During the last Annual General Meeting (Luzern, 2 & 3 February), 3 positions in the Management Board have been new staffed. Rian van der Borgt, acting since several years as treasurer was reelected for another 3 years’ period. Chris Irwin from UK-based Transport Focus and also representing TravelWatch SouthWest had been member until spring 2017.…
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The CIPTEC H2020 project is coming to an end. Now, it’s time to share our findings with the community. CIPTEC has created innovative concepts and tools for Public Transport that lead to more passengers at reasonably low cost. Also, CIPTEC has tested collective intelligence methods to improve the overall understanding of urban public transport demand. Do you wish to…
EPF, as the consumer organization, has been monitoring certain problems that appear in the sector of air travel. Airline passengers face various situations, where they need more comprehensive information, assistance and support from organisations like ours. EPF has been monitoring the following issues: 1. European Regulation 261/04 – about air passengers rights, its execution and…
The Beneluxparliament consists of members of the national parliaments of Belgium, Luxemburg and Netherlands. The Beneluxparliament was convened in Maastricht on the 24th of November 2017 in the hall where the treaty of Maastricht was signed 25 years before. One of the items on the agenda was the improvement of the rail connections between the…
The European Commission is proposing to invest €1 billion in 39 transport projects which will unlock a total of €4.5 billion of public and private co-financing. The selected projects will upgrade Europe’s rail network, further develop alternative fuels infrastructure and pave the way for zero emission water transport. In doing so, the Commission is firmly delivering…
The European Court of Auditors is undertaking a survey to collect experiences of ordinary travellers, like you and me. The results of this survey will provide valuable input to the audit on passenger rights that the ECA is currently working on. As a result of this audit the European Court of Auditors can propose recommendations…
16th Conference of the European Passengers’ Federation “Explore and enjoy Europe by Public Transport” June, 8th-10th June 2018, Aachen (Germany)
The independent watchdog Transport Focus has asked more than 12,800 people to rank things that would most improve their journey experience.
Passengers demand feeder train to “Metropol” night train After the timetable change in December the night train “Metropol” is going to be cancelled between Prague and Berlin and will only run between Prague and Budapest. No convenient feeder trains from Germany are provided. Our member organisation Pro Bahn’s media release can be downloaded here.
EPF has issued a statement as a reaction to the proposed Recast of Regulation (EC) 1371/2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations.
CIPTEC aims to bring a new thinking and innovative solutions (service concepts and business models) for public transport, in order to create a favourable environment for public transport growth. EPF is a partner within the CIPTEC consortium. The project is approaching its final stage. A booklet summarising the results so far is now available on…
UITP, IRU and EDF (the European Disability Forum) have jointly published an Accessibility Guide in order to improve public transport services through awareness of staff about persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility. EPF welcomes this initiative and encourages its members to implement it. The Accessibility Guide can be downloaded here.