June 1, 2022 At the Uniting Europe by Rail conference held last Tuesday, May 24, industry leaders called german and polish governments to modernize railway infrastructures, invest in rolling stock and keep a balance between the free market and state influence. Our project leader Germanwatch along with the Civil Affairs Institute from Poland organized a […]
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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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Image: IE – Alexia Barakou November 23rd 2021 A new investigation on the failures of European rail has just been made public by Investigate Europe, a consortium of European journalists who report across borders. In the first articles of a series of releases Investigate Europe is highlighting the main issues for the development of rail
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March 26th 2021 Many people in Europe are willing to shift from air to rail – even for international travel and often even if they have to accept significantly longer travel times. This is shown by a new representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute YouGov in Germany, Poland, France, Spain and the Netherlands.
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The 14th edition of the International Railway Fair TRAKO 2021 – Poland’s largest and most prestigious and Europe’s second-largest meeting of the rail transport industry – is behind us. According to the organizer, the event was attended by nearly 23 thousand participants from 39 countries and more than 500 exhibitors from around the world. New
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October 6th 2021 Ahead of the arrival of the Connecting Europe Express (CEE) in Paris tomorrow, marking the closing of the (disappointing) European Year of Rail, we have prepared a press release calling the EU to take further actions to make train revival a reality. Europe On Rail coalition, led by European Civil Society Organizations, regrets that this European Year
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September 24th 2021 Yesterday the #ConnectingEuropeExpress arrived in the Polish capital – Warsaw. This unique train was welcomed at the Central Station by journalists, railroad enthusiasts, and activists – including Europe on Rail coalition. Around noon, the train promoting the European Year of Rail officially entered the platform, where a press conference with Polish and
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