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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact RNE PCS Support at support.pcs@rne.eu.

Upcoming PCS Training, Questions and Answers, and Training Sessions – Online

GUI: Graphical User Interface = a PCS web application used by the majority of PCS users via a specific link; prerequisite is an active user account

API: Application Programming Interface = TAF/TAP TSI interface of PCS, used by interfacing companies via RNE Common Interface (CI); prerequisite is a technical configuration

See past sessions below.

API scope

December 2025 training sessions

Target audience: companies with an existing connection to PCS CB API and / or an implementation

Recommended prerequisites for attendance: familiarity with TAF/TAP TSI and PCS (Graphical User Interface and API)

Registration for attendance: link . Not mandatory but highly recommended for a more hands-on experience for the training participant already from the first training session. Registration deadline: 27.11.2025

On each session, at least 50 % of the time will be reserved for Questions and Answers.

Training material (common for all December training sessions)

2 December, 10:00-12:00: recording. Session 1 – Agenda: Feasibility Study process and Questions & Answers

3 December, 09:30-12:00: recording. Session 2 – Target audience: applicants. Agenda: New Path Request process with pre-arranged paths (actions from Reference Train creation until end of the Harmonisation phase – Path request submission), PR split functionality, OffsetToReference functionality and Questions & Answers.

4 December, 09:30-12:00: no recording available (reason: the session had no attendees). Session 3 – Agenda: Questions & Answers with priority given to questions about the Feasibility Study process and New Path Request process (until path request submission).

9 December, 09:30-12:00: recording. Session 4 – Target audience: IMs. Agenda: New Path Request process with pre-arranged paths (actions starting from the path request submission), PR split functionality, OffsetToReference functionality and Questions & Answers.

10 December, 13:30-16:00: recording. Session 5 – Agenda: New Path Request process with pre-arranged paths (actions starting from the Observations submission until Allocation phase) and Questions & Answers.

11 December, 09:00-11:00: recording. Session 6 – Agenda: New Path Request process with partial offer and partial harmonisation, and Questions & Answers.

16 December, 09:00-11:00: recording. Session 7 – Agenda: Questions & Answers with priority given to questions about the topics addressed during the December API training sessions.

January 2026 – Questions and Answers sessions

Audience: companies with an existing connection to PCS CB API or a planned production usage in 2026.

Scope: questions from the audience about PCS CB API (priority will be given to questions related to the Feasibility Study process, the New Path Request process and Late Path Request process). Questions shall be submitted to RNE PCS Support (support.pcs@rne.eu) at least 72 hours before the session. The session will be closed once all questions have been addressed.

Location: online. Links to the Teams calls will be sent by RNE PCS Support to the registered participants.

Registration for attendance: required.

09.01.2026: 10:00 – 12:00: registration form

15.01.2026: 09:00 – 11:00: registration form

23.01.2026: 09:00 – 11:00: registration form

28.01.2026: 14:00 – 16:00: registration form

January to March 2026 – Hotline sessions

Audience: companies with an existing connection to PCS CB API or a planned production usage in 2026.

Scope: questions from the audience about PCS CB API related to the Feasibility Study process, the New Path Request process and Late Path Request process. Optional submission of questions to RNE PCS Support before the session (72 hours before the session). The hotline will be available until the end of the session.

Location: online.

Registration for attendance: required. Registration form.

Link to the hotline Teams call will be sent by RNE PCS Support to the registered participants. There is no obligation for the registered participants to use the holtine.

29.01.2026: 09:00 – 11:00

06.02.2026: 10:00 – 12:00

12.02.2026: 14:00 – 16:00

19.02.2026: 09:00 – 11:00

26.02.2026: 09:00 – 11:00

04.03.2026: 14:00 – 16:00

12.03.2026: 10:00 – 12:00

20.03.2026: 09:00 – 11:00

April 2026 – Training sessions

Audience: companies with an existing connection to PCS CB API or a planned implementation

Scope: Ad Hoc Path Request process, Path Modification process, Path Alteration process, Path Cancellation process, Questions and Answers

Location: online.

Registration for attendance: required. Registration form.

From 28.04.2026 until 30.04.2026: exact timings will be published by 09.01.2026.

