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Improving International Passenger Rail

Letter to the European commission

Sustainable mobility is one of the main objectives of the European Green Deal. Your proposal to make 2021 the European Year of Rail emphasises the importance of rail transport in delivering this deal. Through the four railway packages, each consisting of a technical and a market pillar, Europe aims to revitalise the rail sector by realising a Single European Railway Area. We1 – European advisory councils in the field of environment and sustainability – note that the intermodal competitiveness of international passenger rail services has nevertheless remained limited. In this letter, we stress that Europe can and must do more to improve international passenger transport by rail.

Signed by:
Council for the Environment and Infrastructure, Netherlands
Federal Council for Sustainable Development, Belgium
Conseil Supérieur pour un Développement Durable, Luxembourg
German Advisory Council on the Environment
German Council for Sustainable Development
European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils Network
Climate Change Advisory Council, Ireland
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)\
National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS), Portugal
National Council on the Environment, Hungary (OKT)

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