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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 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, […]

Rail freight related policies

A new approach that combines all rail freight related policies Efficient rail freight transport services are crucial to achieve the EU agenda on energy, environment, growth and jobs. However, the main barriers to promoting competitive rail freight services remain the fragmented approach via different legislative acts and the missing link towards the needs of the […]

Joint Statement on the Fourth Railway Package Technical Pillar

Joint Statement on wagonload traffic

UIP 65th Annual Report 2014

Rail Freight industry associations ask for legislation governing transport by more than one mode

UIP 64th Annual Report 2013