Topic: Europe

Matthias Ruete: use the EU Covid recovery programme to deploy ERTMS

“Make sure that ERTMS is part of your national recovery programme. There’s 750 billion euro’s available!”, was the call that European ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete placed in his…

Rail infrastructure gap reduction in Europe is too slow

As Western European countries advance in rail infrastructure, digitalization and innovation; Central and Eastern countries have been falling behind. This has led to creating a gap in Europe’s…

‘Europe should not be the hurdle on the New Silk Road’

Europe is the first and the last mile on the New Silk Road. This should be an incentive for European governments to pursue assertive policy when it comes…

Report calls EU high-speed rail ‘an ineffective patchwork of lines’

The European high-speed rail network is a patchwork of national lines without proper coordination across borders, according to a new report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).…