📢 New @ERA_railways Executive Director Oana Gherghinescu has the opportunity to shape the European Rail’s future 🇪🇺🚆! The appointment is welcomed by the European Rail Supply Industry, at a time when leadership and key regulatory decisions are required to ensure the European rail industry and broader sector remain as world leaders. The newly appointed Executive Director has many challenges and opportunities ready to meet, amongst them: ➡️Decisive action on ETCS, onboard signalling and operational rules harmonisation ➡️Streamlining of the Vehicle Authorisation and @ERTMS trackside approval processes ➡️#FRMCS and #DACroll-out ➡️Simplification of the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (#TSIs) ➡️Ensuring an on-going focus on Cybersecurity and digital network resilience. ➡️Strengthening the Agency’s resources ➡️Completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and Single European Railway Area (SERA) UNIFE has an unwavering dedication to ERA and its overall mission, and backs the newly appointed Executive Director achieveher mandate. UNIFE Director General Enno Wiebe stated: My warmest congratulations to Oana Gherghinescu, on her appointment. The Agency has consistently been a deeply valued and reliable partner with UNIFE, and we want to keep this relationship strong, for the benefit of consumers, the European industry, and the railway sector. It is now time to bring increased efficiency of procedures and regulatory predictability to the sector, which is vital to maintain the competitiveness of the European Rail Supply Industry. We are banking on the next ERA Executive Director to offer fresh ideas, problem-solving efforts, and practical methods that can achieve this goal in a supportive and collaborative environment. Read more👉 unife.org/news/new-era-execu…

UNISIG Info Day 🚥 Yesterday, our signaling experts met in Brussels to discuss @ERTMS, ETCS, #FRMCS and @EURail_JU System Pillar results. It shows the commitment of the rail supply industry to deliver on the promise of a better signaling network for Europe’s rail networks.

We're lending €466m for upgrades to key railway lines in Czechia, boosting safety, speed & sustainability. This investment supports: 🔵@ERTMS & safer crossings 🔵improvements on TEN-T routes to Austria & Poland 🟢fewer emissions causing climate change⤵️ bit.ly/Czechia_railway

Apostolos Tzitzikostas backs rail to improve Europe’s military mobility while outlining several other priorities for his five-year term in a speech at the European Railway Award 2025 ceremony in Brussels railjournal.com/regions/euro…

As #EURA2025 🏆 comes to an end, it is clear that rail must place a priority on action. A truly connected 🇪🇺 rail network is crucial in tackling the continent’s biggest challenges, from competitiveness to climate change. Read the press release 👉📑unife.org/news/staunch-rail-…

"He kept challenging inappropriate @ERTMS technical solutions regularly. He was the one who convinced many people in this room we need technological progress, and he has pushed digital transformation across the agency, and European rail itself." #EURA2025

Congratulations @JoDoppelbauer for receiving the Accomplishment Award🏆: ➡️25 years of activity in the sector ➡️2 successful mandates as @ERA_railways Executive Director ➡️championing the 4th🚉Package and its implementation ➡️working to ensure the roll-out of @ERTMS #EURA2025

"In collaboration with Member States, we will make sure these ERTMS systems are put into use. It is the only way to make our rail safer, quicker and more efficent."

"Passengers should be protected from disruption. Ticketing is one way digitalisation can transform train travel. We now have a deadline to phase out national signalling networks. We need to move ahead with @ERTMS this year."

And now, to present the @EU_Commission’s direction, and way to make European mobility more sustainable, the new Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism: @tzitzikostas 🇬🇷 🇪🇺 ! #EURA2025

Alberto Mazzola (2/5): This requires significant investment, including in rail infrastructure, which has shrunk by 6% over the past 30 years, to complete TEN-T core corridors, connect ports and airports with rail, deploy @ERTMS and further develop high-speed. #EURA2025

In their #EURA2025 🏆 welcome address, @UNIFE's Enno Wiebe and @CER_railways' Alberto Mazzola speak about the journey ahead for Europe’s railway sector, and the importance of prioritising action.

🇨🇿 🚄🇪🇺🤝 Thanks to our Czech members and partners @azd_praha, @ACRI_zeleznice (Prague) and @SkodaGroupEN (Plzeň), for two intensive days of open exchanges and constructive dialogues on: ▶️@ERTMS deployment ▶️opportunities for the rail supply industry through the EU #GlobalGateway initiative ▶️the need for a revised #publicprocurement legal framework to include the broad application of the MEAT criteria Our declared and shared goal is to defend a competitive rail supply industry at both national and European level. #EURail #EUCompetition

Register now for #EURA 2025! 🔗europeanrailwayaward.eventsi… The Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, the Vice-Chair of the TRAN Committee, and the Polish Presidency will be at the European Railway Award. What about you?

