ERFA-European Rail Freight Association

Today, ERFA Board Member, Rail Freight Forward Coordinator and Director at Captrain Italia Silvia De Rocchi took part in a sector panel at the 4th #ERAmultimodalConference organised in Brussels. Silvia De Rocchi highlighted some of measures to allow intermodal transport to strive not just in the long-term but primarely in the next years: 1️⃣ A strong #CapacityRegulation, as proposed by the Commission, to move towards a more international, digital, flexible, customer-oriented way of managing capacity. 2️⃣ A more balance way of approaching the needs of both #InfrastructureWorks & network users with more client-oriented infrastructure managers. 3️⃣ A set of targeted, realistic, growth-oriented #investments on the network with a focus on key infrastructure parameters for rail freight and technologies easing cross-border traffic. More in the 2024-2029 #ERFAmanifesto accessible here: https://lnkd.in/evQ_-E7b

After about two decades of market opening in the EU rail freight market, challengers to national incumbents have gained a significant #marketshare when putting together new entrants and foreign operations of incumbents (both do behave like #NewEntrants in the countries where they are active). Rail policy at national and EU levels should reflect this evolution. How? We look at the #ERFAmanifesto 2024-2029 for a set of proposals for a railway policy that is friendly to ALL operators. Access the complete #ERFAmanifesto for more proposals here: https://lnkd.in/eKCMyqZ5 #railfreight #marketopening #liberalisation #nondiscrimination

#ERTMS - the European Rail Traffic Management System - has the potential to increase safety, capacity and interoperability along the EU's rail network by replacing existing national class-B systems. However, its slow and complex #deployment creates more problems than opportunities for operators that have to naviguate between "ERTMS islands" and unsecured investments because of ever changing specifications. How to solve this? The #ERFAmanifesto introduced a way forward. #SingleEuropeanRailwayArea #railfreight #ERTMSusers #railcapacity More in the #ERFAmanifesto: https://lnkd.in/eKCMyqZ5

How many kilometres of the EU rail network is congested? How to solve this? #congestion #railfreight #manifesto #railfreightcorridor More in the #ERFAManifesto: https://lnkd.in/eKCMyqZ5

Yesterday, the European Commission released a study on the #benefits of #competition for both rail passenger and freight services. For rail freight, the study found that competition is delivering... 1️⃣ increased and more diverse transport #services 2️⃣ higher service #quality 3️⃣ accelerated #modernisation of historical incumbents. The main findings of the study largely echo the 2022 #ERFAstudy assessing two decades of market opening, as well as some of the proposals recently presented in the #ERFAmanifesto. The study also identified several concerns related to the poor state of infrastructure, unaffordable technological updates, unfair State Aids, and complexity of cross-border operations. Dirk Stahl reacted to the study: "It must become a blueprint for the rail agenda of the appointed Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas". Our press release is available here: https://lnkd.in/ev77Psag Maciej Gładyga Conor Feighan

Following the presentation of the proposal for #StateAid Rules for Land and Multimodal Transport by the Commission on 18 June, ERFA unveiled its position on this file. ➡ Whilst public support measures can play a positive role, they must be limited to areas of common interest to avoid competition #distortion and maximise financial resources. ➡ ERFA supports the proposal not to create a special regime for #restructuring of rail freight divisions. ➡ #OperationalAid should be limited. Member States should instead seek to support the sector through indirect support measures. ➡ The proposal to increase the threshold for support for #ERTMS deployment to 80% is welcome, but ERFA would support increasing the threshold up to 100%. Conor Feighan Dirk Stahl Maciej Gładyga Silvia De Rocchi 👉 Access our press release and full position here: https://lnkd.in/eDftCnh7

During its #GeneralAssembly on 10 September, #ERFA members elected two new members to the ERFA #Board of Directors, Raphael Doutrebente of Europorte and Denny Jünemann of DIE GÜTERBAHNEN. Mr. Doutrebente joins in his capacity as Chairman of Europorte. #Europorte is the first private rail freight operator in France and transported 1.8 billion net tonne-kilometers in 2023. Mr. Jünemann (TX Logistik AG) joins the Board of Directors as the representative for #DieGüterbahnen, the German association representing more than 110 private rail freight companies. The General Assembly also took the opportunity to thank outgoing Board Members for their contribution to European rail freight policy over the past years: FRANCOIS COART Matthias Knüpling & Wolfgang Groß. Dirk Stahl and Maciej Gładyga from were also re-elected to the Board of Directors and will continue in their roles as ERFA President and Vice-President respectively until new ERFA Presidential Elections in 2025. More in our press release: https://lnkd.in/exsXgpWN

