Topic: European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)

Interview ERTMS director on Dutch rollout: ‘There is a time of thinking and a time of doing’

The head of ERTMS at the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) Jo de Bosschere feels that the Netherlands should start taking action on the ERTMS roll-out. “I…
EU delegation in Athens to discuss increasing safety of Greek railways

On Wednesday, a week after the fatal railway collision near Larissa, a European delegation travelled to Athens to meet Greek Authorities and talk about what technical support for…

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Background What needs to happen before ERTMS may be implemented in rail?

Many years ago, the European Union set itself the ambitious goal of making railways safe and interoperable. One of the key ways of achieving this goal is the…
The trials of Alstom’s new TGV M in Czech Republic

Since 7 December 2022, the first TGV M test train from Alstom’s Avelia Horizon range has been at the Velim test site in the Czech Republic. This test…

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Renfe plans to run new trains to France before summer following end of SNCF cooperation

Spanish national operator Renfe wants to once again operate trains to France on the routes Madrid-Marseille and Barcelona-Lyon before the summer of 2023, the operator says in response…

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‘Every railway manager balances between maintenance and uninterrupted train traffic’

Carrying out preventive maintenance on time or disrupt train traffic as little as possible? “Should you ensure that train traffic can continue now or should you stop it…
ERA: Chinese rail inventions have overtaken European ones

In total numbers, China produces the most innovations in the railway sector, finds a new report by the European Union Agency for Railway (ERA). Interestingly, most of these…
Thalys tests with ERTMS Baseline 3 successfully completed

On behalf of the rail operator Thalys International, Ricardo Certification has completed a test programme with the train control system ERTMS Level 2 Baseline 3 for the Dutch…
ERA examines safety culture in the European rail sector

In June this year, the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) will investigate the safety awareness of the rail sector in EU countries and Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.…
ERA safety report: no progress in reducing railway workers casualties since 2014

With 1,552 significant accidents and 824 fatalities (suicides excluded), according to the European Union Agency of Railways (ERA) the year 2019 was the safest year in the European…
Deadline for the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package expired

The deadline for Member States to transpose the technical pillar of the Fourth Railway Package has expired last Saturday. This package enables the European Union Agency for Railways…
UNIFE blames the EU for ‘exclusion of the rail sector’

UNIFE, the association of Europe’s rail supply companies, has expressed its disappointment towards the European policymakers about what it calls: the exclusion of the European mobility network and…
7,800 railway vehicles authorised for cross-European operations

The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has celebrated the first anniversary since it started to authorise railway vehicles, to issue safety certificates and ERTMS approvals. For this…
Pio Guido (ERA): regulations can stimulate digital evolution

The European rail agency ERA is responsible for the standardization of technical systems and harmonization of safety approaches. According to Pio Guido, Head of Railway Systems at ERA,…
UIC issues two FRMCS specifications

The International Union of Railways (UIC) has released two important specifications related to the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), the successor of GSM-R. They are about the…