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“The current situation is even worse than before the introduction of ETCS”

Marco Raimondi
March 20, 2025
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The implementation of the European Train Control System (ETCS) and the other components of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) continues to wreak havoc…

‘ERTMS is losing its original purpose’, says ERFA

Marco Raimondi
February 14, 2025
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The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) voiced its concerns regarding the “continuous changes and instability of ERTMS specifications”. If things don’t change promptly, the project…

Rail freight wants to “move away from status quo” with Capacity Management Regulation

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January 13, 2025
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As the European Commission, Parliament and Council of the European Union are negotiating on the content of the Railway Capacity Management Regulation, the rail freight…

‘Let’s go for DAC, but not now’ as costs for rail freight mount

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October 10, 2024
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Pushing ahead with the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) would be like “shooting ourselves in the foot”, warn Czech and Slovak rail associations ŽESNAD…

Hungarian EU Council presidency puts forward new combined transport definition

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October 3, 2024
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The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union has proposed a new definition of combined transport. There is a lot of disagreement about…

European Commission study: liberalisation makes rail freight better

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September 27, 2024
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A study by the European Commission has found that liberalisation has brought improvements to rail freight service. Supposedly, liberalisation has grown and diversified service offers…

Rail freight voices doubts about EU Commission’s state aid proposal

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September 23, 2024
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The European Commission came out with a proposal to modernise rules on state aid for the transport sector on 18 June. Whereas the European Rail…

Rail freight voices doubts about EU Commission’s state aid proposal

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September 23, 2024
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The European Commission came out with a proposal to modernise rules on state aid for the transport sector on 18 June. Whereas the European Rail…

ERFA presents priority policy points for new European Commision

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September 10, 2024
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The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) has presented four key policy points that it wants the new European Commission to implement. The association wants European…

‘Policymakers are giving up on rail freight goals’

Marco Raimondi
June 19, 2024
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The EU Council adopted a General Approach on the Capacity Management Regulation of the Greening Freight Package on Tuesday, 18 June. This means that the EU Council presented a new version of the Regulation where several changes were introduced. This step, however, is not enough to meet the goals set out by the European Union…