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Commission’s public consultation aiming to coordinate international rail traffic should be followed by relevant legislation.
The European Rail Freight Association sent a clear message to the EU Commission regarding the boost of cross-border rail. The association underlined that the Commission’s public consultation aiming to coordinate international rail traffic should be followed by relevant legislation. Without that, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility targets will not be met on time.
The Commission just concluded a round of public consultations that lasted almost two and a half months and focused on developing and implementing measures to facilitate international rail traffic and its management. ERFA welcomed the initiative and its results, yet it stressed that if the consultation is not followed up by a legislative approach along the lines of the Timetabling and Capacity Redesign project, rail freight will not be able to meet its growth and environmental targets.
The Timetabling and Capacity Redesign (TTR) project launched by RailNetEurope and Forum Train Europe under ERFA’s guidance studies the timetabling procedures between European countries, aiming to improve processes and reach harmonisation at an international level.
“ERFA welcomes that the European Commission has launched a consultation on this important issue. Rail freight needs legal clarity on how capacity is managed, its rights in booking capacity and the introduction of redress for lost capacity and operations on the network. Given that rail freight is primarily international, a European approach is critical to avoid a patchwork of different national initiatives,” said Connor Feighan, ERFA’s secretary general. Read more
Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM
