Rail's Vital Role in Enabling the Future of EU Defence

Enhancing the EU’s preparedness to deter and address security threats has become a top priority on the EU’s political agenda.

Rail is the best prepared land-based system to deal with the specific characteristics of military assets, which are heavy, oversized and dangerous in nature. The large scale transport of military assets over longer distances within European territory requires railways. Therefore, protecting this critical infrastructure should be a priority, along with strengthening the interconnections and interoperability of each transport network.

Read below our position paper.