Supporting Organisations in Europe

Together for the renewal of rail freight transport in Europe.

Created in 1970, the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) is the industry association for the sector of Combined Transport in Brussels.

We are railway enthusiasts who have made it our mission to preserve the memory of the Mecklenburg Southern Railway for over 30 years.

Support of scientific training and promotion of university graduates in the field of transport and logistics. Networking of specialists and executives with inter-university science.

We offer promotion of scientific research and development in the field of logistics in Hamburg. As an FGL member, you are invited to free events, and will exchange ideas with experts from practice.

The SGKV has been working as a non-profit member association for over 80 years to bring together relevant players from the industry. The SGKV forms a neutral communication and knowledge platform.

CIT helps railway undertakings implement international transport law, standardising contractual relationships and creating legal certainty to save members money and support their business.

SCONRAIL is the Swiss conformity assessment body with an international scope for EC tests, ECM certifications, risk assessments and inspections in the railway sector.

EUROFIMA’s has a non-profit mission to support the development of public passenger rail transportation in Europe and to support the railway bodies which are its shareholders in renewing etc.

VDB speaks for the German rail industry. It combines the interests of its more than 200 member companies, organises and moderates a consensus, gets involved with specific concerns.

The aim of the International Monorail Association is to provide a platform for interaction between National, Regional, and Local Public Authorities in the Monorail OEM Industry.

The association was established in Brussels (2002) by a handful of new rail freight operators. It was established as the voice of new entrants to support the European vision for a liberalised railway.

The network for engineers working in the field of rail traffic in Germany for over 70 years.

Get on board! With us you can "experience" the railroad. We restore and maintain historic railway vehicles and the infrastructure necessary for operation on our yard at the Nürnberg Nordostbahnhof.

The VPI represents the interests of private owners of freight wagons in Germany. We ensure good technical, legal and operational framework conditions in rail freight transport.

The aim of LOG-IT Club e.V. is to bundle the competencies in and around the logistics industry in North Rhine-Westphalia and to support the industry in the upcoming structural change.

Association for the research, maintenance, care, mediation, documentation and representation of the railway history and the railway system with a focus on train transport in Thuringia.

Our Team is specialized to assist you in testing and validation of your vehicles, components or software. We carry out the validation of vehicle and its safety functions locally on your vehicle.

We promote pre-competitive exchange and support innovation projects - across Bavaria with the Railway Technology Cluster and the Bavarian Logistics Initiative, and in the Nuremberg.

The Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL) is over 150 years old and is the oldest German union. It was founded in 1867. The GDL organizes all direct personnel in railway.

The railway and transport union (EVG) is the strong professional interest group that collectively and reliably ensures fair wages as well as good and safe working conditions for the entire workforce.

KNRBB enables a new quality of cooperation between the client and the executing companies in complex rail technology projects – starting with acquisition and project support etc.

We are the European Railways Network (NEE) - the freight railways. Our members include 84 private, regional and international companies from the rail freight transport sector.

Business and technology funding for companies, investors and scientific institutions in Berlin - this is what Berlin Partner for Business and Technology GmbH offers.

Our association is there to keep your interests on track. We give a voice to the loading industry, working to ensure a viable freight rail system that keeps your goods – and competition – moving.

The OUESTRAIL association aims to promote the development of rail in Western Switzerland.

Rail & Logistik Center Wustermark GmbH & Co. KG took over the facilities and operational management of the Wustermark marshalling yard from DB Netz AG with effect from 01.07.2008. The aim of RLC Wustermark is to create an independent hub and service point for logistics chains and networks

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The Bundesnetzagentur's core task is to ensure compliance with the Telecommunications Act (TKG), Postal Act (PostG) and Energy Act (EnWG) and responsibility for rail regulation.

The VSLF is a professional association and represents the interests of the locomotive drivers and candidates. By joining, you support us to achieve our goals.

The UEEIV is an umbrella organization of railway engineers across Europe, which was founded more than 30 years ago to facilitate a Europe-wide continuous railway system. As a cooperation platform for stakeholders in the railway sector, a core function of the UEEIV is the certification of engineers to EURAL-ING, which improves their chances on the international job market. More than 470 EURAIL-ING have been registered by the UEEIV in 21 different countries so far.

We are DIE GÜTERBAHNEN. We count almost 100 private, regional and international companies associated with rail freight transport as our members.

We ensure non-discriminatory access to the rail network and to the intermodal freight terminals, and contribute to making Switzerland's railway system competitive.

SWISSRAIL Industry Association is the local and global association of the Swiss railway industry and the Swiss railway engineering companies. It incorporates more than one hundred members.

Xrail is a production cooperation consisting of seven members, aiming to make European Single Wagonload a more competitive and more sustainable alternative to road transport.

As the European coordination platform, FTE promotes cross-border coordination amongst railway undertakings. The FTE makes an essential contribution to promoting interoperability of Europe.

The BAV is the supervisory authority responsible for public transport in Switzerland (railways, cableways, ships, trams and buses). Large areas of freight transport also fall within the BAV’s remit.

ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 165 national standards bodies.

The Bundesvereinigung Logistik e.V. (BVL) was foundend in 1978 in Bremen, Germany. Quickly, it grew into one of the most extensive national and international logistics networks.

The vision of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking is to promote modal shift from road to rail in order to achieve a more competitive and resource-efficient European transport system.

Operating in Brussels since 1992, UNIFE represents European train builders and rail equipment suppliers. The association advocates on behalf of more than 100 of Europe’s leading rail supply companies.

ERRAC was set up in 2001 with the ambitious goal of creating a single European body with both the competence and capability to help revitalise the European rail sector and make it more competitive,

We provide better insight on what rail infrastructure managers are, what they do, their overall importance for the European market and how they evolve over time.

CER’s role is to represent the interests of its members on the EU policy-making scene, in particular to support an improved business and regulatory environment for European railway.

The UIP with its seat in Brussels, is the umbrella association of national associations from fourteen European countries, thus representing more than 200 freight wagon keepers and ECMs.

The purpose of AERRL is to promote interoperable, sustainable, efficient and safe passenger and cargo rolling stock transport for the European railways.

The Belgian Regulatory Body for Railway Transport and Brussels Airport Operations is the governmental organization which regulates rail transport and Brussels Airport operations.

Our mission is to prepare, implement and support mobility and transport policies. We do this in consultation with our partners at regional, federal, national and international level.

FORWARD Belgium has represented freight forwarders, customs agents and logistics service providers for more than 100 years and is the single point of contact for everything related to logistics.

In Europe, UITP’s main activity consists of working closely with European Union Institutions, bringing together more than 450 urban, suburban and regional public transport operators and authorities from all member states.