June 20, 2016

Successful roll-out of Customer Information Platform (CIP) to six Rail Freight Corridors

Cooperation between RNE and the Rail Freight Corridors (RFCs) is proving fruitful once again. The Customer Information Platform (CIP) of …

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July 4, 2016

PCS NG Follow Up Survey results now online

The overall results of a PCS NG Follow Up Survey have been published. In order to improve the user experience …

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November 24, 2016

New edition of RNE Network Statement Glossary now available

The eighth edition of the RNE Glossary of Terms Related to Railway Network Statements has been published. The Glossary harmonises …

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December 13, 2016

EU Rail Freight Day 2016

The third Rail Freight Day was held on 9 December 2016 in the historic setting of Palais Ferstel in Vienna. …

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December 13, 2016

TTR at the Third Rail Freight Day

The presentation of the RailNetEurope and Forum Train Europe joint project “Redesign of the International Timetabling Process – TTR” was …

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April 27, 2017

RNE Website Relaunch

On 21 April 2017 RailNetEurope relaunched its website, which now offers multiple new features to all users and customers.

April 28, 2017

Multi-corridor view as a new functionality in the Customer Information Platform

The takeover of the Customer Information Platform (CIP) by RailNetEurope (RNE) and its rollout to six participating Rail Freight Corridors …

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May 18, 2017

Annual Report 2016

RNE’s Annual Report 2016 can now be downloaded!

May 10, 2017

GA Agreement on TTR Implementation

On 4 May 2017 the RNE General Assembly agreed to start with the implementation of the Redesigned international Timetabling Process …

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May 11, 2017

Election of new Managing Board

After eleven years as a member of the RNE Managing Board, Michel Dupuis resigned this position on 4 May 2017.

May 10, 2017

Network Statement News

Updated Network Statement Common Structure and renamed working group.

July 6, 2017

TTR

The TTR project team has now started working on the TTR Implementation Programme

August 1, 2017

RNE is hiring

To meet challenges imposed by coordinating and harmonising international rail traffic management RNE is currently looking for new Staff. RNE …

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October 30, 2017

New Edition

The ninth edition of the RNE Glossary of Terms Related to Railway Network Statements has been published.

October 5, 2017

RFC KPIs are now available online

In agreement with the RFCs, RNE has published the first set of  RFC KPIs on this website.

November 21, 2017

RFC User Satisfaction Survey

Overall 2017 results are now published

December 12, 2017

Rail Freight Day 2017

The RFD 2017 took place on 7 December 2017.

December 18, 2017

Joachim Kroll re-elected as secretary general

The RNE General Assembly re-elected the Secretary General Joachim Kroll unanimously for another period of three years. Joachim Kroll felt …

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December 12, 2017

Amended KPI Guidelines

On 6 December 2017, the RNE General Assembly approved an amended version of the Guidelines on KPIs of RFCs.  

January 23, 2018

RFC Amber – New Associate Member of RNE

We are very happy to welcome the 11th Rail Freight Corridor, RFC Amber, among our Members. RFC Amber’s application for …

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May 25, 2018

Temporary Capacity Restrictions (TCRs): TCR Guidelines for the complete sector now available

In its meeting on 16 May 2018, the RNE General Assembly has approved the ‘Guidelines for Coordination / Publication of …

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May 25, 2018

Timetable quality: RNE commitment to mandatory PCS interfaces and to reduction of national parameters

As requested by the sector on several occasions, RNE has approved in its meeting of the RNE General Assembly on …

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May 23, 2018

Reporting services to RUs

The RNE General Assembly has unanimously approved the template TIS Agreement for reporting services, which will also enable direct access …

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May 23, 2018

International Contingency Management

On 16th May 2018, the RNE General Assembly in Sopron unanimously approved the International Contingency Management Handbook and its implementation …

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May 23, 2018

Amended RNE Network Statement Common Structure and new common template for service facility information

The amended RNE Network Statement Common Structure, which is applicable from timetable 2020, was approved on 16 May 2018 by …

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November 6, 2018

RFC USER SATISFACTION SURVEY

The RFC User Satisfaction Survey overall results 2018 are now published. Regulation 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive …

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December 20, 2018

Rail Freight Day 2018

The RFD 2018 took place on 6 December 2018. More than 300 participants joined the event organised by the Austrian …

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December 20, 2018

Merry Christmas from RailNetEurope

In this festive season our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible. May we wish you …

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December 13, 2018

RNE GA approves the next step in the TTR implementation

2018 has seen an enormous progress in the ongoing work of the ‘Redesign of the international timetabling process’ programme (TTR): …

