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November 16, 2023 | Employment

Staffer: seeking a new skills strategy for Europe’s railway sector

Staffer is a cross-industry project involving 32 organisations that are working to improve and enhance training programmes to meet the European railway industry’s future needs. With 12 months remaining of the four-year programme, Kevin Smith looks at progress so far.

October 6, 2023 | Innovations

IRJ Innovations Showcase 2023: Shift2Rail

The fourth and final part of our round-up of the latest railway technologies and innovations focuses on notable contributions from Europe's Shift2Rail joint research programme, which will conclude at the end of the year.

July 17, 2023 | Analysis

European Commission proposes EU network capacity allocation shake-up

IRJ digs into the fine detail of the Green Transport Package, three new legislative proposals aimed at boosting European rail network efficiency, which were released by the European Commission on July 11.

May 10, 2023 | Freight

Wagonload freight needs to change

Rail freight can only deliver its contribution to meeting Europe’s climate targets for 2050 if single wagonload traffic is made more efficient and cost-effective. Jürgen Maier-Gyomlay* considers what needs to be done.

May 8, 2023 | Freight

Ambitious approach needed to meet EU rail freight modal share targets

As the European Commission prepares to publish its Green Freight Transport Package in the second quarter of this year, Robert Preston considers what changes in policy the rail freight sector wants to see if EU modal shift targets are to be met.

April 6, 2023 | Rolling stock

Locomotive leasor drives innovation

Nexrail’s chief commercial officer, Mark Remie, outlines the leasing company’s plans for its expanding fleet of locomotives, and what he sees as the obstacles to rail’s growth in Europe, to Quintus Vosman.

March 15, 2023 | High-speed

Europe needs a high-speed masterplan

A study commissioned by Europe’s Rail, CER, AllRail and Unife says a masterplan is needed for high-speed rail in the European Union if it is to achieve its potential to become the dominant mode of long-distance transport. Robert Preston reports.

January 30, 2023 | Europe

Europe’s Rail launches six flagship projects

Phase 1 of Europe’s Rail, the successor to Shift2Rail, the European research initiative, will include six flagship projects within the programme’s Innovation Pillar. Europe’s Rail presents an overview of what each will cover.

September 7, 2022 | Europe

Rethinking the European railway

Carlo Borghini, executive director of Europe’s Rail, explains the importance of the System Pillar to the new research initiative’s overall success to Kevin Smith.

August 12, 2022 | Signalling

Europe’s ERTMS dream enters a new era

Earlier this year, the EU Agency for Railways staged its ERTMS conference in Valenciennes, France. David Briginshaw reports on what the key speakers had to say and subsequent developments in the implementation of ERTMS in Europe.

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