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Access the list of all EU-Rail Calls for Proposals.
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.
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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.
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.
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 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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Flagship Area 6 (FA6) aims to ensure the long-term sustainability of regional railways by reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and improving service quality and operational safety In the first phase of the program, FA6 is implemented via the project FP6-FutuRe that encompasses the following R&I Sub-Areas:
It provides technical support and manages system interfaces (of the technical enablers covered in this Flagship Area and align with the other Flagship Sreas and the System Pillar), to identify a harmonised and integrated high level railway architecture and requirements suitable for all kinds of regional lines according to the overall objective to optimise the operational and capital costs.
In 2024, it revised specific requirements, defined measurable KPIs, and initiated safety analysis.
It focuses on finding suitable Command, Control and Signalling (CCS) solutions and defining preparatory demonstration activities by using existing and potential interoperable standards applicable on European G1 lines (Single European Railway Area in accordance with the Directive 2016/797/EU) to ensure their long-term viability of the CCS system by reducing the capital and operational cost covering Automatic Train Operation (ATO) up to Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4), European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2, Traffic Management System (TMS), Absolute Safe Train Positioning (ASTP), Train Integrity and Length
In 2024 it developed Use cases and scenarios as well as launched demonstration activities linked to the technical enablers.
The focus of Sub-Area 3 is to develop cost-efficient assets specifically tailored to regional railways. This is achieved through strategies such as simplifying systems and eliminating cabling for data transmission and power supply. Additionally, Sub-Area 3 is advancing a 5G communication concept and prototyping energy self-sufficient wireless asset, while also enhancing Smart Wayside Object Controllers (SWOC), Smart Wayside Object Controller (SWOC) Multi Modal Level Crossing (MMLX) launching demonstration activities linked to these technical enablers.
It aims at the design of efficient vehicles for G1 and G2 lines analysing regulations, developing mechanical specifications and studying multimodal refueling stations. The sub-area also includes the development of efficient and sustainable vehicle-centric CCS for G2 lines (i.e. lines or network of lines that are not functionally/operationally connected with the mainline network according to the EU-RAIL Multi Annual Work Program).
During 2024 it progressed in:
The focus of Sub-Area 5 is to provide customer services centered around passenger information systems (PIS), encompassing the development of a multimodal trip planner that includes demand responsive transport (DRT) options for first and last mile transport, offering support for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) and integrating a PIS with a Traffic Management System (TMS).
During 2024 it progressed in:
