Infrastructure
Modern, efficient and reliable infrastructure is the backbone of the European economy. The rail network in Europe enables the transport of passengers and goods across member states with high efficiency and low emissions.
Related CER Publications
Open letter of European rail associations to European Transport Ministers on TEN-T
European Transport Ministers will gather on 5 December for their EU Council meeting. On this occasion they will discuss inter alia the current proposal for a revision of the...
4th CER Essay
The CER Essays initiative features a series of essays that show the rail sector as contributing not only to EU transport policy, but touching on different aspects of...
European rail infrastructure CEOs discuss necessary infrastructure & capacity to reach Europe’s climate goals
European rail infrastructure CEOs from the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)...
European Parliament approves AFIR report: a major step forward towards the full decarbonisation of the transport sector
On 19 October, a European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg approved - with a large majority - the report on the Commission proposal for the deployment of the Alternative Fuels...
European rail CEOs call on von der Leyen to protect railways from skyrocketing electricity prices
In an open letter sent yesterday by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) to the European Commission, European rail CEOs called for further...
Open letter to the European Commission on energy crisis
In an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-Presidents Frans Timmermans and Margrethe Vestager, as well as the Commissioners for Energy...
The track to a successful TEN-T for a sustainably connected Europe
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), in cooperation with MEP Dominique Riquet, Co-Rapporteur on the TEN-T revision, today held an event...
Measures needed to protect railways from skyrocketing electricity prices
In many European countries, railways are the biggest single consumer of electricity as 80% of train-kilometres are run on electric energy, a growing portion of which comes from...
CER Position - Revision of the Railway State Aid Guidelines
In the context of the European Commission's revision of the “Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings”, CER has gathered its members' views in regard to the...
EU leaders called to back rail Declaration in support of Ukraine
A declaration pledging assistance to Ukraine’s railways and reconstruction efforts signed by 32 rail companies and organisations across Europe has been sent to the leaders of the...
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External Links
TEN-T - Connecting Europe
As of January 2014, the European Union has a new transport infrastructure policy that connects the continent between East and West, North and South. This policy aims to close the...
Innovation & Networks Executive Agency
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) is the successor of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA), which was created by the European...
