RNE’s Path Coordination System (PCS) has long been established as the key platform for harmonising international train path requests among all involved stakeholders. Building on this success, RNE launched the PCS Capacity Broker on 17 November 2025 – a major step toward even broader process automation and digitalisation. This milestone also marks significant progress in … Read more
The European rail sector continues to strengthen its strategic capacity planning framework, moving towards ever more efficient use of rail capacity in support of the EU’s sustainable transport goals. Two major developments mark recent progress: These milestones reflect the growing maturity, coordination, and transparency of rail capacity planning across Europe. Draft Capacity Strategies TT2029: Submit … Read more
On 9 October, PRIME and RNE met in Paris and online to exchange on the progress towards the future European Frameworks for Capacity and Traffic Management. Set in motion by the draft Capacity Regulation, these frameworks will provide a harmonised approach to managing capacity and traffic across Europe’s rail network. While Infrastructure Mangers’ (IMs’) experts … Read more
European rail stakeholders are joining forces to turn digital capacity management into a reality, setting the foundation for the upcoming EU Regulation on the Use of Railway Infrastructure Capacity. The Digital Capacity Management – Implementation 2025–2029 (DCM IMP 25_29) project, coordinated by RNE, supports the deployment of the necessary digital systems and processes. At the … Read more
The Short-Term Ad Hoc (STAH) tool has been launched, making cross-border train path booking at the Basel border more seamless than ever. The joint initiative by RailNetEurope (RNE) and its members DB InfraGO and SBB now enables applicants to book trains between the two countries through a single system. For the first time ever, cross-border … Read more
Efficient and well-aligned cross-border traffic management is a key factor in achieving the EU’s goals of expanding rail transport and maximising the utilisation of rail infrastructure. A significant milestone on this path was reached with the official kick-off of the National Traffic Control Centres (NTCC) Cooperation Platform, marking the start of a more integrated and … Read more
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