Press Release: Towards a single European rail area: the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)

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Series Details IP/12/366 (16.04.12)
Publication Date 16/04/2012
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More than 20 national signalling and speed control systems now operate in Europe. Unfortunately, they are not mutually compatible. These technical inefficiencies are a major barrier to the rapidly growing market in rail freight, where the greatest potential comes from cross-border traffic. They are also holding back the development of the wider European transport network.
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European Commission: Speech/12/265: Siim Kallas: Using better rail traffic management to build a single European transport area http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/265&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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