Delivering for #Rail #Freight 2024-2029: ERFA unveils its #Manifesto during its Annual Event with policymakers and stakeholders.   We identified 3 priorities in the next legislative cycle for making rail freight grow: 1️⃣ Fixing #infrastructure with completed TEN-T corridors and fair compensations for #TCR constraints. 2️⃣ Achieving the Single European Railway Area with priority put on #ERTMS deployment and making #English the standard language on corridors in the mid-term. 3️⃣ Increasing rail freight's #competitiveness with multiannual and supportive framework for #charging - and with optional deployment of technologies such as #DAC when business case is proven.   Thank you to all our speakers, members, guests and supporters - together, let's create the right framework conditions for rail freight to grow! More on our #Manifesto: https://lnkd.in/eKCMyqZ5 Dirk Stahl Maciej Gładyga Conor Feighan Albert Bastius Pieralberto Vecchi Andrea Castino Tilly Metz Josef Doppelbauer

Yesterday, ERFA unveiled its #Manifesto for the new legislative cycle 2024-2029, during a dedicated event, in front of representatives of the European Parliament, the European Commission, ERA, and rail freight industry. The #ERFAManifesto identifies three broad policy objectives which should be focussed on: 1️⃣ Fixing infrastructure 2️⃣ Achieving the Single European Railway Area 3️⃣ Improving rail freight's competitiveness ERFA President and BLS Cargo AG CEO Dirk Stahl gave a keynote talk on the main proposals included in the Manifesto, on both financing and legislative policy. He introduced the concrete demands included in the #ERFAManifesto that cover six main topics: infrastructure, technologies, State aid, ERTMS, track access charges, and train drivers. During the panel discussion, European Union Agency for Railways Executive Director Josef Doppelbauer highlighted how #ERA contributes to helping rail freight to grow. He strongly campaigned in favour of adopting a more European approach to get rid of many obstacles to interoperability and smooth cross-border traffic. MEP Tilly Metz presented how the #CapacityManagement Regulation for which she is the rapporteur has the potential to improve rail capacity management and ease cross-border operations if adopted in a correct way. MEDLOG Transport & Logistics Rail Manager Andrea Castino shared the point of view of network users when it comes to the difficulty faced by railway undertakings to finance #ERTMS on-board units where direct benefits in the short and medium term are extremely limited. TX Logistik AG COO Albert Bastius underlined the need for policymakers to move from ambitious talking to more substantial #actions on the ground as rail freight suffers from an increasing gap in that regard. Ambrogio Intermodal CEO Pieralberto Vecchi pointed out to the views of rail freight #customers. He talked in favour of full compensation to cover any additional costs related to works and deviations on the rail network. Access the #ERFAManifesto here: https://lnkd.in/eKCMyqZ5 #ERFAManifesto #ERFAevent #railfreight #rail #freight #logistics

During its annual event in Brussels today, ERFA presented its 2024-2029 #manifesto to industry experts and policy makers. The manifesto presents what ERFA believes are the key issues which must be addressed by the European Institutions and Member States during this legislative cycle. The manifesto identifies three broad policy #objectives which should be focussed on: 1️⃣ Fixing infrastructure 2️⃣ Achieving the Single European Railway Area 3️⃣ Improving rail freight's competitiveness More in our press release: https://lnkd.in/eKCMyqZ5 #ERFAmanifesto #rail #freight #railfreight #ERFAevent Dirk Stahl Maciej Gładyga Bruno Silva Gintautas Lukauskas Irmtraut Tonndorf Silvia De Rocchi Markus Vaerst Michał Litwin, MBA Yuriy Maslikov Raphael Doutrebente Denny Jünemann FRANCOIS COART Matthias Knüpling Alexandre Gallo Louis Pastré Simon-Pierre Trezeguet Jan Nemec Pieralberto Vecchi Tilly Metz Andrea Castino Josef Doppelbauer Conor Feighan