The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) developed Country Factsheets to give an in-depth insight into the rail sector of European countries in terms of transport, organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework.

4 years ago, on 16 June 2019, a successful institutional story has begun with the implementation of the 4th Railway Package, taking European rail to new levels in the re-inforcement of the Single European Railway Area.

The European Union Agency for  Railways is pleased to announce the deployment of  EVR Release 2.0. Please find the changelog hereafter...

The 4th Railway Package has been a major step forward for creating the Single European Railway Area.

The final version of the special issue of papers from the 7th International Rail Human Factors Conference has now been published. All papers are now available for free during a limited time.

On Wednesday 29 March 2023, Karima Delli, the chairwoman of the transport and tourism committee (TRAN) of the European Parliament, Josef Doppelbauer, the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways, as well as several CEOs of rail freight companies have called on the decision-makers to implement ambitious policies to concretely