ITRE ON SHIFT2RAIL.

• Position: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Brief article

The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) approved, on 18 March, the implementation of a public-private partnership for rail research. This partnership - Shift2Rail - will receive almost 1 billion in funds coming from the EU (450 million) and private partners. Shift2Rail should be up and running by the beginning of 2015. The ITRE committee vote is expected to be...