FRMCS as an opportunity to stop the ERTMS deployment chaos
Together with ALLRAIL and ERFA, AERRL urges the European Union to take the opportunity offered by the deployment of FRMCS to review and refine its approach of ERTMS deployment.
A new ERA Regulation for a changing European railway landscape
AERRL and ALLRAIL urge the European Commission to include circular economy and impact of new technologies on the commercial success of rail in the new ERA Regulation.
AERRL joins the UIC: Strengthening cooperation for European railway development
The European Association of Railway Rolling Stock Lessors (AERRL) is proud to announce its recent membership in the International Union of Railways (UIC). As an affiliate member of UIC, AERRL looks forward to working with the world’s leading professional association for the railway sector to further promote rail transport. Within UIC, AERRL will join UIC-Europe Region, reinforcing its position as a key voice for European railway rolling stock lessors.
AERRL continues to expand by welcoming RS Lease as new effective member
AERRL is happy to welcome a new member from the First of January 2025.
RS Lease, a new leasing company based in Bratislava, specialized in innovative and sustainable leasing solutions will be represented at AERRL by Tibor Čunderlík, Director.
ETCS BL3 – FRMCS compatibility: an imperative necessity
In August, AERRL had published a position paper on ERTMS deployment where we had advocated for a fast and coordinated roll-out of FRMCS that is not dependent on the versions of ETCS higher than SV2.0.
This new document, co-signed by other representative bodies of the rail sector, explains in detail why and how we need to achieve this important goal.
Position on the new CEF
AERRL/CER/EIM/UIP/UITP/UNIFE defined a common position on the new Connecting Europe Facility, where they call for an ambitious co-funding. This paper contains the AERRL’s key priorities.
AERRL supports a T&E initiative about the Energy taxation directive
AERRL has joined environmental NGOs and clean industry players in calling for the introduction of a fuel tax on aircraft and ships to finance the technologies needed to decarbonise the transport sector and enable a modal shift to rail.
AERRL-UIC discussions at Innotrans: potential for AERRL to become a UIC member
This week, leaders of the Association of European Rail Rolling stock Lessors (AERRL) and the International Union of Railways (UIC) have met at Innotrans, with the aim of identifying potential common areas of interest and exploring the possibility of AERRL joining UIC as an affiliate member.
AERRL as new member of the ERTMS Stakeholder Platform
AERRL is a new member of the ERTMS Stakeholder Platform, represented by Torsten Lehnert and Rainer Beller.
AERRL is involved in training young people, by taking on student trainees.
AERRL supervised 2 students in 3 years time in order to motivate them to join the railway sector. This has been an opportunity for them to discover the fascinating world of the European rail lobbying.
