Germany signs with ERA marking ‘new cooperation era’
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) have signed a cooperation agreement. The two authorities concluded how they…
Rail freight sector not ready for 4th Railway Package
When asked whether people were aware of the changes that will be introduced from June 2019 with the implementation of the 4th Railway Package, half…
EU consultation on freight noise rule changes
The European Union Agency for Railway (ERA) is running a consultation on draft changes to technical rules governing noise from rail freight wagons. It is…
UIC leads cooperation on rail in Gulf states
The International Union of Railways has signed an agreement with the European Union’s rail agency and industry stakeholders to ‘deepen the cooperation’ on rail development…
Live stream: EU Railways Agency conference on ERTMS
A live stream is currently available for a conference on ERTMS being staged today and tomorrow (Nov 15-16) by the EU Agency for Railways (ERA)…
EU technical workshop on rail freight telematics
The European Union Agency for Railways’ (ERA) 6th Regional TAF TSI workshop in September will provide important new information on the Technical Specification for Interoperability…
Amsterdam hosts penultimate Single European Railway Area conference
The European Union Agency for Railways’ (ERA) penultimate conference on the Single European Railway Area project has again shone a spotlight on the European Union’s…
ERFA urges rail operators to ‘commit more’ to freight
Railway undertakings (RUs) must start prioritising projects which maintain momentum of the Rail Freight Corridors following last year’s Rotterdam agreement, says the European Rail Freight…
Karel Vinck: ‘No reason’ freight trains should not be 700 metres
The European Railways Agency’s Karel Vinck says there is no reason why all freight trains should not be the 700 metre-long version as an effective…
Rail freight CEOs ‘taking control’, says CER report
Freight rail policymakers must take ‘full responsibility’ for addressing the intermodal imbalances that still exist in the European rail market if industry professionals’ work is…
Two keys to modal shift: Collaboration & Competition
European rail freight policymakers must help ensure that national rail infrastructure managers work much more closely together to alleviate bottlenecks at borders, and thus pave…