Recommendations on the ERA mandate: a core European train network for better cross-border rail Thursday, 27 February 2026 Europe on Rail, coordinated by Germanwatch, has published recommendations calling on the EU to strengthen the mandate of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and accelerate the development of a core European cross-border train network. The […]
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Joint statement to Commissioner Tzitzikostas: Youth and civil society call for seamless ticketing and affordable rail across Europe Tuesday, 30 September 2025 The Youth on Track coalition, a network of youth organisations, consumer groups, and environmental NGOs, has signed a joint statement urging the EU to make cross-border rail travel simpler and more affordable. Addressed
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Open letter to Timmermans: Europeans need an easy way to book travel across transport modes and operators Thursday, 8 June 2023 Europe on Rail, together with nine other representatives of Europe’s mobility ecosystem, call upon the EU to ease the booking of transport journeys involving different transport offers across all modes and operators into a
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The future of European rail: what to expect from the EU and member states Tuesday, 11 October 2022 On 13 October, Europe on Rail will hold an online conference on the role of rail within the European Green deal. It will tackle the future of European rail and what to expect from the EU and
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The Iberian Railway Alliance urges the governments of Spain and Portugal to bet on rail Thursday, 7 July 2022 The Iberian Alliance for the Railway —Alianza Ibérica por el Ferrrocarril, in Spanish— was presented last Monday 4th July in Barcelona.It is a platform founded by 15 social and environmental organisations, and trade unions from Spain
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Travel and rail industry partner with civil society calling on policy makers to shift to rail June 29th 2022 European actors of the rail and travel sector, rail industry, civil society, and passengers associations call on European institutions and Member states to take bold actions now to achieve a climate-friendly transport system by 2030. Their
Connecting Spain and Europe The future of passenger trains in the climate transition Abril 5th 2022 On March 24, 2022, our partner eco-union organized its annual Mobility Eco Forum at the Representative Office of the European Commission in Madrid. The event brought together key actors and stakeholders of the Spanish and European rail network, with
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March 7th 2022 On Monday 21st of February, European actors of the rail sector came together at the European Railway summit to discuss how rail can be the driver for greener and more innovative transport. In the plenary session “How to finance tomorrow’s rail system?” Anne Bringault from RAC France shared Europe on Rail’s thoughts regarding the urgent need to
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December 17th 2021 On Tuesday 14th of December, the European Commission published its Action plan to boost long distance and cross-border passenger rail. While making a positive step towards recognizing the shortcomings of the status quo, it should be strengthened to effectively contribute to the Green Deal objectives and the European Sustainable and Smart Mobility
December 9th 2021 While the European Year of Rail (EYR) will end in a few weeks and the European Commission plans to present in the coming days its action plan for long distance rail connections, several barriers still need to be removed in order to truly move forward on the development of new European day
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