Building and rebuilding railways will save planet Earth from environmental calamity, and save the global economy. The technology that transformed the early nineteenth century can save the late twenty-first century too – providing we move...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
Travelling by train from London to Glasgow, one passenger could reduce CO2 emissions by almost 60 per cent compared to flying. In case of a journey to Manchester, this volume could be shortened even more...Read more
The EU’s rail and road haulage sectors should function in equal conditions. To this end, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called the Member States to introduce tolling and external-cost charging...Read more
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is going to replace one of its daily services between Brussels and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a Thalys high-speed train. In the long term, KLM together with Thalys and Nederlandse Spoorwegen...Read more
A lot of passengers travelling between Paris and Amsterdam notice that a train ticket is sometimes more expensive than a flight. Kimmo Oostermeyer, an expert in infrastructure and operations at RebelGroup, explained that the price...Read more
Sebastian Jürgens has been managing the port of Lübeck since 2014. Previously, he led intermodal activities at, among others, Deutsche Bahn. He is an expert in goods transport by rail. In an interview, he explained...Read more
The environmental arguments for rail as a transport mode are not enough to push for a modal shift. Research shows that rail freight transport can have 25 per cent more impact on the national economy...Read more
Railways operators pay for every train kilometre. In principle, this makes all railways tollgates, while only 20 per cent of European highways and main roads require toll. A new balance must be created to initiate...Read more
RailTech Europe 2017 event in Utrecht was a resounding success – and one of the highlights was undoubtedly the Innovation Awards, presented to a host of companies and individuals for their innovative work in rail...Read more