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Bringing the Benefits of Global Satellite Navigation to Railway Customers in Europe and Beyond
Vienna, 18 March 2019 – The Austrian Infrastructure Minister Nobert Hofer welcomed an illustrious group of European and international experts to discuss the important role of satellite-based positioning technology for the future of the European railway sector in Vienna.
50th meeting of the ERA-OSJD Contact Group
The 50th meeting of the ERA-OSJD Contact Group took place in Lille on 05-07 March 2019. Welcome speeches greeting the participants of the anniversary meeting were given by ERA’s Executive Director and representatives of the OSJD Committee and DG MOVE.
One-Stop Shop is online
An important achievement of the Agency, the railway sector and national authorities:
The One-Stop Shop (OSS) is available to applicants as the single entry point for new tasks of the Agency.
EUMedRail and IPA workshop in Belgrade
From the 12th to the 14th of February, the EU Agency for Railways together with the Directorate for Railways in Serbia (National Safety Authority) held a workshop on Safety Management System and Safety Culture at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1st Transport Cybersecurity Conference conclusions
Following the 1st Transport Cybersecurity Conference please find the joint conclusion from the transport sector on the challenges cybersecurity raises.
The Egyptian Ministry of Transport hosts a seminar on rail accident investigation
The European Union Agency for Railways, in the scope of the EUMedRail project, co-organised with the Ministry of Transport and Egyptian National Railways a seminar on rail accidents investigations and safety culture last 22nd and 23rd January 2019 in Cairo.
Einheitlicher europäischer Eisenbahnmarkt: Interview mit Herrn Dr. Doppelbauer
Safety exercise from INFRABEL
ERA visited an important safety exercise from INFRABEL in Brussels in the night from 1-2 December, organised to test the safety infrastructure, evacuation and intervention procedures, and the cooperation between all partners. (PHOTO: © Infrabel – Benjamin Briolet)
European Rail Human and Organisational Factors Seminar 2018
The European Union Agency for Railways organised and hosted the European Rail Human and Organisational Factors Seminar last 14 and 15 November. Recognised academics, professionals and railway representatives reflected during these two days on the challenges the railway industry needs to address.
Workshop on the Fourth Railway Package – Jornada de difusión sobre el Cuarto Paquete Ferroviario
The workshop organised by the Spanish NSA (AESF), to which the Agency was kindly invited to participate, was considered interesting and attractive by the representatives of the Spanish railway sector attending the event.