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Single European railway area: use of railway infrastructure capacity

Effect
No final vote
Result
No final vote
Date
19 May 2026
Kind
New EU law · 2nd reading
More facts (6)
Source
Committee report
Topics
Transport & tourism Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
2 votes · 0 roll calls
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

MEPs decided on 2 parts of the text voted on separately (2 rejected).

This decision had no final vote on the text; the votes taken are listed under All votes.

Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ RomaniaGreensSpeeches119 May 2026 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

All votes on this decision, 2

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Separate vote on Article 2, paragraph 4, point a Show of hands Rejected
2Separate vote on recital 1 Show of hands Rejected

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0126

AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source

Parliament approves the Council position on a regulation for railway infrastructure capacity use, aiming for more efficient rail use via harmonised capacity management, better allocation, and stronger cross-border cooperation.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2023/0271(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 June 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 6 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 30 April 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 5 May 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 6 May 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Voted 19 May 2026 (done)
  5. Negotiations with the Council · Deal approved in committee 27 January 2026 (done)
  6. Published as law · 10 June 2026 (done)

Lead committee: TRAN · Rapporteur: Tilly METZ (Greens)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Single European railway area: use of railway infrastructure capacity”. Decision, 19 May 2026. document A-10-2026-0126, reference 2023/0271(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/4 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 19 May 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-19, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-05-19/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2026-05-19-4,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Single European railway area: use of railway infrastructure capacity}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-19},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/4}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-05-19/4},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. document A-10-2026-0126, reference 2023/0271(COD). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-05-19-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-05-19 (CC BY 4.0)}
}