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RNE

RailNetEurope (RNE) is an association formed by the majority of European rail infrastructure managers (IMs) and allocation bodies (ABs) to provide fast and easy access to the European rail network and to improve the quality and efficiency of international rail traffic.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

25 Mar 2025 · Railway capacity regulation

Meeting with Joachim Luecking (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

3 Mar 2025 · Introductory Meeting : - Presentation of the work of RNE - Overview of RNE position on main challenges of the sector

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

22 Nov 2023 · Rail Capacity proposal

Response to Measures to better manage and coordinate international rail traffic to increase the modal share of rail

16 Nov 2023

RNE welcomes that the draft Regulation builds to a good extent upon sector initiatives, including most notably in the area of capacity management the Timetable Redesign (TTR) programme, the commercial conditions and rules, and in the area of traffic management the European traffic management network (ETMN) concept, but also the work on international contingency management conducted under the umbrella of RNE together with the Rail Freight Corridors. Despite some need for improvements and fine-tuning in the upcoming negotiations process, the proposed rules are in general characterized by a remarkable degree of understanding of sectors needs and processes. RNE considers it of high importance to ensure during the upcoming negotiation process that the core principles and structure of responsibilities of the draft Regulation are preserved, which enable the implementation of harmonized processes for capacity and traffic management across Europe, as developed within the TTR programme and ETMN concept, as well as related and already ongoing IT developments. It is crucial to follow a common approach for the management of capacity for domestic and cross-border traffic. Keeping the development of IT systems close to the market by appointing their development to the Infrastructure Managers, as proposed in the draft Regulation, helps to avoid additional complexity. To ensure successful implementation, regulatory oversight needs to be designed in a way that prevents a situation where diverging national decisions can undermine harmonized European processes for capacity and traffic management. Furthermore, it is important that the rules on involvement of relevant stakeholders provide for a structured dialogue based on consolidated views of the different types of stakeholders. The proposed tasks of the European Network of Rail Infrastructure Managers and the Network Coordinator show a high degree of convergence with ongoing and upcoming activities performed at the level of RNE. RNEs handbooks, digital systems and guidelines in the field of capacity, traffic, incident and performance management can constitute a solid basis for preparing the European frameworks on capacity management, traffic management and performance management. Additional documents such as the network statement common structure have already been prepared within RNE too. A comprehensive set of IT tools either already available or currently being (further) developed under the umbrella of RNE will support digitalization of capacity management (DCM) and traffic management processes as envisaged in the draft Regulation. These include in particular highly utilized tools such as the Train Information System (TIS) to track train movements and provide train data as well as the Path Coordination System (PCS) to request and allocate rail capacity on international level. The systems are already well established in the European railway system with several thousand users and exchange of millions of messages with other players in the sector every day in accordance with the TAF/TAP TSI. RNE appreciates being considered as a potential candidate to exercise the activities of the Network Coordinator and stands ready to step up to such a new role if being the organization of choice. With well-established working structures involving a large network of experts from infrastructure managers, but also applicants and other stakeholders as well as ongoing cooperation with other sector organizations, DG MOVE and ERA, RNE is prepared to support the implementation of the new requirements defined in the draft Regulation. In contrast, designing and establishing new organizations and collaborations would take time and might shift focus from what is to be achieved in substance. If new or additional organizations were to be created, this would also need to be taken into account in the Regulations implementation timeline.
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Response to Creation of the Common European Mobility Data Space

7 Dec 2022

On behalf of the railway sector a common position paper on the European Mobility Data Space (EMDS) was issued by the lobbying organisations, namely the CER and the EIM. This short technical input of RailNetEurope (RNE), which can be found in the attached file, only aims at ensuring that RNE is identified as a relevant stakeholder in shaping of the EMDS in the railway domain.
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