Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) is established by Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021. It is the new European partnership on rail research and innovation established under the Horizon Europe programme (2020-2027) and the universal successor of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking.
The vision of EU-Rail is to deliver, via an integrated system approach, a high capacity, flexible, multi-modal and reliable integrated European railway network by eliminating barriers to interoperability and providing solutions for full integration, for European citizens and cargo.
This partnership aims to accelerate research and development in innovative technologies and operational solutions. This will support the fulfilment of European Union policies and objectives relevant for the railway sector and the competitiveness of the rail sector and the European rail supply industry. In this way, EU-Rail will accelerate the penetration of integrated, interoperable and standardised technological innovations necessary to support the Single European Railway Area (SERA).
At Railgrup’s proposal, ERCI has promoted a working group to encourage a multimodal logistics strategy that takes more account of the railway sector. This task force will debut with a
Express your interest and find partners now – the calls for the EU funding programme Shift2Rail are published. ERCI has the main facts for you: The funding rates are 100
A total of 42 project applications were submitted during the most recent Shift2Rail Open Call for Proposals, which ended on 18 June 2019. Eight of them involved companies and research
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