Rail as a key to decarbonising transport

Friday, 3 June 2016

The European Commission has announced, for summer 2016, a Communication on decarbonising the transport sector, thus about reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport operations in the EU.

Building an ATO roadmap

Thursday, 26 May 2016

A solution for automated train operation (ATO) is a Railway sector need that will improve the overall and local performance of the rail system. Development must now support positive business cases on actor level.

A Roadmap for Digital Railways

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Digitalisation is one of the top priorities for the rail sector and its future. Representing the railways, CER, CIT, EIM and UIC present this joint Roadmap for digital railways highlighting the opportunities and challenges of rail digitalisation.

Road package: ensure fair competition between transport modes

Thursday, 18 February 2016

A road package has been announced by the European Commission for 2016. CER urges the Commission to give road pricing high priority, with a move to mandatory distance-based tolling, at least for trucks and coaches.

CER Rail Freight Noise Strategy

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

The CER Rail Freight Noise Strategy brings together in one place the policy principles required to influence the upcoming EU noise measures.

Position Paper on rail security

Monday, 15 February 2016

Following the current discussions on rail security at EU level, and given the growing expectations for the European Commission, the Member States as well as the railway sector to take appropriate actions in the field of rail security, CER presents this Position paper on rail...

Resolving the remaining DMI issues before the adoption of next ERTMS specification release

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

In the letter sent mid 2015 and in the RISC workshops, CER alerted the Agency and the European Commission on the need to ensure the appropriate resolution of some change requests, namely the CR1249 “bundle”, which would affect railway operations.

Joint letter from the Platform for Electro-mobility: Electro-mobility is key to decarbonise Europe’s transport sector within the Energy Union

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

CER/EIM Position Paper “Ballast Pick-up due to Aerodynamic Effects”

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Aerodynamic loads on the trackbed generated by the passing of trains at high speed may cause individual pieces of ballast to move and rise.

Removing VAT-related distortions between transport modes: Exempt all cross-border passenger transport from VAT

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Based on an analysis of competitive distortions and on discussions with representatives of the European Commission, Member States and other transport market stakeholders, CER proposes to change the VAT Directive so as to allow Member States to remove existing distortions between transport modes...