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About the Podcast
The EU-Rail Podcast explore how the rail sector is essential to Europe’s economy, security, and sustainability, highlighting the need for modernisation, harmonisation, and enhanced competitiveness. The discussions will address how EU-Rail contributes to these goals through innovations in climate resilience, technological advancements, infrastructure development, and its role in creating a harmonised Single European Rail Area (SERA). The podcast also examines strategies to overcome challenges such as system fragmentation, funding constraints, and global competitiveness, aligning with the broader objectives of the EU’s future public-private partnership model.
Our Podcasts
Climate resilience: preparing rail for extreme weather and environmental risks
The effects of climate change - from floods to heavy storms and landslides – are already having an impact on rail travel, as on many other sectors of the economy.
This, combined with other growin...
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 Reality: Deploying I...
A New Vision for Rail: Towards a Policy-based Public-private Partnership
How can Europe deliver the system transformation needed for rail to reach its full potential?
The sixth episode of the European Railcast “A New Vision for Rail: Towar...
The passenger experience: making rail more accessible, affordable and reliable
More and more people are looking to rail to provide a sustainable and convenient way to travel across Europe, but it is not always easy for passengers to move from one EU country to another or to use ...
Connecting the tracks: harmonising Europe’s rail future
Innovation is key to meet the multiple challenges facing Europe, in the rail industry as in so many other sectors.
In this fourth episode of The European Railcast, host Jacki Davis explores how EU-le...
Strengthening European competitiveness: is rail a key player?
European competitiveness and its struggle to remain a key global economic player are top of the EU’s political agenda.
In this third episode of The European Railcast, host Jacki Davis explores the ...
Green Mobility – Rail’s Role in the EU’s Climate Goals
Extreme climate events are no longer distant warnings—they’re a lived reality across Europe, from floods and droughts to heatwaves and wildfires. In this second episode of The European Railcast, h...
A Single European Railway Area: Why and How EU-Rail Contributes?
What would it take to travel across Europe by rail—seamlessly, sustainably, and affordably? In this first episode of The European Railcast, host Karen Coleman is joined by Giorgio Travaini, Executiv...
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Climate resilience: preparing rail for extreme weather and environmental risks
From Research to Reality: Deploying Innovation Across Europe’s Rail System
A New Vision for Rail: Towards a Policy-based Public-private Partnership
The passenger experience: making rail more accessible, affordable and reliable
Connecting the tracks: harmonising Europe’s rail future
Strengthening European competitiveness: is rail a key player?
Green Mobility – Rail’s Role in the EU’s Climate Goals
A Single European Railway Area: Why and How EU-Rail Contributes?