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Project information

Project title: CEF PSA UBS ACTION
Full title: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Programme Support Action (PSA) Unified Braking Scheme (UBS) "UBS Action: solving priority 1 of the Log Book issue and implementing the Unified Braking Scheme (UBS) as a pilot project along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor with the aim of transferring knowledge gained across the TEN-T rail network"
Project website: https://cef-psa-ubs.eu
Project start date: 01/01/2020
Project end date: 31/12/2023
Grant agreement No: MOVE/C4/SUB/CEF/PSA/2020-62/SI2.83263

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Project description

In 2017 the European Commission launched a Rail Technical Operational Issues Logbook, the main aim of which is to identify barriers to interoperability hampering international rail freight traffic, especially on rail freight corridors (RFCs).

One of the most important priorities is the technical operational issue of different national braking rules and requirements. To harmonize braking rules within the TEN-T rail freight area in the EU, a working group set up by Xrail and the International Union of Railways (UIC) looked into concrete solutions to overcome this braking rule barrier. Linked with that initiative, a project named CEF PSA UBS Action was launched to resolve the technical operational issue of different national braking rules and requirements and implementing the Unified Braking Scheme (UBS) as a pilot project along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor.