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The introduction of common functions to integrate the multitude of national Traffic Management Systems (TMS) could make operations more agile and borderless in the future. Such a European TMS will not only improve the service offering and the rail’s role within door-to-door services, but also increase the flexibility, resilience, and capacity of its network, thus supporting the development of the Single European Railway Area.
Current Vacancies
Contract Agent
System Pillar Programme Manager
Grade: FGIV
REF.: EURAIL.2025.03
Deadline for applications: 15 October 2025 at 23:59 (Central European Time/ Brussels time)
Location: Brussels
On 21 June 2024, the Governing Board of Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) adopted a Call for Expression of Interest (CEI) with a view to selecting associated members with the potential to contribute to the achievement of its objectives. The Governing Board decision can be accessed here.
EU-RAIL/2025/OP/0001- Strategic Advice to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
TED publication date
09/04/2025
Date and time of public opening
11/06/2025 10:00 Europe/Brussels
Deadline for receipt of tenders
10/06/2025 15:00 Europe/Brussels
Contracting authority is not bound to reply to questions submitted after
02/06/2025 00:00 Europe/Brussels
Tender documents can be downloaded from the Funding & Tenders Portal via the following link.
Ex-post publicity (24/09/2025): Contract award notice in the EU Official Journal: 738372-2025
Info Day
A dedicated Info Day on the Call for Expression of Interest took place on 4 October 2024.
EU-RAIL/2025/OP/0001- Strategic Advice to Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
TED publication date
09/04/2025
Date and time of public opening
11/06/2025 10:00 Europe/Brussels
Deadline for receipt of tenders
10/06/2025 15:00 Europe/Brussels
Contracting authority is not bound to reply to questions submitted after
02/06/2025 00:00 Europe/Brussels
Tender documents can be downloaded from the Funding & Tenders Portal via the following link.
Ex-post publicity (24/09/2025): Contract award notice in the EU Official Journal: 738372-2025
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Questions and Answers
All questions concerning this CEI should be sent to the same functional email box above indicated, up to 18 October 2024, 17.00 CET/Brussels time. They will be answered and published anonymised on this webpage for the benefit of all potential applicants.
- 1st edition of the questions and answers published on 13 September 2024
- 2nd edition of the questions and answers published on 4 October 2024
- 3rd edition of the questions and answers published on 17 October 2024
- 4th edition of the questions and answers published on 29 October 2024
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EU-Rail membership: private members’ rights and obligations
- EU-Rail private members are represented in the Governing Board, who are appointed according to the mechanism established by the Governing Board Rules of Procedure, together with two representatives of the European Commission on behalf of the European Union. The Governing Board is the decision-making body of EU-Rail.
- EU-Rail private members contribute to the work of the Governing Board on the definition of the priorities of the programme, the technical roadmap and strategy as well as providing technical inputs to the EU-Rail programme office on the technical priorities for the Calls for proposals to be launched by EU-Rail, and on other important issues.
- EU-Rail private members are also actively engaged in and contribute to the dissemination of results and exploitation strategy of the programme and contribute to several programmes and corporate communication initiatives launched by the EU-Rail.
- EU-Rail private members commit to contribute to the execution of the MAWP in line with the applicable EU-Rail’s and Horizon Europe rules and to comply with their obligations as set in the SBA.
- EU-Rail private members are bound by a collective commitment to provide an in-kind and financial contribution to EU-Rail of at least EUR 600.000.000 over the lifetime of the EU-Rail until 2031.
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Aim of the European DAC Delivery Programme
European DAC delivered through integrated shared programme building upon R&I results and pilots; ensuring the necessary actions for a fast, technically and economically feasible European‐wide roll‐out.