 

GUI scope

8 January, 10:00-12:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB – Feasibility study process)

  • Feasibility Study process – start to finish
  • Target audience: Passenger Applicants

21 January, 10:00-12:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB – IM usage in the Feasibility Study )

  • Feasibility Study process from IM POV
  • Target audience: IMs in the Passenger aspect

5 February, 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB – Freight-Path-Requests-with-and-without-PaPs)

  • Path Request creation from published RFC capacity; PaP search, adding a PaP to existing Path Requests, and tailor-made creation of Path Requests
    • A detailed Agenda will be published closer to the event date
  • Target audience: Freight Applicants

5 March, 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB – Intermediate-PaP-usage)

  • Intermediate PaP usage
    • A detailed Agenda will be published closer to the event date
  • Target audience: Freight Applicants

6 March, 9:00-12:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB – Advanced-usage-and-complex-business-need)

  • Advanced PCS usage and complex business needs; resolving inconsistencies, features valuable before the PR deadline
  • Target audience: Passenger and Freight Applicants

11 March, 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar )

  • Receiving Path Requests, Path Elaboration and IM tasks until the end of the process without and with PaPs
  • Target audience: IMs/ABs

14 April, 10:00-12:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar )

  • duration of Pre-booking Phase, Alternative PaP offers, PaPs in Late Path Request
  • Target audience: Freight Applicants

22 April, 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar )

  • Continuation of the process to the end, comparison of Path Request to draft and final offers, final acceptance, LatePath Request, AdHoc, Path Changes
  • Target audience: Passenger and Freight Applicants, IMs/ABs

Upcoming PCS Onboarding and Training Sessions (GUI scope) – In person

Cooperation with RFCs

  • Target audience: Freight Applicants and IM/ABs

The Rail Freight Corridors (RFCs) in cooperation with RailNetEurope (RNE) are pleased to invite you to the PCS Trainings scheduled in early 2026.

The organized training sessions will focus on the freight-specific functions in PCS-CB, providing you with valuable, practical insights needed for allocating capacity on the RFCs for timetable 2027.

In person PCS Trainings 2026: These sessions will be held physically only and include the chance to practice live with individual corridor-specific exercises. Explanations in local languages might be possible. If you would like to participate, please register through the following links:

  • 11-12 February in Brussels (INFRABEL HQ) jointly organized by RFCs Atlantic, North Sea-Rhine-Mediterranean and Mediterranean 🡪 Click here to register
  • 18-19 February in Sopron (location tbc) jointly organized by RFCs Baltic-Adriatic, Rhine-Danube and Alpine-Western Balkan* 🡪 Click here to register
  • 24-25 February in Berlin (DB SYSTEL) jointly organized by RFCs North Sea-Rhine-Mediterranean, North Sea-Baltic, Rhine-Danube and Scandinavian-Mediterranean 🡪 Click here to register
  • 2-3 March in Milano (RFC MED premises) jointly organized by RFCs Baltic-Adriatic, Mediterranean and Scandinavian-Mediterranean 🡪 Click here to register
  • PCS Training in the Baltics (date and location tbc) organized by RFC North Sea-Baltic 🡪 Click here to register

Cooperation with FTE

RNE JO invites you to an in-person training session during the afternoon on Monday, one day before the FTE conference

  • FTE A conference, day 0, the 12th of January 15:00-19:00
    • Scope: Feasibility Study process – start to finish, basic inconsistencies resolution workflows
    • Target audience: Passenger Applicants and IMs
    • Please register your attendance via MS form by 11 December 2025 EOD
    • On-site support for PCS CB usage will be provided during the conference, 13.01-15.01.
  • FTE B and other upcoming conferences
    • Opportunities during upcoming conferences will be announced closer to the conference date if confirmed (depending on the interest and organisational factors)

Migration info

Learn more about the migration from the PCS Envelope Concept to the PCS Capacity Broker before joining the training sessions!

Read the document sent to all active PCS users: New version of Path Coordination System to learn more about

  • Why do we have a new version of PCS CB?
  • How does the migration impact the international allocation processes started in PCS EC?

