Press Release: 1st Railway Package: implementation in Member States finally on track

Three years after the deadline to transpose the European Directives of the 1st railway package, the European Commission reported on 3 May 2006 on concrete implementation in the Member States. Adopted in 2001, this legislative package was the first step aimed at reviving the railways by gradually creating a 'railway area' which is integrated at a European level, in particular opening rail freight markets and to specify the conditions under which railway undertakings can access the railway infrastructure.

European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Transport: Rail Transport and Interoperability: Implementation Infrastructure package http://ec.europa.eu/comm/transport/rail/overview/infrastructure_implement_en.htm

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