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29/4/2025 - Joint Statement on Combined Transport
The association representing the railway, inland waterway, maritime and intermodal sectors jointly call to not left Combined Transport behind. They call on the European legislators to recognise the substantial cost savings Combined Transport offers to society as a whole, to launch the first reading of the Combined Transport Directive, and to avoid solutions that backtrack on the current status quo.
17/4/2025 - EU Market Share of Challengers Grows to 55%
The latest IRG (Independent Regulators Group) Market Monitoring Report shows that the market share of competitors continues to grow with competitors accounting for 55% of the European rail freight market in 2023. This growth is driven primarily by the growth of new market entrants who have grown from 33% of the market in 2019 to 40% of the market in 2023. It must be recognised that this growth of total market share is against the backdrop of a decline of total rail freight volumes in 2023.
13/2/2025 - ERTMS Position - New approach needed to avoid ERTMS losing its original purpose
The EU-wide deployment of on-board and trackside ERTMS will improve interoperability, increase capacity and reinforce rail safety, therefore enabling the conditions for a Single European Railway Area. However, a series of difficulties including the increasing divergences of applying the ERTMS technology nationally and the absence of a business case for railway undertakings are putting ERTMS on the verge of losing its original purpose. Avoiding a derailment of ERTMS urgently requires a new joint approach.
6/2/2025 - Press Release - A stronger EU transport budget is key for Europe's competitiveness and resilience
On 05 February, a coalition of 45 associations representing all the diversity of Europe?s transport sector has sent an open letter to the Commission and Member States, calling for a stronger EU transport budget. This is an absolute prerequisite for building a competitive, net-zero and resilient European Union.