First Railway Directive

The First Railway Directive or EU Directive 91/440 (with amendments, also called the "First Railway Package") is European Union Directive that sets out an EU law framework and requirements for railways in the EU to allow open access
 operations on railway lines by companies other than those that own the 
rail infrastructure. The legislation was further extended by further 
directives to include cross border transit of freight.
The subsequent directives 2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC which
 built upon the initial legislation are collectively known as the First Railway Package In September 2010 the process of merging the directives into a single 
piece of legislation was begun; with the addition of modifications to 
strengthen the regulatory framework.
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