UIC Rail Expert Group meeting 2026 will be held on 18–19 November 2026 in Hamburg, Germany, hosted by DB InfraGo.
UIC lists an event titled "Transport of Dangerous Goods Expert Group." No additional details were provided in the source text.
UIC says the ERPC main group meeting in Rome will bring together procurement leaders from across the European rail sector.
UIC’s 2026 Asia-Pacific Web Meeting Series will run sessions on topics including advocacy, sustainability, resilience, security, passenger, infrastructure, rolling stock and energy, freight, and UIC publication tools. The programme aims to connect Asia-Pacific members more directly with UIC technical departments and working groups.
UIC Statistics Platform plenary meeting held on 19 Nov 2026 from 09:30 to 16:00.
UIC lists ICHSC plenary sessions as a work meeting at SNCF Group HQ in Saint-Denis on 1–2 Dec 2026.
UIC will hold an online New Technologies Working Group Meeting on 24 Nov 2026 from 14:00 to 17:00.
UIC lists a Regional Chair Meeting on 3 Dec 2026 from 09:30 to 10:30. No further agenda or location details are provided in the text.
UIC Rail System Forum held a plenary in Paris on 22 October 2026 to update its governance and work programme. Members agreed to a new architecture from 2027, with greater focus on rolling stock and energy strategies, stronger safety integration, and more member-driven priorities.
UIC lists an Executive Board meeting on 3 Dec 2026, scheduled from 11:30 to 13:30.
Ports & Rail Week 2026 will be held on 24-25 November 2026 in Durban, South Africa. The event will focus on port and rail infrastructure, intermodal connectivity, green transport, digitalization, AI, automation, PPPs, and safety in African transport corridors.
UIC WG1 Station & Urban Design meeting will be held online on 1 December 2026.
UIC lists an online WG3 Retail & Commercial Affairs meeting. No agenda or technical details are provided in the text.
UIC’s Global Level Crossing Network met in London on 28 October 2026 to share research and measures on level crossing safety, including youth risk perception, pedestrian fatalities, enforcement using drones, and human-factors assessment on low-frequency lines. UIC said a consolidated IRS on level crossing safety will be published by early 2027.
At IRSC Lisbon 2026, UIC presented work on safety culture, cyber resilience, risk assessment harmonisation, wayside monitoring, AI for level crossings, and safety management for Portugal’s future Lisbon-Porto high-speed line. The conference highlighted international cooperation on railway safety and innovation.
UIC lists the Regional Assembly Europe Assistants (RAEA) meeting on 24 Nov 2026 from 13:00 to 15:00.
UIC will hold the 5th Global FRMCS Conference on 24–25 November 2026 in Paris. The event will cover FRMCS technical developments, V3p specifications, large-scale testing under FP2 MORANE 2, and global deployment challenges for next-generation railway communications.
UIC and UIRR will present the 2026 Combined Transport report, covering freight market shifts, infrastructure constraints and evolving European policies.
UIC lists the 27th Africa Regional Assembly on 2 December 2026, from 15:00 to 17:00.
UIC lists its 109 General Assembly on 4 December 2026, scheduled from 11:30 to 16:30.
Indian Railways reported higher coal and overall freight loading in October, CONCOR ordered 12 rakes of container wagons from Golden Rock Workshop, DP World expanded double-stack services from JNPA, and the Rowghat iron ore line was commissioned. A new East-West dedicated freight corridor is under study.
UIC reported that GCU Joint Committee members and rail freight experts met in Mainz on 29 October 2026 for a workshop on the future of the GCU, focusing on contract application, governance, organisation and digitalisation. The work will continue into concrete next steps.
At InnoTrans 2026 in Berlin, SOGECLAIR TRAINING & SIMULATION presented Oksygen® and LITE, simulation tools for driver and operator training. The platforms use real infrastructure data, digital twins, 2D/3D modelling and portable hardware to support training, assessment and operational readiness.
UIC will hold its 9th Zero Waste Workshop in Paris and online on 19 January 2027 on critical raw materials and rail resilience. The event will discuss rail supply-chain dependencies, circular economy approaches, and draft EU Agency for Railways findings on circular economy in rail.
Berlin-based Rail Unit received a Stadler EuroDual and an Alstom TRAXX MS3 in October 2026 as it expands from railway personnel services into its own freight operations in Germany. The locomotives were leased from European Loc Pool and Northrail, following the company’s railway undertaking licence and safety certification.