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European Year of Rail 2021

January 26, 2022 | Europe

Collaboration needed to fix long-distance passenger rail

Policymakers hope rail can play a major role in making short to medium distance passenger travel in Europe sustainable. Yet the sector is facing many challenges and there are differing views on how these issues should be solved, as David Burroughs explains.

January 17, 2022 | Policy

European policy intervention a balancing act

Kristian Schmidt, director of land transport at DG Move, talks to David Burroughs.

December 1, 2021 | Policy

Europe’s Rail to replace Shift2Rail next year

€1.2bn to be made available for rail research and innovation.

September 2, 2021 | Europe

Connecting Europe Express begins five-week European tour

The train will run through 26 European countries between Lisbon and Paris.

July 1, 2021 | Policy

EC foresees no formal extension to European Year of Rail

EC confirms its position following recent calls from industry bodies to extend the initiative until the end of 2022.

June 22, 2021 | News

Rail Forum Europe calls for European Year of Rail extension

European Parliament association wants 2021 European Year of Rail extended to December 2022.

April 13, 2021 | Podcasts

Podcast: The European Year of Rail with Philippe Citroën, director general, Unife

The European Commission has designated 2021 as the European Year of Rail and is planning a series of events and initiatives throughout the year to promote rail as a sustainable transport mode.

March 31, 2021 | Policy

CER launches the Future in Rail initiative

CER campaign will complement European Year of Rail.

March 30, 2021 | Policy

European Year of Rail launches with reminder of the challenges confronting modal shift

Portuguese transport minister, Pedro Nuno Santos, says the sector must increase the expectations of what is possible as key industry figures weigh on the opportunities presented by the initiative.

March 30, 2021 | Policy

TEE 2.0 could play part in reviving passenger rail post-Covid

The suggestion was made by a platform set up by the European Union to research cross-border passenger rail.

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