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December 12, 2018

Milestone reached of 1K unique users in November

The Train Information System (TIS) has great momentum and this was illustrated by reaching a major milestone of more than …

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December 4, 2018

Successful roll-out of Customer Information Platform (CIP) to two new Rail Freight Corridors

Cooperation between RNE and the Rail Freight Corridors (RFCs) is once again proving fruitful. The Customer Information Platform (CIP) has been successfully rolled-out to …

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January 7, 2019

PCS/TTR Day

Traditionally PCS day is held in November to summarize and present all the activities and news from RNE to the …

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April 5, 2019

TTR IT Landscape Drafted

The TTR IT Landscape Analysis document was developed in RNE and FTE cooperation and contains three major parts: Analysis of …

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May 24, 2019

New, improved overview of RFC KPIs now available

Transparent, harmonised sharing of KPIs is one of the requirements of the sector towards the RFCs under Priority 9 of …

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June 26, 2019

RNE General Assembly 29 May 2019, Warsaw – Approval of New Member

The first RNE General Assembly meeting of 2019 was held in Warsaw on 29 May 2019, and kindly hosted by …

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June 14, 2019

Network Statements and Corridor Information Documents to be digitalised

On 29 May 2019, the RNE General Assembly decided on the digitalisation of Network Statements (NSs) and Corridor Information Documents …

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July 30, 2019

TCR Tool News

A new version of the Temporary Capacity Restriction (TCR) tool was released in late June 2019. The most important areas …

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July 24, 2019

RNE General Assembly 29 May 2019, Warsaw – Election of RNE Managing Board

At the RNE General Assembly meeting held on 29 May 2019 in Warsaw, a new RNE Managing Board was elected …

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July 11, 2019

TTR IT Landscape approved by RNE General Assembly

RNE and FTE designed and proposed a new European IT environment, the TTR IT landscape concept, to support the communication …

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July 2, 2019

RNE Technical Meeting 2019

From 11 June to 14 June 2019, timetable planners and coordinators met in Prague for the Technical Meeting. This yearly …

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August 23, 2019

Rolling Planning in Production

Rolling Planning being one of the new and innovative elements of the international timetable redesign (TTR), an important step was …

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August 14, 2019

TTR Pilots Now Supported by First Dedicated TTR IT System

In 2019, the TTR pilots have reached an important milestone with the provision of capacities for requests based on the …

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August 7, 2019

Third EC Meeting on International Contingency Management – Recap

The third EC meeting on international contingency management (ICM) took place on 17th June 2019 in Brussels. The EC appreciated …

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October 11, 2019

New Release! – PCS Envelope Concept

PCS Envelope concept will be released on 16th October 2019: PCS Envelope Concept Release Announcement from RailNetEurope on Vimeo.

October 4, 2019

TTR Plenary Day

  2019 so far has been a very productive and eventful year for the ‘Redesign of the International Timetabling Process’ …

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December 19, 2019

New Data Sharing Principle in TIS

In order to improve the operational efficiency of the logistics chain, the sector committed, in the Sector Statement on Rail …

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December 6, 2019

CALL FOR OFFERS: DIGITALISATION OF NETWORK STATEMENTS AND CORRIDOR INFORMATION DOCUMENTS

The Members of RailNetEurope (RNE) aim to digitalise their Network Statements (NSs) and Corridor Information Documents (CIDs) via a dedicated …

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December 3, 2019

Successful Rollout of Customer Information Platform (CIP) to a New Rail Freight Corridor (RFC)

Cooperation between RNE and the Rail Freight Corridors (RFCs) is once again proving fruitful. The Customer Information Platform (CIP) has …

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January 30, 2020

Amended Guidelines for KPIs of RFCs

In order to further streamline the set of the commonly applicable RFC KPIs, some amendments have been made, which were …

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January 22, 2020

Updated Timetabling Handbooks

Since its foundation, RNE has provided handbooks to describe the process to allocate international paths. In recent years, it became …

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January 13, 2020

New Chairperson of the Legal Matters Working Group

At the RNE General Assembly meeting held on 4 December 2019 in Vienna, a new Chairperson for the Legal Matters …

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January 8, 2020

New RNE Associate Members

At its last meeting on 4 December 2019, the RNE General Assembly welcomed Rail Freight Corridor (RFC 10 – Alpine-Western …

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February 15, 2020

Major Review of RNE Network Statement Common Structure

On 4 December 2019, the RNE General Assembly approved a new Common Structure for Network Statements, which will be applicable …

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February 6, 2020

Further Harmonisation of the Corridor Information Documents

With the approval of the new, harmonised text for the Book 3 (Terminal Information) of the Corridor Information Documents (CIDs) …

