EPF and STA Host Stakeholder Dialogue on Digital Ticketing in Brussels

By |May 24th, 2025|

On 12. May, the European Passengers’ Federation (EPF) and the Smart Ticketing Alliance (STA) co-hosted a stakeholder event in Brussels, as part of the STA’s National Digital Ticketing Stakeholder Dialogue. The aim: to foster stronger collaboration between technical experts and passenger advocates.
Building on a first joint workshop held in February, discussions underscored the shared commitment to making digital ticketing […]

5 European organisations call on Member States to uphold, clarify and strengthen Air Passenger Rights — not weaken them

By |May 14th, 2025|

Today, EPF co-signed a statement, jointly with Age Platform Europe, the European Disability Forum (EDF), ECC France and Germany, and BEUC, calling on Member States to clarify, uphold and make more easily enforceable the Air Passenger Rights Regulation, and not diminish key consumer rights. We are very concerned that the current negotiations would roll back important passenger rights. 

📍 Extraordinary […]

EFP at Greece Transportation and Infrastructure Summit

By |May 6th, 2025|

EPF’s chair Josef Schneider represented the passenger at the Greece Transportation and Infrastructure Summit in Athens on 30. April. He participated in the panel discussion ‘Promoting sustainable mobility and safety’, along with Stefanos Agiasoglou (OSY), George Georgiadis (UNECE, Inland Transport Committee), Brian Caulfield (Trinity College Dublin) and Vassiliki Danelli-Myloni (Road Safety Institute ‘Panos Mylonas’).

Josef emphasised that in order to […]

High-speed rail – Implementation Dialogue

By |April 28th, 2025|

On 15. April, EPF Management Board member Willy Smeulders attended the Implementation Dialogue concerning high-speed rail in Europe, organised by Commissioner Tzitzikostas, which will also serve as an input for the development of the high-speed rail masterplan mentioned in the Commissioner’s mission letter.

Implementation Dialogues are part of the EU’s efforts to engage with companies and stakeholders to support compliance […]

Florence Intermodal Forum on Ticketing

By |April 25th, 2025|

On 11. April, EPF attended the Florence School of Regulation’s 15th Intermodal Forum, which explored key regulatory and industry challenges in achieving a Single Digital Booking and Ticketing system across Europe.

The European Commission (EC) committed to fostering multimodality in 2020 as part of its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (SSMS). President Ursula von der Leyen has highlighted in her Political Guidelines […]

EPF’s 2024 Annual Report Published

By |April 22nd, 2025|

As the public transport landscape continues to progress, EPF remains committed to ensuring that passengers’ needs and rights are strongly represented at the European level. Our 2024 Annual Report highlights EPF’s activities across key areas: policy advocacy, participation in EU-funded projects, and active engagement with our members. Some of the highlights from 2024 include:

Policy Work: EPF acts as a […]

EPF Annual General Meeting elects two new members to the Management Board

By |April 8th, 2025|

EPF’s Annual General Meeting took place in Luxembourg on 5. April.

➡️ MEP Tilly Metz (European Greens) was welcomed as a guest and current topics from European transport policy were discussed with her. The focus was on ticketing issues and the EU’s imminent focus on high-speed transport. The participants agreed with Ms Metz that point-to-point transport cannot be considered in […]

🚆🔗✈️ What if air and rail were truly connected?

By |March 31st, 2025|

A new Air–Rail Connectivity Index shows how high-speed rail can triple hub airport connectivity!

📍 Tested with Paris-CDG data,
✅ +72% connectivity when rail is integrated
📈 3× more hub connectivity with air–rail sync
✂️ Can high-speed rail replace short-haul feeder flights?
🌱 A step toward seamless, sustainable journeys

📖 Read the full paper to explore the potential and the data behind it:
https://lnkd.in/dxe2bypM
📡 Stay tuned […]

InclusiveSpaces webinar – Continuing the legacy

By |March 31st, 2025|

🚀 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲! 🌍♿

We are excited to invite you to a webinar exploring how the InclusiveSpaces project builds upon past research and initiatives to advance accessibility, equity, and digital inclusion in mobility.

We will begin with an overview of the InclusiveSpaces project, setting the stage for how it aims to create more inclusive […]

UIC Sustainable Tourism Workshop

By |March 25th, 2025|

From 10 to 13 March 2025, UIC for the second time organised a ‘Sustainability Action Week’: a highly interactive 4-day event, with a series of workshops and seminars on a broad range of sustainability topics.

EPF took part in the Sustainable Tourism Workshop on 11 March 2025 at Paris. There are two key issues when deciding in favour of public transport for […]