The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), their French member SNCF, and Eurail came together on 17 May, kindly hosted by MEP Ondřej Kovařík at the European Parliament and in good cooperation with the French Presidency of the EU Council and the Cabinet of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Youth, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Interrail and rail's significance to Europe's youth.

The European Year of Youth is a welcome opportunity to explore the strong significance of rail to young people in Europe. Engrained in our European history, rail travel has long contributed to a real sense of EU identity among young travellers, and well-loved travel formulas like Interrail have been helping youth discover Europe by train for decades.

According to UN data, some 3 million refugees have now fled Ukraine in the three weeks since the Russian invasion

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) expresses its full solidarity with Ukraine and its people. CER and its members are actively participating in EU-wide humanitarian efforts to support refugees fleeing the country. CER members and partners are committed to and comply with all applicable sanctions against the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus

the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), together with the Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants in Europe (ALLRAIL), the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services (CLECAT), the European Passengers' Federation (EPF), Erasmus by Train e.V. (EbT) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), came together to formally close the European Year of Rail, on the occasion of the European Railway Summit organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the EU Council

Europe's leading rail CEOs gathered virtually today for the Management Committee and 69th General Assembly of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), to discuss an ambitious work programme for 2022

On 14 December, the European Commission will adopt the Action plan to boost long-distance and cross-border passenger rail, which aims to increase the modal share of rail passenger traffic and help support the objectives of the EU Green Deal

last Wednesday in Brussels, chief executives from rail infrastructure companies discussed the upcoming revisions of the TEN-T and RFC Regulations, the importance of international rail passenger traffic and acceleration of railway digitalisation.

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), representing railway sector employers, and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF), representing railway workers, officially signed the Women in Rail autonomous agreement aimed at promoting employment of women in the sector

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) offers the necessary conditions for uninterrupted, safe, efficient and fast railway services. Fast railway services, in particular the creation of a high-speed rail network as part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), offer an attractive alternative to more polluting transport modes