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CEOs of Europe’s Rail private members reaffirm their commitment to future rail partnership
Europe’s Rail leaders are speaking with one voice: the Joint Undertaking public-private partnership has proven to be a successful model, turning ...
EU-Rail March 2026 Newsletter
Europe’s Rail Newsletter – March Edition
The March Newsletter is filled with the latest updates, key insights, and upcoming events info for the ...
Commission and EU rail sector open nominations for Women in Rail Award 2026
Women continue to be significantly underrepresented in the railway workforce, accounting for only around 23% of the sector’s total workforce. In ...
Innovation Pillar, System Pillar and Deployment Group – March News
Your monthly update on innovation and deployment for Europe’s railway system of the future.The System Pillar Steering Group approved the EU-RAIL ...
Deliverables: Results Published in March 2026
FP4-Rail4EARTH
D20.2: Improved aerodynamic, development & demonstration intermediate report n°2
The FP4-Rail4EARTH project aims to ...
EU-Rail February 2026 Newsletter
Europe’s Rail Newsletter – February Edition
The February Newsletter is filled with the latest updates, key insights, and upcoming events info ...
Innovation Pillar – February Project News
From technical milestones to partnership highlights, the Flagship and Exploratory Projects continue to drive forward innovation in the European ...
Deliverables: Results Published in February 2026
FP2-R2DATO
D7.3: Perform simulation with initial implementation of the Data Factory
The FP2 R2DATO project advances the digital transformation ...
Space-enabled rail: European Union partners drive interoperability, safety and digital transformation
The adoption of the EU Space Programme in the rail sector has been increasing steadily over the past years.
The EU´s satellite-based ...
The European Railcast, episode 7 – From Research to Reality: Deploying Innovation Across Europe’s Rail System
What does it take to transfer innovation from research to real-world deployment?
The seventh episode of the European Railcast “From Research to ...
Projects & Solutions catalogue
Projects
Discover detailed information on Europe's rail innovation initiatives, showcasing flagship and other projects aimed at enhancing rail systems across Europe. It highlights collaborative efforts funded by the European Union to develop sustainable, efficient, and competitive rail transport solutions.
Solutions catalogue
Europe’s Rail Catalogue of Solutions illustrates successful R&I results in the form of possible products and solutions, while highlighting the benefits for final users, operators, infrastructure managers and/or suppliers. This publication also outlines the advantages of integrating demonstrators into market solutions so that they can deliver the rail innovation Capabilities of the future.
What we do?
Discover Innovation Pillar
EU-Rail's Innovation Pillar (IP) is tasked to deliver operational and technological solutions that contribute to a more efficient, flexible, and demand-led, yet safe and environmentally sustainable European railway system.
Discover System Pillar
The System Pillar provides governance, resource, and outputs to support a coherent and coordinated approach to the evolution of the rail system and the development of the system view, based on a formal functional system architecture approach to speed innovation and deployment.
Discover Deployment Group
The Deployment Group advises the EU-Rail Governing Board on the market uptake of rail innovation developments and support their deployment. Its activities thus form a bridge between the research and innovation process and the coordinated implementation through recommendations for deployment in the rail system.
Unlocking Rail Success
Discover how Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking is calling for a bold, coordinated investment strategy to simplify and modernise rail systems across the EU. This public-private partnership model – outlined in our High-Level Paper – proposes an €18 billion investment from 2028 to 2034 to strengthen European competitiveness, deliver greener transport, and drive technological sovereignty.
Discover Shift2Rail
Shift2Rail is the predecessor programme of the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking. To discover more information about the key outputs, click below.