NRW hands over EUR 196 million in funding for light rail infrastructure
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- On 14 July 2026 NRW transport minister Oliver Krischer hands over funding notices worth EUR 196 million in Cologne to seven transport companies and one municipality for city and tram infrastructure
The state and federal funds enable investment of more than EUR 323 million in track, power supply, stops and accessibility.
The state and federal government are funding the modernisation of North Rhine-Westphalia's light rail systems with a total of EUR 196 million; transport minister Krischer handed over the notices in Cologne on 14 July 2026. Cologne's transport operator receives the most at EUR 81.8 million, followed by Duisburg (EUR 31.4 million), Dortmund (just under EUR 30 million), Bochum-Gelsenkirchen (EUR 16.2 million for the Musiktheater interlocking), Essen/Mülheim (EUR 14 million), Bielefeld (EUR 13.8 million) and Bonn (EUR 9.1 million). Together the grants trigger investment of more than EUR 323 million (LOK Report, 14 Jul 2026).
Source: lok-report.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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