The European network to promote long-distance day- and night trains “Back-on-Track” met Thursday afternoon 2.9. to digest the presentation 1.9. All in all we are… Read More »Important issues and relevant suggestions
BackgroundUnder the European Green Deal, the European Commission has committed to making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Later this year, the Commission will… Read More »Conference: Study on long-distance cross-border passenger rail services
Open letter to the French and Italian governments and to the EU to save the night train Paris-Milan-Venice letter sent to:Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, French transport ministerJean… Read More »Save the night train Paris-Milan-Venice
The blogger Jon Worth has initiated a campaign, which Back-on-Track support. This campaign is about how to scale up the provision of night trains in Europe. The… Read More »EU shall organise the procurement of a new fleet of night trains
Night trains are making a comeback in Europe, so what is a better time to publish a special magazine about this topic? The RailTech magazine… Read More »RAILTECH Magazine: Night train comeback
Since the first presentation in September 2020, there is a lot of talk about the “TEE 2.0” – a promised remake of the legendary “Trans… Read More »The TEE 2.0 – great idea, implementation unknown
Picture: archyde.com This week in France, the return of the Paris-Nice night train was celebrated, and even the Prime Minister travelled onboard the 1st train,… Read More »STRONG TURN IN FRANCE IN FAVOUR OF NIGHT TRAINS
Re: Shifting international passenger trips to rail: Delivering on the European Year of Rail 2021 Dear Transport Ministers, As a transport minister, you will soon… Read More »OPEN LETTER FROM 36 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS TO EU TRANSPORT MINISTERS AHEAD OF THE TRANSPORT COUNCIL OF 3 JUNE 2021
The 26th UN Conference of the Parties will be hosted by the UK in Glasgow from 1st to 12th November 2021. This is when country… Read More »RAIL TO THE COP
Train or plane? Two new studies from EEA draw new light on climate impacts and broader environment impacts from European passenger and freight transport. With… Read More »New comparison from European Environmental Agency (EEA) on Trains versus Planes