Freight
Rail freight is particularly well placed to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported fuels, due to its high energy efficiency and major reliance on electric energy. Rail freight can support Europe’s competitiveness if the right framework conditions are set in place.
Related CER Publications
Call to Energy Ministers: railways must thrive to keep EU Green Deal aims alive
As European leaders continue to work together on additional measures to tackle the energy crisis, energy prices remain volatile on the markets. Railways, as a largely electrified...
The Track to a successful TEN-T
The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is essential for the coordinated and sustainable development of Europe's transport infrastructure. It gives the ...
4th CER Essay
The CER Essays initiative features a series of essays that show the rail sector as contributing not only to EU transport policy, but touching on different aspects of...
European rail freight CEOs reaffirm ambition to reach 30% modal share by 2030 and help Europe out of energy deadlock
European Rail Freight CEOs from the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the International Union of Railways (UIC), gathered in Vienna on 13...
European rail CEOs call on von der Leyen to protect railways from skyrocketing electricity prices
In an open letter sent yesterday by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) to the European Commission, European rail CEOs called for further...
Open letter to the European Commission on energy crisis
In an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-Presidents Frans Timmermans and Margrethe Vestager, as well as the Commissioners for Energy...
2022 Resolution of the European rail freight CEOs
European Rail Freight CEOs from the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the International Union of Railways (UIC), gathered in Vienna on 13...
The track to a successful TEN-T for a sustainably connected Europe
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), in cooperation with MEP Dominique Riquet, Co-Rapporteur on the TEN-T revision, today held an event...
CER Position - Carbon labelling scheme towards sustainable mobility
In the last years the awareness of transport’s impact on the environment (energy consumption, GHG emissions and local pollution) has grown, but transport users currently lack a...
Measures needed to protect railways from skyrocketing electricity prices
In many European countries, railways are the biggest single consumer of electricity as 80% of train-kilometres are run on electric energy, a growing portion of which comes from...
Related Pages
External Links
Commission page on Multimodal & Combined Transport
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Handbook on the Regulation concerning a European rail network for competitive freight
Following its adoption by the European Parliament and the Council on 22 September 2010, Regulation EC 913/2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight entered...
Regulation EU 913/2010 on a European rail network for competitive freight
The Regulation concerning a European Rail Network for Competitive Freight (Regulation EU 913/2010 ) entered into force on 9 November 2010. The Regulation requests Member...
