EPF 2025 Annual Conference Report Now Available

By |June 23rd, 2025|

We are pleased to announce the publication of the EPF 2025 Annual Conference Report, offering an overview of discussions, insights, and outcomes from the event held on 13–14 June 2025 at the STEAM Museum in Swindon, UK.

This year’s conference brought together stakeholders from across Europe, including passenger organisations, public transport operators, policymakers, researchers, and civil society to engage in a […]

Better railway connections for Europe’s passengers: A shared agenda

By |June 21st, 2025|

The Fifth Integrated Progress Report of the Ministerial Platform on International Rail Passenger Transport (IRP) was published in time for the meeting of the EU Transport Council in June, where it was presented by the Austrian and Dutch delegations.

The IRP was set up in 2020, tasked with a common agenda aimed at fostering and supporting the improvement of cross-border railway passenger […]

EPF raises ongoing challenges for new railway operators to use the French network

By |June 11th, 2025|

On 3. June 2025, EPF and its member organisations (FNAUT, PTP, and UTP) sent a joint letter to the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), the European Commission and IRG-Rail, highlighting the ongoing challenges concerning cross-border rail services between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of […]

Revision of EU air services rules – EPF feedback to the Call for Evidence

By |June 5th, 2025|

The European Commission launched a call for evidence on the revision of EU air services rules (Regulation (EC) N° 1008/2008). The current EU air services rules cover areas such as operating requirements, the freedom to provide services and pricing freedom. The initiative will update those rules in light of lessons learnt, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, changing market dynamics and […]

Introducing EPF member ProKolej

By |June 2nd, 2025|

Railways guarantee safe and ecological transport of people and goods. When developed on the right scale and with an appropriate level of services, they play a crucial role in strengthening the economy, fostering social mobility, and improving access to employment, education, services, culture, and tourism. They accelerate the flow of goods, support business activity, and bring people closer together. […]

EPF Conference 2025: Just Over Two Weeks to Go!

By |May 28th, 2025|

The countdown has begun! With just a little over two weeks to go until the EPF Conference 2025 on 13–14 June at the STEAM Museum in Swindon, UK, we are excited to welcome participants from across Europe for what promises to be an engaging event.

This year’s conference will offer a dynamic mix of policy discussions, expert panels, focus groups, […]

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 […]