Passenger
Passengers are at the heart of the European railway business. From longdistance high-speed trains to local and regional trains, the railways have something to offer to each customer.
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More EU budget for transport
At today’s Conference on Connecting Europe in Tallinn, 30 transport associations have joined forces to pass on one key message to policy makers: to allocate sufficient funding of...
Post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework - Views of the rail sector
In the context of the budgetary discussions for the post-2020 period, we – the European associations representing the rail sector – would like to explain in this joint paper why...
More EU budget for transport
On the occasion of the European Commission and the Estonian Presidency of the Council's Connecting Europe Conference in Tallinn on 21 and 22 September 2017, a coalition...
Public Service Rail Transport in the European Union: an Overview
Public service transport plays a crucial role in passenger transport in the European Union since the vast majority of rail passenger transport services in the EU are currently...
European Data Economy
With this paper, CER would like to contribute to the main objectives of the Commission’s Communication on ‘Building a European Data Economy’ (COM(2017) 9 final) in addition to...
Rail sector supports EC Move2Learn, Learn2Move initiative
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes today’s launch of the Move2Learn, Learn2Move initiative by the European Commission. CER reiterates...
CER welcomes EP call to allocate budget for Interrail initiative
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes today’s adoption by the European Parliament of the Mureşan report on the general guidelines for the...
Fourth Railway Package Market Pillar finally on course for publication in EU Official Journal
Today the European Parliament approved the Market Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package. This green light comes after almost five years of intense negotiations between the...
Interrail for Europe
On 4 October in Strasbourg, the members of the European Parliament and EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc addressed a proposal from MEP Manfred Weber (EPP, DE) to launch a new...
EU VAT Action Plan - CER Position Paper
CER supports the European Commission's proposal, made in its VAT Action Plan of April 2016, to grant Member States more freedom in setting their VAT rates, specifically to make...
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ITS conference 2015 - A Digital Strategy for Mobility: from capacity to connectivity
The European Commission organised its 5th Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems in Brussels on 24 April 2015. The objective of this high-level event was to provide an...
European Commission webpage on passenger rights
To ensure that passengers benefit from the same basic standards of treatment wherever they travel in the Union, the EU is legislating to protect passenger rights on the different...
