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European Railway Review – NDTAC Impact on return of investment for retrofitting of railway wagons
The General Contract of Use (GCU)
UIP 66th General Assembly: discussing a bright future for rail freight with Italian representatives from the freight sector, Minister Graziano Delrio and MEP David Sassoli
On June 16, UIP and its Italian member association Assoferr brought together high level representatives of freight Wagon Keepers, industry and governments to discuss possible ways for achieving higher economic performance in rail freight. The performance of rail freight transport is reaching 18.2% of the modal share according to the EU Statistical Pocketbook 2015 but […]
UIP guidelines on CEF calls 2016 for noise reduction
UIP 66th Annual Report 2015
4th Railway Package
Rail statistics
Economic Evaluation and Rail statistics need reliable data Rail traffic volumes: In 2016, EU freight traffic volumes reached 419 billion tonne kilometres out of 2.5 trillion of land transport overall. European transport policies require impact assessments or regular monitoring of implementation and performance. For this there is a strong need for data on rail transport, […]
Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation should respond to the needs of the customers In order to achieve a Single European Area, the rail sector has to be more innovative and open-minded towards solutions that support not only technology improvement, but also innovative approaches to operations, maintenance and logistic services. This requires both a short-term and a long-term […]
The EU Multiannual Financial framework (MFF)
EU Financial framework needs stability The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 is set up to support programmes that reflect the European political economic and development priorities, including: The Trans-European Transport network policy (TEN-T), aiming to close the gaps between Member States’ transport networks, remove bottlenecks and overcome technical barriers such as incompatible standards for railway traffic Transport, […]