Webinar: What progress will the EU Commission’s proposals in the rail passenger area bring and where could they be improved?
In this webinar, we will shed light on the very comprehensive proposals from 13 May, so that we can better participate in the debate and influence the decision-making processes that have been initiated.
The speakers will be Jon Worth, ERPU and Hibai Unzueta from Back-on-Track.eu. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.
The webinar is organized by ERPU and Back-on-Track.eu and invitations have been sent to other key players such as EPF and BEUC.
Time and place:
Thursday 28 May at 16:30 – 18:00 CEST at the link:
Participation does not require advance registration. Just show up.
Onboarding for new members
Expect October 2026. This will be the place for registration.
Past:
New Norwegian trainsets, both for day- and night train services
On 29.4. 2026 we got a presentation of Norske Tog’s new long-distance trains, the FLIRT NEX from Stadler. We got insight in Norske Togs experience from the design phase and which approach our designers have applied when working together with Stadler, also with regards to the following focus areas concerning the design of night trains for Scandinavia:
- high passenger comfort, both at daytime and during the night
- high passenger capacity and good economic opportunities for operators
- high level of flexibility and robustness to last for many years
The presentation was held by Julian Zeitmann, who is Project Manager and Alexander Schybergson, who is lead for industrial design in this project.
>> Watch the recording of the webinar
Where are we with the track works & capacity regulation?
Wednesday, 20. November 2024, 17:00 CET
Live Discussion with Tilly Metz MEP, followed by Q&A with Kurt Bauer and Elmar van Buuren … and you.
Short notice track works and lacking international coordination have recently been the reason for many night train lines to be temporarily suspended. The EU aims to tackle this by imposing a track works coordination structure on network operators. Which structure did they have in mind? Will this solve the problem? More info.
Onboarding for new members
Monday, 4. May 2026, 20:30 – 22:00 CET
This webinar was for members or supporters who recently joined a Back-on-Track country group or Back-on-Track.eu.
Three members of Back-on-Track, among them Poul Kattler, our deputy chairperson, who has been active since 2015, will give a short introduction into the roots of Back-on-Track, our analysis of the reasons why night trains in Europe almost disappeared, our latest position paper on how get back a comprehensive night train network and finally an overview of our current structures and activities. The seminar will be in English.
Lunch Webinar: Night trains, new trends. Building a passenger-centric service
2. December 2021
Youtube video of the webinar on the channel of Back-on-Track Belgium.
Night trains: Linking European Regions
Thu, 22. October 2020 11:30 – 13:00 CET
Program here. Video recording is here.
Raphael Goldstein, Moderator.
Alexander Gomme, Spokesman, Back on Track Belgium.
Melissa Hanus, Member of the mobility, public enterprises, federal institutions committee and vice-president of the climate, environment, energie committee Federal Parliament, Belgium.
Emil Frodlund, Member of management board, European Passengers’ Federation, Sweden.
Activist/campaigners forum
Sat 17th of October 10:00 – 12:00 CET
This webinar was devoted to the further planning of our joint activities. Minutes will be circulated on the members e-mail list.
Webinar on the status on European political progress for night trains
Fri 16th of October 2020
We had invited one main speaker, who was Mr. Nino ZAMBARA, Single European Rail Area, European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport.
Mr. Zambara made a presentation about the tender “Pilot Project on the Revitalisation of Cross-border Night Trains”. The presentation was followed by a QnA session.
>> Mr. Zambaras powerpoint
>> Short report from the webinar 17/10 2020
Webinar: Swedish Trafikverket will introduce their report on Night Trains on 27.5. at 14.00 – 15.30. Read the summary. See the presentation here.
Webinar about train bookings and ticketing held onMonday 11.5. 2020.
With Daniel Elkan from
https://www.snowcarbon.co.uk/ and
Peter Koller from
https://bahnagentur-schoeneberg.de/
See the webinar presentations here: Part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Webinar about the Danish report of the role of trains and night trains to remove aviation in Europe with Poul Kattler, Back-on-Track, Denmark, 25.4. 2020
See the webinar presentation here.
Youtube Channel:
The Back-on-Track webinars are published on our Youtube channel.