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March 27, 2020

Path Request Deadline Will Not Be Shifted

The current extraordinary circumstances due to the measures taken to face the outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe have led …

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March 16, 2020

RNE JO Work Continues Remotely

Due to the current events unfolding in Europe related to coronavirus, and complying with the regulations issued by the Austrian …

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March 12, 2020

New Project: Handling TCRs in the TT Process

On 18 February 2020, in a joint workshop of the S&TT and TCR Working Groups, a new RNE project was …

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March 4, 2020

Sales & Timetabling Working Group Approves Timetable Calendar for 2021

Every year the Infrastructure Managers and Allocation Bodies within RNE’s network coordinate the timetabling milestones and deadlines in order to …

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April 28, 2020

RNE Technical Meeting 2020 Online

The RNE Technical Meeting 2020 was initially scheduled to take place in Prague from 15 to 18 June 2020. Due …

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April 2, 2020

CALL FOR OFFERS: LANGUAGE TOOL FOR REDUCING LANGUAGE BARRIERS

One of the railway sector’s objectives is the reduction of language barriers within the European railway network. The aim is …

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May 20, 2020

RNE General Assembly approves the suggested TTR Migration Concept

At its meeting on 20 May 2020, the RNE General Assembly approved the TTR Migration Concept, an updated approach to …

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May 20, 2020

RNE Financial Report 2019 now available

The RNE Financial Report has been published and is now available for download under this link. As always, the report …

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May 20, 2020

Change in the RNE Managing Board

Following the approval by the RNE General Assembly in its meeting on 20 May 2020,  we would like to announce …

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May 20, 2020

New Full Member: LatRailNet joins RNE

It is our pleasure to announce that LatRailNet will be joining RNE as Full Members as of 1 June 2020, …

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May 11, 2020

UPDATED, STREAMLINED VERSION OF NS & CID GLOSSARY AVAILABLE

The RNE Glossary for Network Statements and Corridor Information Documents has been updated and can be found here: https://rne.eu/organisation/network-statements/ The …

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May 5, 2020

Overview of Processing Ad Hoc Requests for Individual Train Paths

Upon request by the former Railway Undertakings’ Advisory Group for Timetabling (now the Capacity Management Advisory Group), the RNE Sales …

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June 25, 2020

Rail Facilities Portal (RFP) is now operated by RNE in cooperation with UIRR

After a transition period of several months, RNE has now fully taken over the ownership of the Rail Facilities Portal …

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June 4, 2020

Enhanced Harmonised Approach Regarding Non-RU Applicants

As RNE has been addressed by existing and potential Non-RU Applicants regarding the need for a higher level of harmonisation …

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July 24, 2020

TIS 2020 – Rollout of a New Version

The final rollout of a new TIS version is expected by the end of July 2020. In this new version, …

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July 24, 2020

Article on RNE’s Vision for Harmonising the Contractual Framework Published in OTIF Bulletin

Following the participation of RNE’s Vice-President Péter Rónai at the Symposium “20th Anniversary of the Vilnius Protocol: OTIF’s Achievements and …

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August 6, 2020

New and Redeveloped CIS Now Live

We are pleased to announce that after a full technical redevelopment, the new version of the Charging Information System (CIS) …

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September 9, 2020

Old TIS going offline – 15 September 2020

Following the parallel operation of the old TIS and TIS 2020 over the past two months, we are happy to …

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October 23, 2020

Call for offers: Simple Communication Tool for Timetabling

One of the railway sector’s objectives is the reduction of language barriers within the European railway network. The idea of …

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October 30, 2020

Rail Facilities Portal: Increasing Number of Service Facilities and First Meeting of Permanent Governance Board

On 1 October 2020, the first meeting of the permanent Governance Board of the Rail Facilities Portal took place, co-chaired …

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October 9, 2020

First Pilot of Language Tool Has Started

The Language Tool, which started as an idea in the sector Language Programme (LP) and X Border Project, is now …

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November 6, 2020

TTR Day 2020 Follow-Up: Presentations, Recordings, Polling Results

On 3 November 2020, RailNetEurope held the first TTR Online Day, which had originally been planned as a live event …

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December 11, 2020

Follow-Up Rail Freight Day 2020

The Rail Freight Day 2020 took place as an online event on 10 December 2020. The day’s agenda is available …

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December 18, 2020

RNE Secretary General Joachim Kroll Contract Prolonged by another Three Years

At the recent RNE General Assembly held on 09 December 2020, the GA approved the prolongation of the contract of …

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December 18, 2020

Two New Members Join RNE From January 2021

It is our pleasure to announce that AS Eesti Raudtee (Estonian IM) and the FTIA (Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency) will …

