UIRR Newsletter Q2.2020 : Pandemic and economic crisis 18/08/20

CONTENTS

Rail freight steps up to deliver in the UK....... 2

EGD components: 750m train length, user- and polluter-pays principles................................ 2

Rail freight to be repaired in France.............. 2

Pandemic opens opportunity for rail freight. 2

Satisfaction with rail freight and intermodal rail reaches new high in France........................... 2

Transconitnental intermodal rail performs superbly....................................................... 2

Mobility Package 1 and CT............................ 2

Mode-neutral EU regulatory framework is a must 2

Germany pledges aid to LNG trucks but not to rail or intermodal.......................................... 3

Modal shift occurs during pandemic in The Netherlands................................................. 3

2019: a difficult yet historic year for CT......... 3

CT’s place within the 70-year-old European Single Market............................................... 3

Combined Transport during the pandemic.... 3

Terminals: new construction, track extension and automatisation............................................. 3

Intermodal hinterland transport booking platform launched by HHLA......................... 3

CT support schemes: Brenner, France and Hungary....................................................... 3

Personnel News........................................... 4

Members' News........................................... 4

Key Dates & Events. 4

UIRR Quarterly
CT Performance Gauge

Business outlook

for the 12 months between

1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021