Category: Social

Deutsche Bahn on the way to accessibility

18/05/2012 | Comments (0)

The German Railways company continues on the path to accessibility by setting up a comprehensive program. Dr Rüdiger Grube, CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG, in the presence of Anak Ferlemann, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, and representatives of people with disabilities, has pursued a program for accessibility in [...]

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Rail passengers’ rights: railways and national enforcement bodies strengthen cooperation

11/05/2012 | Comments (0)

More dialogue between railways and national enforcement bodies will allow a smoother implementation of the Regulation (EC) 1371/2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (Rail PRR). At a workshop organised by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) on 10 May in Brussels, more than 80 [...]

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RegioTrans, member of the International Rail Transport Committee

27/04/2012 | Comments (0)

Starting with April 2012, RegioTrans company has become a full-right member of the International Rail Transport Committee (CIT). RegioTrans, based in Braşov (Romania) is a private capital company providing railway passenger transport services. Set up in 2005,  RegioTrans is currently ensuring the transport of passengers on 30 non-interoperable sections (in Transylvania, Banat, Moldova and Oltenia), [...]

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Romania needs long-term strategy for railway system development

27/04/2012 | Comments (0)

It is very important to create a constructive dialogue between the authorities and railway companies to develop the sector and to encourage the modal share of this transport mode. This is one of the reasons why the Railway Surveillance Council wants to contribute to increasing the modal share and the railway transport performance at national [...]

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Ukrainian Railways to improve the platform for selling tickets through the Internet

06/04/2012 | Comments (0)

Ukrainian railway company Ukrzaliznytsya currently develops a new software and hardware for selling  electronic travel documents for passengers. The new system will have an easy interface that allows to create a route, as well as advanced payment system that allows citizens to pay for travel documents by virtually all non-cash payment methods existing in Ukraine. [...]

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