In 2025, a work was launched on an ambitious European Union co-funded project "Digital Capacity Management – Implementation 2025-2029” (Project Identification No. 24-EU-TG-DCM IMP 25-29), within the framework of which 11 railway administrations will improve, modernize and develop the common EU railway network infrastructure by digitizing information.
The initiator of the project is the European Union Railway Agency for Railways (https://www.era.europa.eu/), which, in cooperation with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) (https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/transport-infrastructure_en), implements the European Union's strategy for the planned development of the Single European Transport Network (https://www.sam.gov.lv/lv/ten-t).
The project is planned to be implemented at the following levels: Digital Infrastructure Information, Digital Capacity Management (DCM) and Digital Train Information.
The project coordinator is RailNetEurope (https://rne.eu/it/rne-it-strategy/).
The project represents European countries that are connected to each other by European Transport Corridors(Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) - Mobility and Transport).
Project Objective:
- improve the performance and quality of services (including full interoperability) provided by infrastructure managers to applicants;
- improve the transparency of railway capacity management and traffic management at all stages;
- reduce the administrative burden on applicants, including for cross-border services.
Planned Benefits:
The DCM will connect the systems of infrastructure managers (IMs) and railway undertakings (RUs) to facilitate the complete capacity management process, from pre-planning to actual train movements. This will benefit customers who will receive better rail products, more capacity for flexible connections across Europe, as well as higher reliability and ease of use.
Project Participants:
