Announcement

The 11th Conference and Annual General Meeting of the European Passengers' Federation will be held in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday March 16th 2013. The events will take place in the cultural centre Union, Klybeckstrasse 95, 4057 Basel, Switzerland.

The conference will be preceded on Friday afternoon, March 15th, by a seminar on public transport in and around Basel - which includes train, bus and other modes of transport. The welcome dinner will take place on Friday evening.

On Saturday morning the conference will hear speakers on challenges to urban transport and the experiences of rail liberalisation. In the afternoon, speakers will deal with long-distance rail travel at European level and the work of EPF with a special part for EPF-members of France, Switzerland and Germany.

Sunday will give an opportunity to visit the successful tram-train-network of Mulhouse in France with a guided tour.

Basel is in the centre of a cross-national region with developing public transport networks looking for passenger-friendly solutions across all borders. It has also fascinating touristic locations on both sides of the river Rhine.

The EPF conference is an excellent opportunity for public transport users throughout Europe to network, learn from each others' experiences and have dialogue with important figures in the public transport sphere. Translation facilities are currently investigated.

The registration fee for members of EPF-affiliated associations is 70 euro, which includes documents, drinks and lunch on Saturday. There are extra charges for the Friday evening meal and Sunday excursions. The fee for non-members is 120 euro. There will be an extra 10 euro charge for persons registering after February 17th.

Full details will be available from December. Alternatively you can write to EPF at secretariat@epf.eu or Kortrijksesteenweg 304, 9000 Gent, Belgium.