Rail freight wants to “move away from status quo” with Capacity Management Regulation

As the European Commission, Parliament and Council of the European Union are negotiating on the content of the Railway Capacity Management Regulation, the rail freight sector is making sure its voice gets heard. The final form of the regulation might have far-reaching implications for the industry, and as such, associations are calling for an ambitious and international approach.

The open letter from the industry is an initiative by the European Rail Freight Association (ERFA), which is joined by 11 other sector parties. ERFA explains that the new regulation seeks to move European railway capacity allocation from a system which is “manual, national and rigid” to a “digital, international and flexible” system. In the rail freight sector, the regulation will be p…