Introduction

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 UIC: the worldwide international organisation of the railway sector

UIC including 197 members across all 5 continents

• 82 active members (including the railways from Europe, Russia, the Middle East, North Africa, South Africa, India, Pakistan, China, Japan, Korea, Kazakhstan, and companies operating worldwide such as Veolia Transport)
• 80 associate members (including railways from Asia, Africa, America and Australia)
• 35 affiliate members (related or ancillary rail transport businesses or services)

UIC members may be:

• integrated railway companies
• infrastructure managers
• railway or combined transport operators, rolling stock and traction leasing companies service providers (restaurant services, sleeping cars, public transport, maritime transport)

 UIC mission and objectives

UIC mission:
to promote rail transport at world level and meet the challenges of mobility and sustainable development.

Main UIC objectives:

• facilitate the sharing of best practices among members (benchmarking)
• support members in their efforts to develop new business and new areas of activities
• propose new ways to improve technical and environmental performance
• promote interoperability, create new world standards for railways (including common standards with other transport modes)
• develop centres of competence (High Speed, Safety, Security, e-Business, …)

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