European cross-border passenger services at the crossroads
In Europe, getting around by train is getting easier. So say the big players in the market. National operators in the international marketplace believe they are on the…
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What will 2023 bring for international European passenger rail?
Improving rail ticketing, more investments in high-speed rail, and better capacity allocation. That is what the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) hopes to see in…
Rail passenger services lost 600 million per week in 2021 so far
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact heavily on European rail. Passenger revenues remain at only half of what they were in pre-crisis times. These are the findings of…
Alberto Mazzola: we don’t want another white paper, but real actions
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) have addressed a letter to all EU Ministers of Transport to outline the priority needs of rail. The initiative…
CER: European railways suffered 26 billion loss due to Covid
Passenger train services in Europe lost 24 billion worth of revenues in 2020, while freight services lost 2 billion. This is shown by data collected by the Community…
Alberto Mazzola starts as new CER Executive Director
“With the 2021 European Year of Rail, we have a real opportunity to show the many benefits railways can bring as employers and providers of sustainable mobility services.…