Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (JU) is pleased to announce the launch of its Call for Proposals 2025-02, with a total...
Press Release: Europe’s Rail launches €245 million worth Call for new R&I Proposals to accelerate rail innovation
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EU-Rail Annual Activity Report 2024
2024 has been a pivotal year for the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking. This year marked the transition to the EU-Rail Programme, successfully concluding the Shift2Rail (S2R) Programme while achieving significant advancements in research, innovation and sustainability....
Net-Zero Logistics Study: The Essential Role of Rail Freight
A new study commissioned by Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) in collaboration with a Steering Committee representing European rail and logistics stakeholders (CER, CLECAT, EIM, ERFA, ETP-Alice, European Commission - DG MOVE, UIP, UIRR, UNIFE), underscores the...
Draft Paper – A Future Policy Based Public Private Partnership For Rail
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking has published a draft high-level draft document outlining a proposed future for rail public-private partnership in Europe. The document represents initial reflections from the Founding Members of the Joint Undertaking on building upon...
Annual Activity Reports
Europe's Rail Annual Activity Report is a yearly publication highlighting the progress made by all five Shift2Rail's research & innovation programmes and cross-cutting activities during the previous year. The Annual Activity Reports also include details about...
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...
Final Report: Work to support with a cost-benefit analysis the definition of migration paths for the implementation of S2R selected innovations on the European network
This report presents the results of the financial and socio-economic cost-benefit analysis for the deployment of the Shift2Rail JU (S2R) innovations in four illustrative scenario of typical rail segments. The analysis covers the cost and benefits of four scenarios...
European DAC Investment Plan
This report provides an investment plan which would enable the deployment of Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) and thereby revolutionise the European rail freight industry, further strengthening the EU’s overall sustainable and digital strategy. Currently, rail freight...
Smart and affordable rail services in the EU: a socio-economic and environmental study for High-Speed in 2030 and 2050
This report presents the main findings underpinning the establishment of a European High-Speed Rail (HSR) Network connecting the main European cities and regions, combining investments in constructing creating/upgrading new HSR lines and upgrading the digitalization...
Catalogue of Solutions, 2022 Edition
This 2022 edition of the 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...
Europe’s Rail Factsheet
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) is the European partnership on rail research and innovation established under the Horizon Europe programme. EU-Rail along with its 26 Founding Members delivers results that will contribute to the EU Sustainable and...