Website: Rail

Over the last 25 years the European Commission has been very active in proposing restructuring the European rail transport market and in order to strengthen the position of railways vis-à-vis other transport modes. The Commission's efforts have concentrated on three major areas which are all crucial for developing a strong and competitive rail transport industry:

(1) opening the rail transport market to competition
(2) improving the interoperability and safety of national networks
(3) developing rail transport infrastructure.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: Summaries of EU Legislation: Transport: Rail transport http://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/chapter/transport/3203.html?root=3203

UNECE: Areas of Work: Transport: Rail transport http://www.unece.org/trans/main/sc2/sc2.html

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Fact Sheets on the European Union April 2016: Rail transport http://www.europeansources.info/record/rail-transport/

ESO: Key source: European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-union-agency-for-railways/

ESO: Background information: Community of European Railways http://www.europeansources.info/record/community-of-european-railways/

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