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Eress Forum 2024

We would like to invite you to our annual Eress Forum this coming 20th of June 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal!
If you are working with energy consumption or energy efficiency issues for a Railway Infrastructure Organisation, a Train Operator, a Vehicle Keeper running in Europe, or work supplying energy metering, data collecting or advisory systems, you should attend Eress Forum. 
If you cannot join us physically in Lisbon, you can still join us via teams.

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Ready today for the railways of tomorrow

Eress works for a common and standardised railway throughout Europe. This non-profit organization, wholly owned by its nine current partners, uses the jointly owned Erex IT System to exchange and settle energy in nine countries and across borders. 

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Trusted by our partners

Luxembourg
Spain
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Switzerland
Sweden
Belgium
Netherlands

 

What does Eress do?

Eress ensures transparency when invoicing energy to Train Companies. It does it through its leading European train settlement system, Erex. Eress is an open partnership of railway infrastructure managers.

Together, we are working towards the standardisation of railway energy across Europe. This is achieved through the development, implementation, and supply of Eress energy settlement solutions.

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What is Eress

For infrastructure managers

For train companies

 

What is Eress?

Eress is a non-profit organisation, jointly owned by its current 9 European partners.

All partners are working together ensuring transparent energy bills for train companies in Europe.

  • Eress provides stability in uncertain times by making possible to control and save energy
  • Eress works to help train operators to remain competitive by ensuring they pay only for the energy they consume
  • Eress invites all infrastructure managers in Europe to work together, ensuring transparent energy bills for all train companies 
9

partners working together for an eco-smart future

7000

trains connected to the Erex system

60

train operators in Europe are billed through Erex system

30%

saving potential for trains using Erex

Energy Consumption Statistics

Did you know that 25 trucks consume as much energy as 1 fully load train?

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Eress Magazine 2023

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Events

You can learn more about railway energy and Eress by going to our knowledge sharing events.

 

Eress events

Eress Forum 2024
Eress Forum 2024
June 20
09:00 - 16:00
Lisbon, Portugal

We would like to invite you to our annual Eress Forum this coming 20th of June 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal!
If you are working with energy consumption or energy effici…

Register

Other events

The rise of IOT and Big Data in Rail
May 15
Cologne
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News & insight

Here you can find relevant railway energy news and articles

 

October 22

EU should triple the size of its high-speed railway network

According to Deutsche Bahn, EUs' goal of shifting millions of passengers to rail in order to reduce transport emissions, means the continent’s high-speed track network expansion from 11,000 kilometers today to 32,000 kilometers by 2050.
September 25

What is SBB doing to save energy?

SBB aims to save 850 gigawatt hours of electricity by 2030, which corresponds to around 30 percent of its total energy requirement
August 16

Why is travelling by train so much more expensive than flying?

According to the new Greenpeace report, which analysed costs for 112 different routes on nine different days, 79 journeys were cheaper by plane.

Our partners

What do our partners say 
about Eress?

 

“Eress is the best community for facing together this challenging moment. Sharing of experiences and knowledge among partners is very helpful for us”

Adif, Spain
María Victoria Calleja Duro

Adif

“Eress is a knowledge sharing community helping each other in complex niche market. Thanks to the Eress partnership, Infrabel is able to fulfil its mandatory tasks at low cost and with high quality”

Infrabel, Belgium
Bart Van der Spiegel

Belgium

“Eress know-how and collaboration have contributed to energy efficiency at CFL” 

CFL, Luxembourg
Britta Schreiner

Luxembourg

“We are proud that banedanmark has been an Eress member from the start and to see how Eress partnership continues to grow” 

banedanmark, Denmark
Mads Thostrup

Denmark

“We are proud to be one of the pioneer Eress countries and see how the partnership has been growing over the years”

Trafikverket, Sweden
Carl Magnus Kalvestam

Sweden