Author Archives: Zanda Litvina

October 4, 2023

EUR 7 million investment for European multimodality under rail and aviation synergy call

Europe’s Rail and SESAR 3 Joint Undertakings have published a joint call for the development of an “Integrated air and rail network backbone for a sustainable and energy-efficient multimodal transport system”. The call targets solutions that will improve door‐to‐door mobility for Europe’s citizens, and is expected to generate synergies between the air and rail innovation communities. With a total investment of EUR 7 million, the call is being co-funded within the framework of the EU’s…

September 28, 2023

Europe’s Rail FP3 IAM4RAIL brings rail asset management to the next level

To benefit the rail sector and its final users, our new Flagship Project 3 (FP3) IAM4RAIL, worth EUR 106.9 million with 94 partners, is ready to enhance efficiency, safety, reliability, and sustainability of European railways by taking rail asset management to new depths, contributing to the wider European Union objectives. In this article FP3 IAM3RAIL Coordinator, David Iban Villalmanzo Resusta from our Founding Member ADIF explains what to expect from the project. Tell us what…

September 28, 2023

The future of door to door mobility is here

With most Shift2Rail projects coming to a close this year, major demonstration activities testing different technological solutions developed within the programme are taking place across Europe. Our Members and partners carry out trials in real-life environments involving a wide range of experts, including operators, infrastructure managers, research centres, suppliers and in some cases even the final users. In the month of September, we sat down with Giuseppe Rizzi, project coordinator of our Shift2Rail Innovation Programme…

September 21, 2023

Office water supply and associated services

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September 21, 2023

EU-Rail Staff Away Day

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August 25, 2023

Definition of the KPI Model for the EU-Rail Programme: KPI Cards

The Europe's Rail Work Programme identifies KPIs for flagship area projects to measure and thus monitor progress in the respective areas. These KPIs are referred to as the technical KPIs. The KPI cards describe the societal impact of the entire Europe's Rail Programme. This is done by adding an additional layer of indicators, referred to as societal KPIs, on top of the monitoring structure detailed in the MAWP. The societal KPIs are linked to the…