Europe needs industry
The European Union and the world economy went through a deep financial and economic crisis in 2008 and 2009. The […]
Europe needs industry
Asset management, foundation of infrastructure managers’ activity
As a consequence of the European Legislation, infrastructure managers and railway undertakings had to adopt a more business-like attitude: their […]
The Moscow Declaration establishes the importance of public transportation in Eurasia
During September 6-8, 2010, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) organised the first event held in the Eurasian region, […]
Impulse to revitalize freight transport
In order to be more competitive compared to other modes of transport, the international and national rail freight transport services […]
A major advantage for interoperability
The enforcement of the Convention on international rail transport (COTIF) 1999 on July 1, 2006 introduced new regulations concerning the […]
“Polluter pays” principle becomes reality
In mid-October, EU Ministers voted in favour of new EU rules to allow Member States to charge heavy lorries, not […]
Focus point: the North-South Corridor
In the beginning of 2000, Russia, Iran and India signed an agreement in St. Petersburg laying out a vision for […]
The new TEN-T network will determine freight traffic improvement
The revision of EU’s strategic policies was launched in conformity with the “Europe 2020” strategy, in order to create a […]
The role of railways in building the European and national budget
The railways play a very important role in increasing the state budget and investments in strategic railway infrastructures bring major […]
Corridor B, important alternative to Western Europe road transport
The Corridor B project, which aims to remove bottlenecks in ETCS implementation and to harmonise operational rules along the Stockholm–Hamburg–Munich–Naples […]