After request from the EU-Parliament in 2020 DG MOVE announced for consultancies, to make the actual work.
Main contractor is Steer Davies and Gleeve Ltd (see announcement)
Sub contractor is a Berlin based company, the name cannot be released right now.
The contract was signed in December. In the beginning of January there was a kick-off meeting, that gave input to some clarifications.
STEER is in January 2021 preparing a revised overview of the work. In February they will start to talk with stakeholders on all levels, incl. passenger representatives.
Early September DG MOVE and STEER will present results on a conference, maybe on-line? Short time to integration of learnings from the public consultation and the report will be final by mid-September.