On June 14th, EPF invited the Transport Attachés from the Permanent Representations for a breakfast in the facilities of Brussels pressclub. Following the current corona rules, we had an audience of 10 colleagues from different countries.
EPF’s officers Kathryn Bulanowski and Sandra Lima together with EPF chair Josef Schneider took the floor to present EPF to those present as a […]
On 19. May, EPF and UITP jointly organised a webinar on Rail Passenger Rights. The webinar was attended by some 130 participants and provided concrete information on the state of the art of rail passengers’ rights in Member States of the European Union. One of the main conclusions was that domestic legislation in many cases is already surpassing the […]
EPF’s 2021 annual conference will take place in an online format the 26th of June (10:00 – 14:30 CET).
The programme will link with the 2021 European Year of Rail and focus on how rail can strengthen transport connections in Europe from the passengers’ perspective.
Our online event can count on key interventions from the European Parliament (Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg) and the […]
In the frame of the European Year of Rail, UITP and the European Passengers’ Federation (EPF) are organising a digital workshop on ‘Rail passenger rights for all: EU legislation and beyond’ on 19 May from 9.30 to 12.00 (CET).
Regional and local rail operators and authorities are very engaged in offering attractive services to their passengers and in ensuring the […]
After careful consideration, we have decided to cancel the EPF conference 2021 in Strasbourg. The situation in the current pandemic shows too many risks for a successful event. It is not possible to predict whether and how we will be able to travel to Strasbourg in June from the different countrie.
We are currently checking whether we can hold an […]
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 EPF conference has been postponed to next year. We will keep you informed of the new date. Thanks for your understanding!
Join us for the next EPF-conference in Strasbourg (5-6 June 2020).
This year’s theme: European Cross-border links: What’s in it for the passenger?
Check out the programme:
Friday 5th […]
PRO BAHN, one of the members of EPF, organized on 16.12.2019, a one-day-conference on passenger rights.
During the morning, Erki Must, former staff member of the European Court of Auditors (now staff member of DG MOVE), presented the special report on passenger rights 30/2018, which has been published on 08.11.2018.
In the afternoon, Elisabeth Kotthaus, head of department Social Aspects, Passenger rights […]
EPF’s 2020 annual conference will take place in Strasbourg on 5 & 6 June.
The programme will focus on European cross-border links benefiting for customers. A small preview.
Working sessions:
‘Institutions’: with representatives of the European Commission, the European Court of Auditors and the Independent Regulators Group
‘Operators’: night trains (e.g. ÖBB) – European road lines (e.g. Flixbus-Flixtrain) – International cooperation […]
The annual EPF conference was held in, for the season hot and sunny, Stockholm on 7 & 8. June. The two conference days gathered European passenger organizations, public transport operators, politicians and officials at EU level. Almost 70 participants from 12 different European countries took part in the seminars, the excursion and the evening events. Journalists from two of […]
On 7th and 8th June, EPF held its annual conference in Stockholm. We look back to two days of very interesting presentations and discussions.
The first day focused on experiences from liberalized rail markets. Speakers included Libor Lochman (Executive Director CER), Gustav Sjöblom (Transportstyrelsen), Isabel Schleich (Strategic Project Manager FlixTrain), Gunnar Alexandersson (Senior researcher Stockholm School of Economics), Bryony Chetwode […]