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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.
Discover detailed information about procurment rules and information.
Access detailed information about past tenders.
Europe's Rail regularly published Calls for Tenders. To find out about open Calls, follow link below.
Article 15 (Principle of transparency) of the EU-Rail financial rules states that the JU shall make available on its internet site no later than 30 June of the following financial year information on the recipients of funds deriving from its budget.
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.
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.
The Deployment Group advises the EU-Rail Governing Board on the market uptake of rail innovation developments and support their deployment.
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 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.
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.
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 Shift2Rail’s and Europe’s Rail’s Call for Proposals including a list of projects and financial details for each year. To read the Annual Activity Reports 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 please click on the covers below.
In 2021 the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) became the legal and universal successor of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R). Hence, EU-Rail has succeeded in the management of the S2R JU Research and Innovation Programme. The Annual Activity Report 2021, Annual Activity Report 2022, and Annual Activity Report 2023 are published by Europe’s Rail. However, in these reports, references may still be made to the S2R Programme.
Annual Activity Report 2023
Annual Activity Report 2022
Annual Activity Report 2021
Shift2Rail Annual Activity Report 2020
Shift2Rail Annual Activity Report 2019
Shift2Rail Annual Activity Report 2018
Shift2Rail Annual Activity Report 2017
Shift2Rail Annual Activity Report 2016