Network Rail combats global warming
The UK infrastructure agency, Network Rail, is the first railway company in the world to set ambitious science-based targets to limit global warming. The commitments are independently qualified and quantified, committing Network Rail to cutting...Read more
600 million euros scheme for German single wagon transport
A 600 million euro German scheme has been approved by the European Commission under the EU state aid rules. The scheme aims to provide support to single wagon rail freight transportation. With a duration until...Read moreFrom next month: charges for delay minutes caused in Germany
In December this year DB Netze will launch a scheme in which railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager are charged for delay minutes. The parties will pay per delay minute caused. This ‘performance scheme’ is...Read more
Deadline passed for technical pillar of Fourth Railway Package
Saturday 31 October was the deadline for Member States to transpose the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package. This package enables the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) to become Europe’s single certification body...Read more
EU: additional measures for fast rail freight at borders
The European Commission has taken additional measures to improve the rapid flow of goods by rail now that most Member States are in full or partial lockdown. This is to ensure that the trains are...Read more
UNIFE blames the EU for ‘exclusion of the rail sector’
UNIFE, the association of Europe’s rail supply companies, has expressed its disappointment towards the European policymakers about what it calls: the exclusion of the European mobility network and their contribution towards the EU Green deal....Read more
Wales to nationalise railways from early 2021
The devolved government in Wales, which acts autonomously of the UK government for transport and other matters, has announced today that it will take direct public control of the entire rail network within the principality....Read more
Pandemic-weakened EU countries unlikely to waive track access charges
Only a few EU Member States will respond to the call of new EU legislation, allowing for a waiver, reduction or deferral of track access charges as long as the pandemic lasts. There may be...Read more
Translation tool aims to overcome language barrier international freight
A pilot with a translating tool has to overcome the language barrier in international rail freight. Translate4Rail, a joint programme by The International Union of Railways (UIC) and RailNetEurope (RNE) developed the tool with a...Read more
Countdown starts for digital edition of Track Access Charges Summit 2020
The allocation of track access charges is an area of intense debate in the rail sector, especially now that COVID-19 is affecting rail transportation. Tomorrow, on 14 and 15 October during the Track Access Charges...Read more
Latvia and Estonia officially part of North Sea-Baltic corridor
Latvia and Estonia have officially joined the North Sea-Baltic corridor on Monday 12 October 2020. With that, the connection to Riga and Tallinn has become part of the European rail freight corridor network. This extension...Read more
This is what concerns the sector across all transport modes
Representatives from the road, air, maritime, rail, manufacturing and logistics sectors call on European decision makers to adopt an EU framework on the governance of business-to-business (B2B) data that ensures a level playing field for...Read more
‘I’ve been the railway man in Brussels for 15 years, it’s time for a change’
He has represented the railway industry in Brussels since 2006, and was involved with rail since he started working. After nine years as the Executive Director of CER, Libor Lochman decided that it is time...Read more
Global rail technology market has survived COVID-19 pandemic
The global market for rail technology has survived the COVID-19 pandemic relatively unscathed. Despite a slump of 8 per cent in 2020, the expectation is that the market will grow with 2.3 per cent annually...Read more
‘Transport sector has helped the UK survive, now it should be rewarded’
The contribution the transport sector to help the UK battle through the coronavirus crisis must be rewarded by the government. This was argued by the outspoken secretary general of the National Union of Rail, Maritime...Read more
Rail freight companies want Berlin to ‘hear the signal’
Rail freight industry players held the first ever demonstration on rails in Berlin yesterday, 28 September. They demonstrated against the state aid of the German government for Deutsche Bahn. Organised by the Network of European...Read more