Passenger rights: a comparative analysis

By |August 27th, 2018|

Laura Fiumara (IT), a law student who has been working for EPF as an intern the last few months, provided us with an in-depth analysis of existing passenger rights. She wrote a paper comparing the same rights across various transport modes.

Click here to download the full paper
Click here to download the presentation

Defending the rights of the passengers

By |August 24th, 2018|

The European Passengers’ Federation is involved as a consortium partner in the UIA project TMaas (Traffic Management as a Service).

Evelien Marlier, project manager for EPF, explains our role within TMaas: “When you are developing a new service like TMaaS, it is really important to know the different stakeholder groups and to define their needs. That is why I interviewed […]

Travellers’ demand for the Travel Companion

By |August 20th, 2018|

Within the GOF4R project, EPF is the leader of Work Package 2 on ‘User Demand’. The report Analysis of the demand of travellers for the TC summarises the results obtained. The full report is now available for download. 

EPF White Paper on IP4 concepts End-user applicability

By |August 18th, 2018|

The European Passengers’ Federation’s White Paper on IP4 concepts End-user applicability is now available for download. EPF has published this White Paper in the framework of the IT2Rail project, which has now finished and has organised its final conference in Vienna on April 18th @TRA.

EPF conference Aachen – presentations

By |June 26th, 2018|

We as EPF were very happy with our annual conference taking place in Aachen during the first weekend of June. Most of the presentations are now available on the download page. A few will follow as soon as possible.

We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and see you next year! Next year’s conference will take place […]

Force majeure – recast rail passenger rights

By |June 18th, 2018|

As a response to the proposed recast of regulation (EC) 1371/2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations, EPF addressed a letter to the Members of Parliament as well as to the members of TRAN and IMCO committee, to express our concerns.

The proposed force majeure clause in the proposed recast would impose disproportionately high costs and financial risks upon passengers. […]

Cross-border rail study

By |June 26th, 2018|

The European Passengers’ Federation, as a subcontractor to KCW, was involved in a study commissioned by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission (DG REGIO) on the Comprehensive analysis of the existing cross-border transport connections and missing links on the internal EU borders. The study consisted of the following:

the preparation of an inventory of […]

#BECIPTEC: conference video, presentations, and more

By |June 4th, 2018|

The CIPTEC H2020 project has come to an end… On April 24, it was time to share our findings with the community. Check out our conference video!

The presentations can be found here. And of course, other materials (the toolbox, deliverables and other publications) can be found on the CIPTEC website.

CIPTEC has created innovative concepts and tools for Public Transport that lead […]

IT2Rail final conference successfully held on 18th April

By |June 1st, 2018|

The IT2Rail Final Conference was successfully held on the 18th April in Vienna. Taking advantage of the Transport Research Arena (TRA2018) taking place in Vienna during that same week, the event was attended by participants from all over Europe. The event was opened by Mr Keir Fitch, Head of the Rail Safety & Interoperability Unit at DG MOVE, who stressed […]

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By |May 24th, 2018|

From 25 May 2018, the new European Data Protection Act (GDPR) will come into effect. That is good news, because the new rules offer better protection of your personal data. That is why EPF has adjusted its privacy statement. In addition to the new legislation, we also require your explicit permission to send newsletters and other updates about our […]