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Drone pic of a small road crossing a small railway line

Who is to benefit from the forthcoming reform of the railway ticketing regime in the EU?

"You are not only a rail expert," a friend wrote to me in response to this blog post about multiple rail tickets. "You are also an expert passenger. You cannot expect the average citizen to know all companies and manually come up with their connections through separate

Two SNCF ticket machines

One ticket, or more than one ticket, for my international train trip? More than one, with passenger rights, is the simpler solution

"Cross-border train travel is still too difficult for many citizens" were the words in Ursula von der Leyen's political guidelines for the 2024-2029 European Commission (PDF here). The document continues, bold is my emphasis: "People should be able to use open booking systems to purchase

Dear European leaders: here's a little idea for your competitiveness agenda

Dear European leaders: here's a little idea for your competitiveness agenda

This idea would: * Allow Europeans to travel internationally, while emitting as little CO2 as possible * Create jobs in European manufacturing industries, some even in the most deprived corners of the EU * Boost the construction industry that would get contracts to build new lines * Benefit both state owned and privately owned

Door of a single deck TGV, 1st class, shoping "Strapontin" pull down seats in vestibules

How to safely overload a high speed train (and why it matters for the debate about ticketing reform in the EU)

Imagine you're making a simple international trip: Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Lyon Part Dieu. One change of train, in Strasbourg*. But your Frankfurt - Strasbourg train is delayed, and you miss the Strasbourg - Lyon TGV on which you were booked. What do you do? You would either

Trenitalia and SNCF ticket machines

How to fix railway ticketing in the EU

We know there is a problem with rail ticketing in the EU - anyone who has ever tried to book trains cross-border has encountered the issues. If you can find the trains you want, you often cannot get prices for the tickets. And even if you can get prices, you