Rail Sector´s Call for the successor to the Europe´s Rail Joint Undertaking in the next European Research Framework Programme

UNIFE drafted jointly with other sector associations a document asking for the successor to the Europe´s Rail Joint Undertaking in the next European Research Framework Programme.

The document highlights why a coordinated European approach to R&I is vital to accelerate the overcoming of the historic and obstructive fragmentation in the rail system and to deliver harmonised European-wide solutions, making the European rail system more agile, innovative, resilient, capacity-performant, achieve the goals of the Single European Railway Area (SERA) and Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T, including the comprehensive network) and make Europe more competitive. The sector position paper describes why rail R&I is a key success factor in strengthening the Single Market, delivering a harmonized Single European Rail Area and expanding the competitiveness and global market leadership of the European rail supply industry as well as the European economy as a whole and describes key elements for rail R&I in Europe.

The paper was jointly developed by UNIFE, CER, EAL, EIM, FEDECRAIL, UIP, UIRR, UITP and in partnership with UIC.