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          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.

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          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.

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          Deployment Group

          The Deployment Group advises the EU-Rail Governing Board on the market uptake of rail innovation developments and support their deployment.

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          Explore the DAC Delivery Programme

          For a successful and effective implementation of the Digital Automatic Coupler for European rail freight (DAC), it is of crucial importance to have open, close and efficient cooperation between rail stakeholders. The European DAC Delivery Programme enabled by Europe’s Rail, offers a unique European platform for such cooperation and collaboration.

          Discover Shift2Rail

          The Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking is the predecessor programme of the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail), established by Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021.

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        • 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.

        • Who we are?
          About Europe's Rail

          Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) is the European partnership on rail research and innovation established under the Horizon Europe programme (2020-2027) and the universal successor of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking.

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          Discover Europe's Rail Members

          Find out the full list of Europe's Rail Members.

          Discover Structure of Governance

          Discover the full structure and governance of Europe's Rail, including the decisions of the Governing Board.

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          Discover Reference Documents

          Get access to Europe's Rail main reference documents, including Annual Work Plans, Annual Activity Reports, Annual Accounts and other important information.

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Latest News

EU-Rail January 2025 Newsletter

EU-Rail January 2025 Newsletter

The January 2025 edition of the Europe’s Rail newsletter is out! We are happy to unveil our completely new design, packed with the latest updates from the European rail research and innovation landscape! This month we invite you to explore our ongoing and future calls...
Results Published in January 2025

Results Published in January 2025

Use case collection process Work Stream 2 of our Flagship Project 1 (FP1) MOTIONAL focuses on investigating existing and new solutions for digital enablers across all Europe’s Rail Destinations. This deliverable sets the framework for the collection of use cases from...
Wising up about seamless air-rail travel

Wising up about seamless air-rail travel

The Travel Wise flagship project, a EUR 4.9 million synergy between SESAR and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertakings with 37 partners, focuses on enhancing the integration of air and rail transport systems. In this interview, Micol Biscotto, Deep Blue, the...
EU-Rail December 2024 Newsletter

EU-Rail December 2024 Newsletter

Europe’s Rail December 2024 newsletter is here, packed with the latest updates from the European rail research and innovation landscape! This month’s highlight is the introduction of the new Europe’s Rail projects, set to push the boundaries of innovation in rail...
Europe’s Rail in 2024

Europe’s Rail in 2024

Introduction Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking continues to drive collaborative innovation in rail and guided modes transport leading to a sustainable transport and mobility in Europe. The year 2024 marked significant progress across multiple initiatives, fostering...
Results Published in December 2024

Results Published in December 2024

The need for future development of methods and models for capacity simulations and feedback loops between planning and operations This deliverable focuses on upgrading capacity simulation methods to determine the impact of new railway technologies (i.e. European Train...

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