Rail Transport
Introduction
The Working Party on Rail Transport (SC.2) is an intergovernmental body which provides a pan-European forum for exchange of technical, legal and policy information and best practices in international rail transport.
The objective is to promote rail transport in UNECE member countries and to ensure its economic efficiency and environmental sustainability (more).
The objective is to promote rail transport in UNECE member countries and to ensure its economic efficiency and environmental sustainability (more).
In focus
Cargo carriage by rail between Europe and Asia will be made easier, quicker and thus cheaper thanks to the adoption of a new United Nations Convention unifying applicable legal rules. The new Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail has been adopted and is now open for signature. More information available here.
New rules to facilitate financing and acquisition of railway rolling stock
UNECE’s Inland Transport Committee (ITC) adopted the Model Rules on the Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock at its 85th session in February 2023, which will facilitate the financing and acquisition of railway rolling stock leading to a reduced cost for those wishing to invest in the railways, and provide certainty to financial institutions that assets that they have invested in are registered correctly and identifiable through specific markings. More information here.
Highlights
The 79th session of the Working Party on Rail Transport was held in the Palais des Nations. More information available here.
Upcoming Events
18 - 20 November
Salle V
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
03 - 05 March
10 Av. de la Paix
Palais des Nations, Salle VIII
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Recent Events
08 - 09 September
10 Av. de la Paix Palais des Nations, Salle IX 1211 Geneva Switzerland
01 September
10 Av. de la Paix Palais des Nations, Salle XI 1211 Geneva Switzerland
07 - 08 July
Palais des Nations, Salle VIII Geneva Switzerland
