Topic: European Transport Directorate (DG Move)

‘Rail connection to European ports should be on top of the list’

The interdependency of European ports and rail freight connections has been one of the topics on board of the Connecting Europe Express. In Europe, a large share of rail freight passes through its seaports, yet...Read more

06-10-2021|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

European Commissioner: legislation in the making for tripling high-speed trains

The European Commission will formulate EU legislation for “concrete actions” to double rail freight transport and triple the number of high-speed train services by 2050. In the meantime, trials are underway with a European train...Read more

08-04-2021|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel

Alberto Mazzola: we don’t want another white paper, but real actions

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have addressed a letter to all EU Ministers of Transport to outline the priority needs of rail. The initiative comes ahead of a key gathering of...Read more

26-03-2021|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

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