Revealed live at the 8 February ceremony, the 2022 Rail Trailblazer Award went to Bane NOR’s ERTMS programme. The Norwegian national rail infrastructure company’s plan is to revolutionise its railway network over the next ten years by investing more than €2 billion in the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), which promises to enable future digitalisation and automation. It is the first project of this scale in Europe, with around 4,200 kilometres of track and more than 350 stat ...

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The 2022 European Railway Award’s Rail Champion prize was presented today to Manfred Weber, Chairman of the European Parliament’s EPP Group, for his legislative support of rail travel among youth. Additionally, Bane NOR’s ERTMS programme was recognised as this year’s Rail Trailblazer project for revolutionising the Norwegian rail network and providing a vision for digital railways in a Single European Rail Area. The awards were bestowed during an online ceremony that celebrated 2021’s ...

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CER and UNIFE are delighted to announce the programme for the 15th edition of the European Railway Award ceremony taking place online on 8 February 2022 at 17:00 (register here): PROGRAMME WELCOME Alberto Mazzola, CER Executive DirectorPhilippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General YEAR OF RAIL HIGHLIGHTS - The Connecting Europe Express Adina Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport RAIL CHAMPION AWARD 2022 Manfred Weber, Leader of the European People’s Party in the European Pa ...

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In 2022, the European Railway Award will be two awards: a more technical “Rail Trailblazer” Award, selected by our jury and revealed on the day of the Award ceremony; and a political “Rail Champion” Award, which CER & UNIFE jointly bestow as an honorary recognition. For our Rail Champion Award 2022, we have decided to pay tribute to Manfred Weber, Leader of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament, for his inspiring dedication to the promotion of rail among youth. Th ...

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For our 15th award ceremony, following the fruitful European Year of Rail 2021, we have another very special edition in store for you, including the following highlights: - A brand new Rail Champion Award & Rail Trailblazer Award - Special recognition for three major milestones in the European Year of Rail - A high-level roundtable 'Keeping rail a priority after the Year of Rail' with European Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean, Member ...

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CER & UNIFE are delighted to announce the 15th edition of the European Railway Award! The ceremony will once again take place online on 8 February 2022 starting at 17:00 o'clock. Featuring prominent speakers from across the rail sector and the European Union institutions, this online event will look back at the 2021 European Year of Rail and discuss how to carry that momentum forward into 2022 and beyond while recognising the outstanding contributions of the rail sector’s champ ...

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Rail has been particularly in the spotlight this year, as 2021 became the European Year of Rail. The European Railway Award showcases rail’s impressive capabilities every year and we are currently looking for our next winner. Do you know a leading voice who has succeeded in opening up political debate or implementing concrete policy shifts for rail? Are you part of a campaign raising rail’s profile or a project, large or small, revolutionising the rail business? Maybe you would like us to r ...

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In a year dedicated to bringing railways closer to citizens, author-activists Vincent-Immanuel Herr and Martin Speer (Herr & Speer) were recognised at the 2021 European Railway Award for their ‘outstanding citizen’s initiative’: the FreeInterrail movement.  FreeInterrail is the proposal to provide all EU citizens with a free Interrail ticket for their 18th birthday. The aim is to strengthen European integration, support environment-friendly modes of transport and promote Europe's ...

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The 2021 European Railway Award was presented to the iLINT project. Resulting from a highly fruitful collaboration between Alstom and the public transport authority of Lower Saxony (LNVG), the Coradia iLINT is the world’s first passenger train for mainline operation powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The project proves that alternative technologies to diesel can offer the same level of performance without generating greenhouse gasses. Is it a shining demonstration that a completely emission-free ...

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The COVID-19 crisis showed the rail sector’s resilience - its capacity to help fight the epidemic and assist society in general, despite plummeting passenger and cargo figures. As a resilient, environment-friendly mode, rail should be relied on all the more during the recovery period to get Europe’s economy back on track while continuing to bring down global emissions for the sake of the climate. The European Year of Rail is a timely recognition of the role railways can and should play in ad ...

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