CER Fact Sheet: A TEN-T to make modal shift and the European Green Deal a reality

Thursday, 16 December 2021

The revision of the TEN-T Regulation is timely and necessary to achieve the European Green Deal’s ambitious climate targets, which should ensure modal shift to help attain a 55% reduction in transport emissions by 2030 and 90% by 2050.

CER Fact Sheet: Ticketing Roadmap

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

While national journeys are quite easily arranged, today booking a train ticket for an international journey can leave much to be desired.

CER Fact Sheet: The Trans-European Network for Transport: joined up mobility for a connected Europe

Thursday, 16 September 2021

With pressure mounting to meet Green Deal objectives and reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050, resilient rail infrastructure is the basis for the green transport transformation. In this CER Fact Sheet we take a look at the Trans-European Network for Transport (TEN-T...

Carbon pricing as a tool for delivering sustainable mobility

Tuesday, 13 July 2021

The European Commission's 'Fit for 55' package is expected to include a number of legislative proposals: from a new revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to a number of amending directives related to energy policy.

Commission study supports shift to clean transport modes like rail and proper internalisation of external costs

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

In June 2019, the European Commission published a study entitled "Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Charging and Internalisation of Transport Externalities".

This CER Fact Sheet highlights three key insights from the study which show that:

Put Europe "on track" to achieve climate-neutral transport

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Transport emissions are the main obstacle in delivering the EU's climate commitments. Rail, on the other hand, is leading the way to climate-neutral mobility in Europe: it is the only mode reducing its emissions and already delivering zero-emission transport.

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and its wider benefits

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Transport generates jobs and growth economy-wide for prosperity and cohesion across the EU. Investing in transport, particularly rail transport, is investing in the EU, and CEF is the best tool for it. Find out more in this CER fact sheet.

The future of transport investments - What MFF do we need?

Thursday, 1 February 2018

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) calls upon policymakers to increase the CEF transport budget in the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) in order to contribute to the huge financial needs of the transport sector.

Working conditions of rail mobile workers in international services

Thursday, 23 November 2017

EU-wide minimum standards on working time apply to rail cross-border mobile workers. 

In the context of the increasing importance and steady development of international rail transport, these minimum standards:

Road charging / Revising the Eurovignette Directive

Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Railways pay distance-based charges everywhere in the EU (100% tolling by EU law), covering at least the direct cost of infrastructure use, plus often a mark-up. By contrast, even for major roads (motorways and other main roads), charges (vignettes or tolls) are currently only applied to trucks...