Press

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Strategic RoCK documents

Position paper 'Rail Regulation

Position paper 'Cross border public rail transport problems in North West Europe'

Individual RoCK documents

Study 'Improvement of the Eindhoven - Düsseldorf Rail Corridor' English (November 2010)

Market potential study 'Cross-border light rail Maastricht-Flanders'
Dutch long version
English short version

Feasibility study 'RWTH-Campusbahn Peoplemover Aachen' German (January 2010)

Info material

RoCK leaflet

IC connection Eindhoven-Düsseldorf leaflet

IC connection Eindhoven-Aachen leaflet

RWTH-Campusbahn leaflet

Light Rail Maastricht-Hasselt leaflet

Transmanche Metro leaflet

Integrated Ticketing & Marketing leaflet

EU policy documents

EU measures to improve rail services (Sept. 2010)

Opening-up of rail international passenger transport market (Dez. 2009)

PRESS RESPONSE

2012

Rheinische Post "Langsamer Rückzug der Fernzüge"

Grenzlandnachrichten "IC Verbindung Düsseldorf-Venlo"

Rheinische Post "Düsseldorf kämpft für bessere Bahnverbindung"

RP online "Züge in die Niederlande: Region setzt ein Zeichen"

2011

Volkskrant "Sneltram tussen Maastricht en Hasselt in 2017"

Het Belang van Limburg "Tram tussen Hasselt en Maastricht rijdt in 2017"

Maas Rhein Zeitung "Eisenbahnverbindung Eindhoven-Düsseldorf"

Limburs Dagblad "Betere verbinding Nederland en Duitsland"

Rail Magazine "Kent Council calls for stopping trains in northern France"

La Lettre Ferroviaire "Le Nord Pas de Calais précurseur d'une révolution ferroviaire?"

Limburgs Dagblad "Voor elk roestig spoortje een plan"

Limburgs Dagblad "Ijzeren Rijn nu twintig jaar uit beld"

2010

NRC Handelblad "Spoorwegen staan met de rug naar Europa"

Rheinische Post "Berlin streicht Bahnausbau"

Rheinische Post "Weg mit der Viersener Kurve"

Limburgs Dagblad "Verbetering Duits Spoor lijk ver weg"

Aachener Zeitung "IC von Eindhoven nach Aachen in Den Haag beschlossen"

Eindhoven Dagblad "Snelle trein over grens komt traag"

Aachener Zeitung "Vier Parteien wollen eine Stadtbahn"

Der Nahverkehr "Welche Bahn für Aachen?"

Der Nahverkehr "SPNV-Renaissance im Dreiländereck"

2009

NahverkehrNachrichten "Neuer Schwung fuer Schiene in der Eurogio Maas Rhein"

Eindhoven Dagblad "20 miljoen voor snellere trein Aken"

Nahverkehrs-Praxis "Bahn frei in der Euregio Maas Rhein"

2008

AachenerZeitung "Eindhoven rueckt naeher"

PRESS RELEASE

Launch RoCK (September 2009)

Launch of Regions of Connected Knowledge (RoCK)
Why international, interoperable and consumer friendly rail services are so important for knowledge regions.

On the first ‘Green Streets’ conference day (September 7th) the European project ‘RoCk’ (Regions of Connected Knowledge), co-funded by Interreg IVB, will be launched. The project represents a partnership of 11 partners in 5 different countries with the City of Eindhoven as Lead Partner. During the RoCK session, starting at 14.30 hours, the relation of knowledge regions and transport will be discussed. Innovation, future markets and economic growth need sustainable highly connected transport networks regardless of national borders. The Green Streets two day conference, supported by the Committee of the Regions and EUROCITIES along with media partner Regional Review,....  click here for the complete press release

2008

Aachen
Delijn Maastricht
Eindhoven