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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.

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          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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User Requirements / Implementation and Deployment working group (URID-WG)

User Requirements / Implementation and Deployment working group (URID-WG)

Pursuant to Article 15 of the S2R JU Statutes, the URID-WG will assist the JU:

  • in specifying the operational and maintenance-related user needs
  • in ensuring that technical solutions planned and developed within S2R meet the specific needs of all relevant end users
  • in fostering the operational reliability of the results of Shift2Rail
  • in ensuring the market uptake of the technical solutions developed through the Shift2Rail activities, taking particular care of European standardisation and regulation
  • facilitating exchanges of information on initiatives, projects and partnerships dealing with the thematic areas of each of the Innovation Programmes (IPs)/CCA identified in the Shift2Rail Master Plan and MAAP;
  • delivering opinions, submitting reports, or developing and proposing innovative solutions to the Joint Undertaking

The contributing members of the S2R URID-WG are:

  1. Autonomous Train Drivers´ Unions of Europe (ALE)
  2. Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
  3. European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)
  4. European Passenger Train and Traction Operating Lessors Association (EPTTOLA)
  5. European Rail Freight Association (ERFA)
  6. European Transport workers’ Federation (ETF)
  7. Association of European Railway Industries (UNIFE)
  8. International Union of Private Wagons (UIP)
  9. International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
  10. International Union of combined Road-Rail transport companies (UIRR)
  11. Association of the Notified Bodies for Directive 2008/57/EC on Railway Interoperability (NB-Rail AISBL)
  12. European Passengers’ Federation (EPF)
  13. European Technology and Travel Services Association (ETTSA)
  14. Transport & Environment (T&E)
  15. International Union of Railways (UIC)
  16. European Shippers Council (ESC)
  17. European association for forwarding, transport, logistics and customs services (CLECAT)
  18. European Rail Research Network of Excellence (EURNEX)
  19. European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
  20. European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
  21. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
  22.  European Federation of Museum & Tourist Railways (FEDEC)

Presentations at URID-WG meetings:

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