Infrasite Infrasite is the information platform for infrastructure, road, rail, water, construction, traffic, safety, projects, news, innovation and mobility. Projectinfo this project: Main Project Definition Project Properties Cities Milestones This project All other projects Construction Contractors and Suppliers Hotlinks Home Infrasite Projects Infrasite InfraTenders Infrasite News Infrasite Competence Infrasite Catalogue Infrasite Products Infrasite Innovation  Infrasite Competence  Search competences:    Use complete words and  at least 4 characters. Search Infrasite Search in news articles: Search for projects: Search for categories: Search for companies: Search for governments: RSS feed / Mobile News		Brenner Base Tunnel: Project properties Phase:  Planning Modality:  Rail (People transport), Rail (Freight transport) Country:  Austria Cost:  € 5.400 mln The European Commission is currently co-financing 50% of the studies and preparatory works for the preparation of the project. So far it has put around € 40 million into the project. Target date for putting into service the tunnel is 2015. Work on the pilot tunnel will begin at the end of 2006 under the "Quick Start" programme, with 50% EU-cofinancing. Sources: EU Directorate-General Energy and Transport; 'TEN-T priority axes and projects 2005' EU Press Release IP/05/781 22-06-2005 Infrasite Project News: 18-04-2011 Green light for Brenner Base Tunnel 28-02-2011 Consultation on Europe 2020 Project Bonds to fund infrastructure 27-10-2010 EC reviews funding 92 major Trans-European Networks infrastructure project 04-12-2009 Marguerite pan-European infrastructure fund launched 21-10-2009 EU invests first part of 500 mln TEN-T funding in infrastructure works 22-07-2009 EU renews mandates coordinators trans-European transport network 14-10-2008 Annual reports 2007-08 Trans-European Transport Network 19-05-2008 TEN-T and Natura 2000: the way forward 27-02-2008 Road infrastructure management without red tape 11-01-2008 New Instrument to Finance European Transport Network 18-10-2007 European Railway Award 2007 11-09-2007 Second annual reports TEN-t network 23-05-2007 Financial aid for transport and energy networks 10-05-2007 EC organises TEN-T Days 09-05-2007 EU transport infrastructure needs new finance sources 30-06-2006 Brenner Tunnel: start construction exploratory gallery 09-09-2005 €350 million to trans-European transport network 24-06-2005 EC welcomes progress Brenner Base tunnel project 18-01-2005 €620 mln to major transport infrastructure proje	Advertisers