What can make Rail Freight more attractive? This question was raised to rail freight customers at the event on rail freight, organised by the European Commission, in cooperation with the Luxembourg Ministry of Mobility and CER on the 5th of October in Bettembourg, Luxembourg. ‘The current 19% average market share of rail freight in Europe is not where we want to be with so many partners willing to connect to the network of rail. A number of things need to change, not the least customer orientation by providing better performance in terms of speed, reliability, punctuality and flexibility’. This was the point made by Thomas Kowitzki from DHL Global Freight Forwarding, adding that ‘Europe can make rail freight more competitive by embracing European harmonised standards and investments in rail freight.’ (....)