European Passengers' Federation

EPF at Connecting Europe Days: Passengers Rights and TEN-T

By Delphine Grandsart|April 25th, 2024|

Connecting Europe Days 2024, Europe’s mobility flagship event, took place on 2-5 April at the SQUARE in Brussels, Belgium. EPF was invited as a speaker in Debate 9: Passenger Rights and TEN-T.

The Connecting Europe Days conference brought together more than 3.200 participants from over 80 countries. Participants included Ministers, politicians, financial institutions, industry representatives, transport stakeholders and the European Commission and related […]

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To Compete With The Car, Multimodal Door-To-Door Bookings Using Ground-Based Public Transport Must Be Possible

By Delphine Grandsart|April 16th, 2024|

Joint Press Release – 16.04.2024

This month, at a meeting in Brussels, European Transport Ministers called on the EU to make rail the backbone of European mobility.
They want legislation so that “passengers can easily compare, book and pay for their door-to-door train journey in a trans-European perspective”.
It must be possible for travellers to book door-to-door journeys across […]

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IRP workshop on ticketing, data and distribution: The Last Chance saloon?

By Delphine Grandsart|April 11th, 2024|

Christopher Irwin, who is also the co-chair of the Sector Stakeholders’ Group that advises the intergovernmental Platform on Cross-Border Passenger Rail, was amongst those who gave a presentation at the Platform’s Workshop in London in April on ticketing and related matters. His presentation emphasised the importance of focusing on defining what was required of a modernised ticketing system – […]

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Managing extreme weather conditions for rail passengers

By Delphine Grandsart|April 4th, 2024|

Network Rail, Britain’s main rail infrastructure manager, launched an Extreme Heat Task Force (EHTF) in July 2022 in response to record temperatures which had caused significant disruption for passengers. The remit of the EHTF was to assess how network resilience might be improved in these conditions and how other countries manage these conditions more effectively.

Network Rail invited Transport Focus […]

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RailTech debate: Will passengers benefit from market opening?

RailTech debate: Will passengers benefit from market opening?

By Delphine Grandsart|March 29th, 2024|

On 7. March, EPF’s senior researcher Delphine Grandsart was invited to participate in the RailTech conference in Utrecht as a panelist in a debate focused on the question “Will passengers benefit from market opening?” Other speakers were Viola Sütő (LegalRail), Nick Brooks (ALLRAIL) and Tijmen Voet (NS). So… will passengers benefit from market opening? For EPF, the answer is […]

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Passenger Mobility Package – EPF feedback

By Delphine Grandsart|March 18th, 2024|

On 29. November 2023, the European Commission adopted a “Passenger Mobility Package”, a set of proposals designed to improve the experience of passengers and travellers by strengthening their rights, focusing on three aspects:

Stronger passenger rights
Protection of package travellers
Data and digitalization / automation in the transport sector.

In our feedback to the new proposals under point 1 – […]

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SIGN-AIR project website is live!

By Delphine Grandsart|February 29th, 2024|

🚀 The SIGN-AIR website is LIVE! The main goal of the SIGN-AIR project is to build a platform to allow Transport Service Providers of different modes to generate and monitor data-sharing agreements and smart contracts, improving multimodality and creating a seamless transportation system.

🌍 Our job doesn’t stop there; we also focus on creating knowledge along the way, passing it […]

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“Connecting the high-speed dots”

By Delphine Grandsart|January 20th, 2024|

On 17. January 2024, EPF president Michel Quidort attended the “Connecting the High-Speed Dots” event at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, jointly organised by MEP Ondřej Kovařík, Jiří Svoboda, CEO of Správa železnic, and CER.

The event, which gathered MEPs, Commission and CER Representatives, was aimed at presenting the important programme of rail connections to be realised between Western and Central/Eastern Member […]

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Catch the Bus Month 2023: Celebrating the Benefits of Bus Travel

Catch the Bus Month 2023: Celebrating the Benefits of Bus Travel

By Wandi|October 9th, 2023|

EPF member, Bus Users UK rolled out its annual Catch the Bus Month 2023 in September, a campaign aimed at showcasing the numerous advantages of bus travel and encouraging more individuals to hop on board. With support from operators, government entities, transport organisations, charities, and local groups, this initiative spanned across England, Scotland, and Wales.

Notably, buses do more than just […]

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The MDMS Regulation: Can it make travel easier and greener?

By Delphine Grandsart|September 28th, 2023|

Join us on Tuesday 10. October for an event hosted by MEPs Oetjen and Dalunde to discuss the upcoming Regulation on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services (MDMS) and its potential to make travel easier and greener.

The MDMS regulation has been much discussed in recent months and this event will serve as a platform to explore its implications before the Commission […]

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