CER & UNIFE are delighted to announce the 14th edition of the European Railway Award! The ceremony will take place on 25 January 2021 at the earlier-than-usual time of 14:00 o'clock. Not only will it be a special edition marking the start of the European Year of Rail, but it will be delivered right to your door as a fully digital event. More information will follow soon, in the meantime you can already register here. ...

On 9 June, the 21st edition of the Video Experience Day (formerly known as the Belgian Corporate Video Festival) presented prizes during a special program on Canal Z / Kanaal Z.   Among the winners was the animated video released at this year's European Railway Award, jointly created by UNIFE and CER. It demonstrated rail's economic, social and environmental contributions to the modern European Union, explained the transformative effects rail could hold for a decarbonised, integrated sing ...

New nomination deadline! In 2021 the European Commission is planning to put rail in the spotlight through a dedicated European Year of Rail. What better way to showcase rail’s impressive capabilities than by competing to become the next European Railway Award 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 ...

The 2020 European Railway Award was presented tonight to Geert Pauwels, for successfully developing a strategy making rail freight a profitable business, thereby boosting the attractiveness of rail freight and encouraging a modal shift from road to rail. The Award was handed over to Mr Pauwels by Libor Lochman, CER Executive Director, and Philippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General, during a special ceremony at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels. The evening started off with a round-table ...

CER and UNIFE are delighted to announce the programme for the 13th edition of the European Railway Award ceremony: PROGRAMME Welcome Libor Lochman, CER Executive DirectorPhilippe Citroën, UNIFE Director General Round-table discussionWorking with rail for greener European mobility Andrey Novakov, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of Rail Forum EuropeHenrik Hololei, Director General for Mobility and Transport, European CommissionSabrina Soussan, UNIFE Chair and CEO of Siemens Mob ...