Speech by Stientje van Veldhoven, State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, at the European Year of Rail Launch Event, 29 March 2021

‘Accounting for only 0.5 per cent of transport emissions in the EU, rail transport is the cleanest way to travel. As soon as the pandemic is over, we have to be ready to welcome more international rail passengers. And to give them a better European rail network. We’re making progress: never before has improving international passenger transport by rail been as high on the EU agenda as it is now!’ Dat zegt staatssecretaris Van Veldhoven bij de kick off van het European Year of Rail op 29 maart.