UIP 69th Annual Report 2018

“All endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one characteristic we must possess if we are to face the future as finishers.” Henry David Toreau

Two topics were at the heart of almost all discussions in 2018: the implementation of the 4th Railway Package and of course digitalisation. Adapting to change is difficult and messy but even if the reality of yesterday proves to be wrong today, nobody really knows what the truth for tomorrow will be. 2018 will be remembered as a year of preparing the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) to cope with its new tasks and fostering common efforts for the development of standardised interfaces to open-up the railway system.