The large trade show for the technical rail industry, RailTech Europe, will continue next year, despite corona. On the 30th and 31st of March and the 1st of April the ProMedia studios in Rotterdam will...Read more
The negotiators of the European Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to declare 2021 the European Year of Railways. Throughout the year there will be events and initiatives to increase the...Read more
Europe gears up to become the world champion of sustainable and smart mobility. Railways as one of the greenest mode of transport must become crucial in fulfilling the task. This will not come true without...Read more
The European Commission should pay more attention to the rail sector in developing the forthcoming ‘Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobility’. To this end, three umbrella organisations CER, EIM and UNIFE have published the joint...Read more
Railway is a crucial part of the European Union environmentally-friendly policy. Year by year, the sector is gradually moving towards carbon neutrality by reducing its emissions. To unlock the full potential of railways, there is...Read more
The European Green Deal, which was presented at the end of last year, is likely to be snowed under in attempts by European governments to cope with the economic effects of the corona crisis, fears...Read more
Polish rolling stock manufacturer Newag is moving towards decarbonisation of its producing process. The company has equipped the roof of its workshops in Nowy Sącz with photovoltaic panels. This measure is in line the environmental...Read more
In order to support and promote railways as a sustainable mode of transport, the European Commission has proposed to make 2021 the Year of Rail. It plans a series of events, campaigns and initiatives next...Read more
If travellers took the train en masse instead of taking the plane to travel from one European city to another, CO2 emissions would be up to 10 per cent lower. A saving is around 8.4...Read more
Poland wants to meet the requirements of the European Green Deal and to become climate-neutral. To this end, the Polish rail sector will play a key role in shifting the country to renewable sources of...Read more
The European Commission is developing a new transport strategy. How it sees the future of the railway sector, what technologies will change it and why the railways should be integrated with other modes of mobility....Read more
CEO Geert Pauwels of Lineas has won the European Railway Award 2020 on Tuesday evening in Brussels. The director received the award for the successful transformation of a loss-making division of the Belgian railways into...Read more
Europe moves towards a zero-emission economy. This ambitious goal must be achieved by 2050 within the implementation of the European Green Deal, the new strategy of the European Union focused on improving the well-being of...Read more
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) appreciates the European Green Deal. This long-term plan of the European Commission is aimed at full decarbonisation of the continent by 2050. It will foster the...Read more
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called on the European authorities to implement a number of policy measures for providing full decarbonisation by 2050. This is vital for the future of...Read more
