Although progress has been made and the political commitment to modernising Europe’s rail infrastructure and rolling stock has been renewed, the work plan highlights that the deployment of the ‘European Rail Traffic Management System’ (ERTMS) is uneven and slower than expected, noted the coordinator, Matthias Ruete, in a report published by the European Commission on Monday 23 February.
To achieve the objectives of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) regulation, the coordinator has recommended three main actions. On the one hand, he suggested strengthening governance and coordination to ensure more consistent and rapid deployment of ERTMS in the Member States, particularly along cross-border sections.
He also stressed the need for sufficient and stable funding to give stakeholders the certainty they need to make long-term investment decisions.
Finally, he advocated a long-term approach to deployment, moving beyond project-by-project implementation towards coordinated action plans at network level.
Read the report: https://aeur.eu/f/kwg (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)