Making the railway system work better for society.
Making the railway system work better for society.
22/06/2021
In this interview, ERA Executive Director explains the role and main tasks of the agency, highlighting that the railway sector is the greenest and most sustainable mode of transport. In the European Year of Rail, it is very important to create awareness about the essential role that this mode of...
24/02/2021
Dem obersten Eisenbahner des Kontinents fehlen 600 Meter Schienen. Wenn Josef Doppelbauer von Valenciennes in Frankreich, dem Sitz der Europäischen Eisenbahnagentur (ERA), nach Brüssel reisen möchte, fährt er zuerst knapp 50 Kilometer mit dem Taxi über die Grenze. Im belgischen Mons kann der...
23/11/2020
Learning from the experience of other high-risk industries, the EU Agency for Railways has developed a Safety Culture Model to support the embedding of safe practices within the European rail sector, as Programme Manager Grégory Rolina explains to Nick Kingsley.
15/04/2020
EU Agency for Railways continues with EUMedRail project - targeting Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon, the EUMedRail project aims to strengthen railway safety and interoperability in the South Mediterranean region.
06/02/2020
Although the EU only agreed a revised ERTMS deployment for Europe in 2017, the timetable for implementing ETCS is suffering delays, mainly due to infrastructure projects running late and retrofitting of train fleets proceeding at snail pace. As David Briginshaw reports, the EU is now looking for...
20/01/2020
UNDER the European Union’s (EU) Fourth Railway Package, the EU Agency for Railways (ERA) is mandated to issue single safety certificates and vehicle (type) authorisations which will be valid in multiple EU member states. To achieve this, ERA has set up a one-stop shop to deal with all applications...
04/12/2019
Oscar Martos and Kamil Pravdík , Project Officers in the Fixed Installations and Rolling Stock Unit at the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), discuss how the European Union has begun to confront railway noise emissions through the creation of the Environmental Noise Directive and how, going...
26/09/2019
ERA Executive Director Josef Doppelbauer and his colleagues from Shift2Rail and the European Global Satellite Navigation Systems Agency (GSA) talk about how satellite based technologies will shape the future of railways
01/04/2019
ERA’s Head of Planning & Approvals Delivery Unit Thierry Breyne talks about the introduction of the One-Stop-Shop (OSS) in Railway Gazette’s April 2019 edition.
02/01/2019
Im Interview spricht Dr. Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director der Eisenbahnagentur der Europäischen Union über seine Erwartungen an das 4. Eisenbahnpaket und dessen Auswirkungen. Interview with Dr. Josef Doppelbauer on the purpose of the 4th Railway Package and the expected impact.
06/09/2018
In diesem Artikel werden die umfangreichen Maßnahmen beschrieben, mit denen sich die Agentur gemeinsam mit allen Beteiligten auf die neuen Aufgaben vorbereitet. This article describes the extensive actions that the Agency is taking to prepare for the new tasks together with all stakeholders.
01/07/2018
Control, command and signalling are at the core of railway operations – they essentially determine safety and performance of the network. This article is about the future of command and control for railway operations.
01/07/2018
Advances in technology are opening up opportunities for a more decentralised approach to railway command and control systems, which could lead to convergence with other modes…
01/06/2018
This article intends to discuss a number of basic questions on the Hyperloop system and its practical application. In addition, some fundamental aspects related to innovation in infrastructure networks are discussed.
01/03/2018
This article is about the contents of the 4th railway package and looks at the challenges facing its implementation.
12/12/2017
The article takes a look at the history and present situation regarding track maintenance requirements within EU law. The last part is devoted to the novelties coming from the fourth railway package interoperability directive (EU) 2016/797 and the revision of regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 INF TSI.
01/08/2017
The agency’s executive director Josef Doppelbauer spoke to IRJ about the rationale for the SERA conferences.
01/09/2016
With recent approval of the Fourth Railway Package, the process for authorising new rail vehicles and certifying train operators is set for a radical overhaul. European Union Agency for Railways executive director Josef Doppelbauer tells IRJ how these processes will be streamlined, harmonised and...
15/01/2016
This article describes the process of train driver certification defined in European Union Directive 2007/59/EC and takes stock of implementation of the Directive in Belgium, Denmark, France and The Netherlands.
21/10/2015
An article on ERA contribution to development of the TSIs. The article was published in a Polish railway magazine TTS – Transport Technology Systems (Technika Transportu Szynowego), both in Polish (issue 7-8/2015), and in the special English edition, published on the occasion of international...
06/11/2013
Information on the Agency's activities regarding National Rules in Finish Source