 

Additionally, important to know:

  • How to access the new PCS version, Capacity Broker?
  • Testing opportunity
  • What happened to Envelope Concept, the previous version?
    • http://pcs-ec.rne.eu – read-only version is available from November 14th 2025, and will stay available until the end of the next running timetable period. Users can access it with their own production accounts used during the request for the annual TT 2026.
    • https://pcs-ec-test.rne.eu – testing site (previous “test1” will stay enabled for a short period after the migration, where the TT 2026 is the last editable timetable period. Generic company test accounts can be used for testing.

Past PCS Onboarding, Q&A and Training Sessions – Online

General information: relevant for GUI & API usage

5 November, 10:00-12:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB Introduction and training session – General info about PCS CB version)

  • Terminology used in PCS CB, Testing environments explained, how to log in to PCS CB with your e-mail, EC vs CB layout, demonstration of the New Path Request process and overview of other processes, Reference Train (~Dossier) creation basics
  • Target audience: Passenger and Freight Applicants, IMs/ABs, Interfacing companies

GUI scope

6 November, 09:00-12:00 (Microsoft Teams Link / Save this event to your calendar PCS CB – Basic usage passenger focused)

  • Navigation through the application, multiple ways of Path Requests creation
  • Target audience: Passenger Applicants
    • Recording 1 – Dashboard, filters, labels
    • Recording 2 – Manual creation, carry forward, frequency, duplication & GUI features: case reference and train composition

API scope

24.11.2025 to 27.11.2025: Questions and Answers sessions

Meeting material: PCS CB API – November Q&A Sessions

24 November, 10:00-11:30: session recording

26 November, 14:00-15:00: session recording

27 November, 10:00-11:30: session recording

 

05.11.2025 to 13.11.2025 – Introduction and training sessions

5 November, 13:00-15:00 – Agenda: introduction to the November series of introduction and training sessions, API documentation overview, system overview, documentation focus: technical specifications, live demonstration, and Questions and Answers​; session recording; Presentation

6 November, 12:45-14:45 – Agenda: documentation focus: PCS CB API – First steps for connecting, live demonstration, and Questions and Answers​; Session recording; Presentation

7 November, 09:00-11:00 – Agenda: Questions and Answers (priority scope: topics of sessions 1 to 3)​; Session recording; Presentation

10 November, 10:00-12:00 – Agenda: documentation focus: PCS CB API – Testing Guide, live demonstration, Questions and Answers​; Session recording; Presentation

12 November, 13:00-15:00 – Agenda: live demonstration, Questions and Answers​; Session recording; Presentation

13 November, 13:00-15:00 – Questions and Answers​ (priority scope: topics of sessions 1 and 5)​; Session recording; Presentation

December 2025 training sessions

Target audience: companies with an existing connection to PCS CB API and / or an implementation

Recommended prerequisites for attendance: familiarity with TAF/TAP TSI and PCS (Graphical User Interface and API)

Registration for attendance: link . Not mandatory but highly recommended for a more hands-on experience for the training participant already from the first training session. Registration deadline: 27.11.2025

On each session, at least 50 % of the time will be reserved for Questions and Answers.

Training material (common for all December training sessions)

2 December, 10:00-12:00: recording. Session 1 – Agenda: Feasibility Study process and Questions & Answers

3 December, 09:30-12:00: recording. Session 2 – Target audience: applicants. Agenda: New Path Request process with pre-arranged paths (actions from Reference Train creation until end of the Harmonisation phase – Path request submission), PR split functionality, OffsetToReference functionality and Questions & Answers.

4 December, 09:30-12:00: no recording available (reason: the session had no attendees). Session 3 – Agenda: Questions & Answers with priority given to questions about the Feasibility Study process and New Path Request process (until path request submission).

9 December, 09:30-12:00: recording. Session 4 – Target audience: IMs. Agenda: New Path Request process with pre-arranged paths (actions starting from the path request submission), PR split functionality, OffsetToReference functionality and Questions & Answers.

10 December, 13:30-16:00: recording. Session 5 – Agenda: New Path Request process with pre-arranged paths (actions starting from the Observations submission until Allocation phase) and Questions & Answers.

11 December, 09:00-11:00: recording. Session 6 – Agenda: New Path Request process with partial offer and partial harmonisation, and Questions & Answers.

16 December, 09:00-11:00: recording. Session 7 – Agenda: Questions & Answers with priority given to questions about the topics addressed during the December API training sessions.

 

 

 

 

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