Matthias Ruete is the European Coordinator for ERTMS, DG MOVE since January 2019. He was the Director General at the European Commission for Transport (2006-2014) and Home Affairs (2014-2018). He served as Director for Competitiveness (2005), Director for enlargement negotiations (2000-2004) and Director for International Transport, Galileo and Trans-European Infrastructure Networks (1998-2000). He holds a master’s in law (London) and a doctorate in intellectual property law (Giessen).

As the ERTMS rollout is reaching a tipping point, this intervention will focus on presenting the state of play of the current deployment, both on-board and trackside and outline a forecast for the years to come. Furthermore, challenges and opportunities linked to an accelerated and synchronised deployment of ERTMS on the whole TEN-T network, and the vehicles using it, with a deadline for phasing out of national signalling systems by 2040, will be identified and analysed.