Pushing ahead with the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) would be like “shooting ourselves in the foot”, warn Czech and Slovak rail associations ŽESNAD…
The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union has proposed a new definition of combined transport. There is a lot of disagreement about…
A study by the European Commission has found that liberalisation has brought improvements to rail freight service. Supposedly, liberalisation has grown and diversified service offers…
The European Commission came out with a proposal to modernise rules on state aid for the transport sector on 18 June. Whereas the European Rail…
The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) has presented four key policy points that it wants the new European Commission to implement. The association wants European…
The EU Council adopted a General Approach on the Capacity Management Regulation of the Greening Freight Package on Tuesday, 18 June. This means that the…
“There is no reason for the member states to act indirectly as market participants via state-owned, integrated companies”. This was stated in a joint paper…
In a bid to combat the crippling impact of skyrocketing track access charges, European rail operators are calling for urgent short-term support measures. The clarion…
The EU’s Greening Freight Package is the bloc’s flagship policy package for decarbonisation in the transport sector. It looks to decrease emissions in European transport…
A coalition of over 40 European transport associations is calling for additional EU funding for the sector. The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) states that…
The rail freight industry is currently in a transitional period, with many geopolitical changes and a higher focus on the sector from European institutions. RailFreight.com…
The European Commission’s proposal to amend the Weights and Dimensions Directive (WDD) concerning commercial road vehicles presents some problematic points. The railway sector is concerned…