The railways developed on national lines, which resulted in difficulties in operating across frontiers, inadequate planning of infrastructure and fragmentation both of the supply industry and of research. While progress has been made, integration is far from complete. The Commission is proposing measures to promote interoperability for conventional rail, advance technical harmonisation to help create a single market for railway equipment and to strengthen railway research. These measures are also necessary to ensure that rail can contribute fully to a European intermodal transport system.
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