Know exactly which TEL TSI obligations apply to your role - and get the action plan to deliver them before 2029
Purpose-built for freight and passenger railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, and rail freight facility operators under Regulation (EU) 2026/253. Answer the readiness check and your gaps come back as an action plan: dated, prioritised tasks, each cited to its article. Track every deadline through the 2026–2029 implementation programme and generate an audit-ready PDF report.
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Your answers become an action plan
The readiness check is not a quiz that ends in a score. Every gap it finds becomes a task: the action to take, the article that requires it, and the deadline it must meet. Complete the tasks one by one and you are implementing TEL TSI - with progress you can show an auditor.
See your action plan - free →Route the ConsignmentNoteMessage through the Common Interface to each entitled party before first handover.
TEL TSI is complex. Most organisations don't know where they stand.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/253 - the successor to TAF/TAP TSI - imposes new mandatory data-exchange obligations across the entire EU rail ecosystem. Missing a deadline isn't a technicality - it's a regulatory breach.
27 Articles & 7 Appendices
Understanding which articles apply to your specific role takes weeks of reading without specialist help.
Staggered deadlines through 2029
Reference data, org & location codes, capacity and core operational data each have different go-live dates. Miss one and risk enforcement action.
Multiple stakeholders
Freight or passenger RU (lead or partner), IM, freight facility operator - obligations depend on your exact role combination.
ERA's tool checks messages, not compliance
From 2 Mar 2027, ERA's own tool validates data-exchange messages. It won't tell you which obligations apply to your role.
Everything EU rail operators need to reach TEL TSI compliance
Four integrated tools, one subscription. Built specifically for EU 2026/253 - not a generic compliance platform.
Guided readiness check
101 questions across 13 TEL TSI chapters, every answer traced to its exact Article or Annex.
Live deadline tracker
Countdowns to every TEL TSI deadline relevant to your role. Export to your calendar in one click.
Audit-ready PDF report
Score, chapter breakdown, gap summary, recommended actions - ready for internal audit or ERA review.
Team workspaces
Invite your compliance team or consultants. Shared assessments, role-based access, one workspace.
From sign-up to your report in three steps
Set your scenario
Tell us your role and cross-border service configuration - every question adapts to your exact situation.
Answer the questions
Work through it at your own pace, save progress, and return from any device - every verdict cited to the regulation.
Get your report
Instant score, chapter breakdown, and a deadline-prioritised action plan - plus a downloadable PDF.
What this companion knows
Depth you can verify - every number below is computed from the assessment content itself on every build, never typed by hand.
Browse everything. Try the first module. Judge for yourself.
The catalogue and every module overview are public; the first module of each role journey is free forever.
Know if you're compliant - and see the clause that says so.
Every verdict cites its exact article, verbatim.
See your whole obligation landscape, scored module by module.
The whole landscape is visible before a cent is spent.
Never learn about a deadline from an auditor.
Countdown cards with article references, straight from the regulation's own dates.
What a finished assessment hands you.
Not a score - the exact finding, the clause behind it, and the fix. One anonymised example, and the shape of a full run.
Electronic consignment note (eCN) data not exchanged with entitled parties over the Common Interface.
Route the ConsignmentNoteMessage through the Common Interface to each entitled party before first handover.
One real run: fourteen unknowns resolved into three gaps and eleven obligations met - every one traced to its article, dated, and prioritised.
Everything you need to know about TEL TSI compliance
What is the TEL TSI Compliance Companion?
A web-based implementation readiness tool for freight and passenger railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, and rail freight facility operators. It identifies exactly which compliance obligations apply to your role under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/253, and what you need to build before the 2026–2029 deadlines - via a guided, role-specific assessment, a live deadline tracker, and downloadable PDF compliance reports.
Who does TEL TSI (EU 2026/253) apply to?
TEL TSI applies to freight and passenger railway undertakings (RUs), infrastructure managers (IMs), and rail freight facility operators across the EU. Compliance obligations vary by role - freight or passenger RU (lead or partner), IM, or freight facility operator - and by the cross-border services you operate.
ERA is building a free self-assessment tool for TEL TSI - why use this instead?
From 2 Mar 2027, ERA's Art. 18 tool validates individual data-exchange messages against testing procedures and issues a presumption-of-compliance declaration - a conformance checker. It presupposes you already know which obligations apply to you and have already built to them. This tool answers what ERA's won't: which obligations attach to your role, what to build in what order, and where your gaps are today. Complementary, not competing - use ERA's validator once you've built to the obligations this tool identified.
How long does a TEL TSI compliance assessment take?
Completing the guided assessment takes about 30 minutes. What it delivers is bigger than the time it takes: a role-traced breakdown of exactly which TEL TSI obligations apply to you across 101 questions and 13 TEL TSI chapters, each traced to its exact Article or Annex, with a deadline-prioritised action plan through 2029.
When are the TEL TSI compliance deadlines?
Regulation (EU) 2026/253 is already in force. The first operational deadlines apply from 15 March 2026, with staggered go-live dates including 2 September 2026 (the ERA central repository), 13 December 2026 (reference data), 2 March 2027 (the ERA web applications for code assignment and ERA's own Art. 18 conformance-checking tool), 4 March 2029 (capacity), and 9 December 2029 (core operational data exchange). The Compliance Companion tracks every deadline relevant to your specific role through the full 2026–2029 programme.
Is the TEL TSI Compliance Companion free to use?
Yes. A free account includes one TEL TSI assessment module permanently - no credit card required, no time limit. Paid plans (Solo at €690/year and Team at €1,890/year) unlock all 13 chapters, PDF reports, the deadline tracker, and team workspaces.
What does the TEL TSI readiness report include?
After completing the EU 2026/253 assessment you receive a role-specific action plan - every gap becomes a task with the article that requires it and the deadline it must meet - alongside a compliance score, chapter-by-chapter breakdown, and a downloadable PDF audit-ready compliance report, with every finding traced to the specific Article or Annex.
Simple, transparent pricing
First module free - permanently, no credit card required. Paid plans billed annually.
For individual compliance officers and consultants assessing one organisation.
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Join compliance professionals across the EU rail sector building toward the 2029 deadlines. One module, no time limit, no card required.
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