High motorisation rates, low shares of active mobility and public transport present challenges to Rome’s current transport system. However, this is set to change soon: Led by the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and coordinated through the UPPER...

Eurostar recently announced that bicycles can once again be transported across the English channel, despite some limitations staying in place. In this article, we examine the cans and cannots of bicycle carriage on the Eurostar.

A preliminary law aims to introduce designated spaces for the carriage of at least eight bicycles on all new Belgian trains, starting in 2025.

ECF’s latest publication, “Cyclists love trains,” sets a benchmark for intermodal travel on Europe’s railways. The report ranks the bicycle friendliness of 69 European rail operators and was launched at a high-level online event organised by ECF.

After ECF’s successful campaign to change EU rail passengers’ legislation, a new ECF report on the bicycle friendliness of 53 European railway operators marks the next stop on the line to improving bicycle access on Europe’s trains.

A new law adopted in France at the beginning of 2021 is set to boost the combination of bikes and trains in the country for decades to come. Developed in parallel to the European Regulation on Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations, which...

#TrainsForCyclists campaign: Dedicated spaces for bicycles assured on all trains in the EU Over the past 3 years, ECF intensively advocated to strengthen the existing Rail Passengers’ Rights & Obligations Regulation, which previously did not...

For the first time in the history of the EU, railway companies will be obliged to provide dedicated space for bicycles on all new and refurbished trains. This is the outcome of the negotiations for the recast of the Rail Passengers’ Rights and...

On 1st October, the next - and potentially final - trilogue meeting will take place between the European Parliament, European Commission and the Council of the European Union, to review the European Regulation on Rail Passengers’ Rights and...

September is here and Summer holidays are behind us. As every year, cyclists took over the roads to discover their countries or to travel abroad, many of them opting for the bicycle&train combination. But this summer was not a usual one, with...

In a joint political declaration on Tuesday (14 July), Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands called on the EU to prioritise cycling in the post-virus recovery. Benelux Ministers of Transport presented to the European Commission Vice President,...

New research by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) shows that rail customers who want to travel with a bicycle face significant obstacles. Our map of bicycle carriage possibilities on the fastest direct train connections in the EU ...