The White Paper provides comprehensive information about today's challenges for rail freight transport from a local perspective and presents the consortium's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand the complexity of the issue and possible paths to overcome bottlenecks hindering the access to the European rail freight transport network.

The Railhub finder is an interactive tool to support identifying potential regional loading points for freight transport. It is presented in form of a bilingual website (German/English) with an interactive map and editorial system as well as general information on rail freight transport in Europe. The main component of the website is an interactive map of the member states of the Interreg B Program Area Central Europe (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and Austria), on which various points of interest (loading points) are marked with different pins. By zooming in or clicking on these pins, further information will open (either on a new page or as a pop-up window) with images and text modules. The tool is to be used to record the potential of existing loading points, i.e. all access points to the rail network for freight transport, on a map. The economic activities in the viewer are also to be displayed in order to better recognize possible synergies. Particular emphasis is placed on the completeness of the metadata behind the loading points, which should provide the user with a quick and clear overview of the capacities and possibilities of the loading point. In addition, there are various auxiliary functions, such as the routing function, which offers a simple display option for time and length-related distances.

The guideline provides a strategic framework for revitalizing branch and feeder rail lines, ensuring their transformation to meet current and future transportation needs. The proposed approach consists of three technical phases to support the gradual reactivation of these lines. The approach includes three phases: (1) minimal repairs to ensure safety and allow occasional freight traffic; (2) extended upgrades once demand stabilizes and grows; and (3) full reactivation to support combined passenger and freight operations.

The output aims enhancing the capacities of planners to take decisions to maintain or build new industrial sidings to connect industrial sites to the rail network. The output will be available by spring 2025.

The Green Paper presents forward-looking, internationally understandable and applicable proposals on how to increase single wagonload traffic, after studying the information, experience and best practices gathered on single wagonload traffic. The Green Paper briefly describes the current situation of single wagonload traffic in Europe and the downward trends. It details the European Union legislation and directives that have an impact on single wagonload traffic. As most of these regulations are currently under amendment, it suggests the direction in which amendments should be made in order to contribute, even if indirectly, to the growth of single wagonload traffic. The Green Paper also gives an insight into digital and technical solutions, such as online marketplaces and digital automated central bollards. It makes suggestions to 4 target groups (national/regional decision-makers, infrastructure managers, railway undertakings and customers) on how they can contribute to boosting traffic. The Green Paper seeks to address a real and existing problem. In the European Union, there has been no study of single wagonload traffic for many years. No statistics are available, at best estimates of performance. There are no strategic materials or guidelines for measures to maintain or increase traffic. In this sense, the Green Paper is a “gap-filling” document with innovative solutions.

Action plans will be elaborated and peer reviewed by Rail4Regions partners that detail how actors of the rail freight transportation system shall uptake and upscale the solutions elaborated by the project. The action plans will address Thuringia (Germany), Malopolska (Poland), Novara (Italy), Northern Croatia, the South Moravian Region (Czechia), Zilina region (Slovakia), Hungary and Slovenia. The action plans will be ready for presentation in autumn 2025.