pointing out the plans of an inter-Balkan connection between Serbia-Turkey and Romania-Greece.

During the conference international experts gave their presentations on the currents developments and future perspectives of the European Railway Network. The European Union Agency for Railways was represented by Desislava Dimitrova, who gave her views of the importance of rail interoperability with a particular focus on the TEN-T corridors.

You may view the presentations here: https://ueeiv.eu/events/railway-forum-2024/

In the breaks there was time to network and visit the exhibition which reaffirmed the trend of standardization and common TSIs.
There was time to socialize, meet Railway Engineers and providers from different countries and enjoy the local culture at a typical Bulgarian evening thanks to the great hospitality of our Bulgarian colleagues.

On the second day a field trip was organized to the new construction site of the Elin Pelin-Kostenetz section which consists in the construction of modern tunnels for a high speed railway that connects Sofia and Plovdiv and goes further down to Turkey. The tunnels are constructed according to the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM).

Let’s continue to work together and improve the European Rail Network!

We are looking forward to the next Railway Forum in Napoli 2025: https://ueeiv.eu/events/railway-forum-2025/