Topic: COVID-19

Elisabeth Werner (DG Move): invest revenues of truck kilometre charge in railways

One of the spearheads in the new Mobility Strategy of the European Union is the pricing of CO2, also for transport. In addition, the proceeds from a kilometre charge for trucks should be used to...Read more

12-02-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Eurostar survival on the line, UK lobby group calls for rescue

Eurostar, the train operator that runs services through the Channel Tunnel, says there is a ‘real risk’ that it won’t survive the crisis without government aid. British media report Eurostar has called for a UK...Read more

18-01-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

UIC: scientific evidence shows trains are corona-safe

The Covid-19 taskforce of the international union of railways UIC published a document about the scientific evidence demonstrating that travelling on trains is a safe mode of transport. This publication informs members of the studies...Read more

16-12-2020|Comment|author: Sarah Chebaro

ERA presents manual for Covid-safe train ventilation

Keep individual ventilation closed, but turn on ventilation systems and use natural ventilation as much as possible to get harmful aerosols out of the train. These are some of the advice that the European Union...Read more

26-10-2020|Comment|author: Paul van den Bogaard