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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Ausgabe 04/2022

Editorial

April 2022 | August Zierl, Reinhold Hundt

Dear readers, the EU Commissioner for Transport, Adina Valean, has curbed the expectations of the rail industry that the public purse will make ever more funds available in order to finance projects such as ERTMS or the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC). During the European Railway Summit of 21 February 2022, Valean conceded that the fitting of lines and vehicles with ERTMS was expensive, but demanded considerable engagement by the industry. The EU has provided railways with overwhelming support through the Connecting Europe Facility financial instrument....