EPF’s member organisation, FNAUT, is set to host its 23rd Congress on Cross-Border Transportation from 15 to 17 November 2024 in Mulhouse (Alsace). The event will take place at the Maison de la Région (4 Av. du Général Leclerc, 68100 Mulhouse), bringing together transport to discuss challenges and opportunities in cross-border transportation.
The programme (in French) includes, amongst others:
technical […]
On 23. September, a special ‘Europe for Rail’ train, organised by Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking members and the European Commission, departed from Brussels to Berlin, marking the beginning of InnoTrans2024! 🌍🚆 EPF took part in one of the panel debates on the train – emphasizing the importance of thinking from the end-users’ point of view in order to make […]
📅 As part of its Annual Conference in Warschau, EPF organised a SIGN-AIR workshop on 21. June 2024. The workshop lasted 1,5 hours and around 25 EPF member representatives actively participated. The workshop focused on two aspects: air-rail connectivity & impact on passenger experience.
🚀 The SESAR-funded SIGN-AIR project is developing a platform that enables Transport Service Providers (TSPs) to […]
In the night of Friday July 26, on both the eve of the official Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris and the holidays big rush weekend, three precise and strategically located sabotage attacks happened on three main high speed routes to South-West, North and East of France. These concerted actions resulted in a sudden chaos impacting some […]
On a cold winter evening last December thousands of passengers were stuck on seven busy trains for several hours. Elizabeth Line, Heathrow Express and Great Western Railway services stopped moving after overhead electrical cables were damaged not far out from London’s Paddington station.
The boss of Network Rail, Britain’s national rail infrastructure manager, was a passenger on one of the […]
As part of the SHOW project’s engagement and co-creation activities, SHOW partners ERTICO and EPF organised an activity with the Belgian-based Open Summer of Code (OSoC) to define a concept for the mobility hub of the future.
About SHOW
SHOW aims to support the deployment of shared, connected and electrified automation in urban transport, to advance sustainable urban mobility.
About OSoC
Open Summer […]
The group of experts on passenger information in main international stations and hubs held its inaugural meeting at the United Nations in Geneva in July. Christopher Irwin represented EPF and made a presentation on The Passengers’ Perspective. The group was convened at the request of the Rail Working Party, itself a sub-group of the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s […]
EPF was represented at a special summer session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s Rail Working Party on 18-19. June in Geneva. The event focused on the Security of Vulnerable Rail Users. Bryony Chetwode of TravelWatch SouthWest – one of EPF’s UK members – presented a paper on “Increasing the Security of Women in the Rail Environment”. Bryony […]
Faced with rapidly changing mobility patterns, EPF member FNAUT and IFOP decided to carry out a robust and accurate study to better understand the expectations of passengers and non-travelers alike when it comes to rail transport. The aim was to build up its expertise to better defend passengers.
Only one in two French people have used the train in the […]
This year the Ibis Warszawa Stare Miasto in Warsaw, Poland, hosted the EPF annual Conference on 21-22 June, 2024. This event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders from across Europe, providing a platform for insightful discussions on passenger mobility and public transport innovations. A total of 54 participants attended the conference, engaging in a series of panel discussions, […]
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