Latest updates
19/12/2019 - Rail Freight coalition publishes Contingency Management handbook to avoid a second Rastatt
Rail Freight coalition publishes Contingency Management handbook to avoid a second Rastatt
5/12/2019 - Modernisation of State Aid Guidelines for Railway Undertakings
ERFA believes it is crucial that the State Aid Guidelines for Railway Undertakings are modernised to take into consideration developments in the rail freight sector over the past eleven years. ERFA therefore calls upon the incoming the European Commission to work towards a revision of the Guidelines for Railway Undertakings.
21/11/2019 - Election of New ERFA President
During the ERFA Board of Directors meeting of 20th November, the ERFA Board of Directors unanimously elected Mr. Dirk Stahl (BLS Cargo) as the new ERFA President. Mr. Maciej Gladyga was elected as the Vice-President of ERFA.
4/9/2019 - Continued Independence of Infrastructure Managers Crucial to Growing Freight Traffic
The recent suggestion of Belgian minister of Transport, Mr François Bellot, to revert to the situation before the rail unbundling implemented in 2005 raises serious concerns regarding the impartiality of the infrastructure manager. To accelerate the growth of the European Rail Freight market, and to ensure the true completion of the single European Railway Area, it is crucial that infrastructure managers stay and, in some cases, finally become independent and impartial.