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24/6/2025 - ERFA Event - The Future of Rail Freight: Adapting to Europe's New Realities
On 24 June, ERFA will gather decision-makers and rail stakeholders to discuss the future of rail freight and how to adapt to Europe's new realities, among them the increasing importance of rail freight, the expectations of rail freight customers and the plans of the new direction of the EU's Agency for Railways. The event will take place from 10:00 up until 14:00 at TownHall Europe in Brussels.
13/5/2025 - Joint Letter - Keep European industry on track: Rail freight needs more reliability and better infrastructure quality in Germany
The signatories of this letter - representing rail freight and combined transport industries from several EU Member States as well as European associations - highlights that the performance of the German rail network is critical for the collective success of rail freight. More reliability and better infrastructure quality should be the priority as to keep European industry on track.
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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.