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December 2, 2020

Rail Facilities Portal Supported by DG MOVE and Major Sector Players

The Rail Facilities Portal is now supported officially by the European Commission (DG MOVE) and many important organisations of the …

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January 29, 2021

Successful Rollout of Customer Information Platform (CIP) to RFC Alpine-Western Balkan

Cooperation between RailNetEurope (RNE) and the Rail Freight Corridors (RFCs) is once again proving fruitful. The Customer Information Platform (CIP) has been successfully rolled …

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January 18, 2021

TTR Migration Concept Approved

In its meeting on 9 December 2020, the RNE GA approved the ‘TTR Migration Concept’. This concept foresees a new …

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January 14, 2021

SIMPLIFICATION OF CORRIDOR INFORMATION DOCUMENTS (CIDs) FROM TIMETABLE 2022

To further increase the user-friendliness of the CIDs, on 9 December 2020, the RNE General Assembly approved a simplified version …

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January 12, 2021

Video: Translate4Rail Language Tool

The Shift2Rail-funded project, Translate4Rail, managed by UIC and RNE, has reached a significant milestone with the development and testing of …

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February 22, 2021

RNE TECHNICAL MEETING 2021 ONLINE

Due to the currently uncertain situation caused by the pandemic and accompanying measures imposed by countries, the RNE Managing Board …

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February 3, 2021

PCS trainings scheduled between 15-19 February 2021

The Rail Freight Corridors, in close cooperation with RNE (RailNetEurope), are pleased to announce a number of PCS trainings scheduled …

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May 19, 2021

New RailNetEurope Managing Board Elected

Paul Mazataud follows Harald Hotz as RNE President In its meeting on 19 May 2021, the RailNetEurope General Assembly elected …

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May 10, 2021

Successful TTR Capacity Strategy Kick-off

The TTR Capacity Strategy for TT 2025 shall be drafted and harmonised from August 2021 through May 2022. To launch …

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June 18, 2021

Technical Meeting 2021 Successfully Completed

From 14 to 17 June, the Technical Meeting took place online. Organised by the RNE Capacity Management team, more than …

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June 15, 2021

Over 15.000 Service Facilities Available Now in the Rail Facilities Portal

During the last 6 months, the number of service facilities in the RFP has increased significantly by nearly 50% and …

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June 11, 2021

RNE FINANCIAL REPORT 2020 NOW AVAILABLE

The RNE Financial Report 2020 has been published and is now available for download under this link. As always, the …

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June 7, 2021

RFC Network – RNE sessions 2021 celebrating the European Year of Rail

The RFC Network together with RailNetEurope (RNE) will host 3 exclusive online sessions to celebrate the European Year of Rail …

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July 29, 2021

European Standard contract of use of infrastructure available on RNE website

Improving business relations between Infrastructure Managers and Railway Undertakings by harmonising contractual documents has been a long-standing objective of RNE. …

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July 26, 2021

Translate4Rail field tested on Villach-Tarvisio-Pontebba route

The Translate4Rail project, funded by Shift2Rail and managed by UIC and RNE, has reached a significant milestone by field testing …

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July 21, 2021

Customer Information Platform (CIP) is rolled out to the entire RFC Network

The Customer Information Platform (CIP), an internet-based application operated by RailNetEurope (RNE) on behalf of the Rail Freight Corridors (RFCs), …

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July 9, 2021

Successful Webinar on Rail Facilities Portal

On 15 June 2021, RNE and UIRR jointly organised a webinar on the Rail Facilities Portal with the participation of …

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September 16, 2021

ERA and RNE jointly organise workshops on data sharing

The current European Railway Regulatory framework requires that authorities (national and European) and the sector create, manage and maintain a handful of legacy registers (railway infrastructure, location …

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October 21, 2021

Announcing: Webinar on the Legal Framework for Data Exchange Between Stakeholders in the Railway Business

Smooth data exchange between all parties concerned in cross-border freight services is key for making rail a more attractive and …

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October 4, 2021

Rail sector agrees on a common vision on Digital Capacity Management

Europe’s major Infrastructure Managers and Railway Undertakings endorsed a Joint Vision for the Sector on Digital Capacity Management. RailNetEurope, Forum …

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November 18, 2021

NEW TTR VIDEO LAUNCHED

On the occasion of the PRIME RU Dialogue on 18 November 2021, a new TTR image video has been launched. …

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November 4, 2021

Workshop on “Enhancing Data Interoperability in the Railway Sector”

On 26 October more than 120 experts gathered virtually at the invitation from the European Union Agency for Railways and …

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