CER begins European Year of Rail with new Executive Director
For the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the year 2021 marks a change of leadership. The new Executive Director, Alberto Mazzola, has…
Rail freight’s wishlist for 2021
2021 solemnly constitutes the European Year of Rail. Following 2020 and all its upheavals, the conditions seem optimal to use the coming year as a…
ERFA: ‘Year of rail arrives in the most appropriate time’
On 15 December the European Parliament officially adopted 2021 as the European year of Rail with 684 votes in favour. ERFA welcomed the decision and…
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…
Report of Combined Transport estimates significant growth of market
Combined Transport market will have grown by nearly 150 per cent between 2009 and 2029. This very positive insight is part of the Report of…
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…
‘Year of rail 2021 much needed and perfectly timed’
Various railway organisations have welcomed the proposal of the European Commission to designate 2021 as the European Year of Rail. They believe that it should…