Streamlining Railway Communication: RNE’s Collaboration with railML.org

The exchange of information through interfaces between railway systems has become a necessity in the railway sector and the use of defined standards in these exchanges improves the speed and efficiency of data transfer. To this end, RNE has been working with experts at railML.org, developers of a widely used data exchange format in the … Read more

RNE Secretary General Re-Elected by General Assembly

At the recent General Assembly meeting held on 5th December 2023, the GA approved the prolongation of the contract of the RNE Secretary General, Joachim Kroll, by another three years, for the period 1 June 2025 – 31 May 2028. Joachim Kroll thanked the General Assembly for their trust and support.

RNE Awards 2023 presented at RNE General Assembly in Vienna

To show appreciation for extraordinary achievements and contributions to RNE’s work, the RNE Awards were initiated in 2022. This year, for the second time, it has been our great pleasure to honour two very deserving individuals at RNE’s General Assembly meeting this week, 5th December 2023. The selected candidates were Per-Åke Wärn (Trafikverket) and Josef … Read more

Interview RNE Award Winner 2022 – Freddy Van der Cruyssen

Freddy Van der Cruyssen (Infrabel) received the RNE Award 2022 for his extraordinary contributions as co-founder of the European Capacity Management Tool (ECMT) and active member in the Digital Capacity Management and TTR Process working groups, outstanding work for the Path Coordination System (PCS), and vital role in the TTCom (Simple Communication Tool for Timetabling) … Read more

Contract Awarded for Feasibility Study on Socio-Economic Criteria in Railway Capacity Allocation

Forum Train Europe and RailNetEurope have recently and jointly awarded a contract to RISE Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) and the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) to look into the feasibility of applying socio-economic criteria in the rail capacity management process. This study aims to investigate the viability of using socio-economic principles … Read more