Our 2024 Annual Report is finally here! 🚄 📖 🇪🇺 As we ended one European Commission mandate and began another, our message was clear – Europe must become more competitive and invest in rail 💶! 🗺️ In a very busy year, we put together our priorities for the next mandate and painted a promising picture – one where the capacity of the European rail industry is unleashed to deliver smarter, cleaner and safer transport for Europeans wherever they live. 🚆 🤞 👍 By supporting approximately 650,000 jobs across Europe industry-wide, we are vital to the continent’s economic security, future prosperity and re-imagining European mobility. 🔬 ⚙️ 🖥️ Read all about it here: unife.org/wp-content/uploads… #PublicProcurement #FRMCS #ERTMS #reThinkIndustry #EUResearch

🚄 We are proud to announce that as of today, the MORANE-2 Project is underway!📡 This €13.5m program will test the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) technology in real conditions and show the @EU_Commission's commitment to achieving sustainable, efficient, and competitive rail transport. ⚙️📶 As part of the project, the FP2-MORANE-2 prototypes will be tested in three European laboratories and under real track conditions, including on both conventional and high-speed lines. 🚅🚥 We are very excited about what this project can achieve, and how it is bringing together the railways, industry and other stakeholders for a common cause. 🔗Read more here: unife.org/news/transforming-… #MORANE2 #FRMCS #ERTMS

At rail freight conference, highlighting key opportunities: 💶 Securing budget for rail infra investments maintenance 🇪🇺 Aligning with EU standards/TEN-T, deployment, @ERTMS, DAC 👷 Investing in workforce development for a sustainable future 🛃 more efficient border crossings

#SaveTheDate We are stoked to announce the date for the 18th edition of the #EuropeanRailwayAward. Join us for the biggest night for rail on the 17th of February, 2025 marking the beginning of a new chapter in EU policymaking. Find out more at: europeanrailwayaward.eu

And that’s a wrap! 🚅✨🎉 We are overwhelmed at the support and welcoming faces we met this week, both at our stand, in the press centre and across the 27 halls of @InnoTrans! What a week we had, showcasing a European industry on the cusp of a dynamic transformation. At UNIFE’s stand, many attendees had the opportunity to engage in virtual reality, while also hosting several key events on the future of rail #cybersecurity and the future rail communications system #FRMCS. UNIFE’s programme also had a focus on the future of the industry, including boosting inclusivity and the role of women, as the industry diversifies and reflects the wider public. We successfully unveiled the 10th edition of the World Rail Market Study, detailing the positive horizon the sector is working towards, with a detailed forecast suggesting the global market is expected to grow by 3% annually in real terms for the rest of the decade. Elsewhere, we held press conferences and successful sessions on # Cybersecurity, #FRMCS, #ERTMS and the Western Balkans, while also meeting with several international and European delegations. We made time to also speak and meet with as many members – new, old and potentially in the future – as possible. The entire UNIFE Team and our Director General Enno Wiebe want to thank organisers and the many thousands of attendees who showed a keen interest in UNIFE’s activity and offering at InnoTrans 2024. We’ll see you again at #InnoTrans2026. Read about our whole week here: unife.org/news/showcasing-a-… #UNIFEEvents #InnoTrans2024 #UNIFEWRMS

Sector declaration signed by the ERTMS Stakeholder Platform Board UNIFE remains committed to make @ERTMS a success story. To ensure a coordinated approach, the ERTMS Stakeholder Platform Board ensures an overall coordination, alignment and promotion of the deployment & implementation of #ERTMS, with the objective of creating the Single European Railway Area. In order to formalise the agreed target areas and objectives, a joint declaration has been signed today @InnoTrans. This important milestone demonstrates the achievement of a common understanding by the sector organisations, and how the sector should evolve from a strategic point of view. UNIFE and its technical body UNISIG are members of the Platform, having supported the objectives actively from the beginning, and bringing in the perspective of the European Railway Supply industry. The ERTMS Stakeholder Platform is composed of high level representatives of the Representative Bodies, co-chaired by @Transport_EU & @ERA_railways