Kicking-off the European Year of Rail 2021
2021 is the European Year of Rail! On 29 March, the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union will hold a joint conference to officially kick-off the initiative together. The virtual conference will be livestreamed from...ERRAC, the Technology Platform for the rail sector in Europe, disappointed by the message of the European Commission on the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
PRESS RELEASE (Brussels, 19th November 2020) The European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC), rail’s European Technology Platform (ETP), held its Plenary today digitally. The ERRAC Plenary welcomed a presentation on the new ERRAC Strategic Research and Innovation...
Public consultation on the Rail Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)
ERRAC has just produced for the railway sector the draft Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). This draft can be found HERE. This document, describing the sector’s ambitions for the future technically-enabled railway and its research and innovation needs,...There is no green future without railways
There is no 🌻green future without railways – ERRAC will get us back on track! As the world takes on challenges ranging from COVID-19 to climate change, research and innovation will provide us with the solutions needed to overcome them. Advanced engineering and...
Next ERRAC plenary to be held on 19 November 2020 as a webinar
Report on ERRAC Plenary held in November 2019 On the 29th November 2019 the ERRAC Plenary meeting took place in Brussels with the participation of more than 70 stakeholders. It was chaired by Alberto Parrondo, Chair of ERRAC, together with the Vice-Chairs Carole...Research and innovation – enablers of strong and resilient rail services
ERRAC, the European Rail Research and Advisory Council, fully supports proposals being made by the sector for a new iteration of the ‘Shift2Rail’ Joint Undertaking and its rail research programme. The proposals for a new ‘Institutional Partnership’ under Horizon...ERRAC plenary meeting held in Brussels on 21 March 2019
Estimated reading time: 2 mn The ERRAC plenary was held in the premises of the Shift2Rail JU in Brussels on 21 March 2019. The meeting was attended by more than 80 participants representing most of the main European operators, manufacturers and academia in the railway...