| Brussels, 10 September 2025 – ALLRAIL is pleased to share its latest Position Paper, “The Benefits of Competitively Tendered Public Service Obligation (PSO) Contracts in Passenger Rail”. |
| As Europe advances market opening on the routes that are not commercially viable, the paper shows how tenders improve efficiency, raise service quality and deliver better value for taxpayers’ money. |
Yet real competition is still held back by barriers to entry: limited access to taxpayer funded rolling stock that are in effect controlled by incumbents, weak strategic planning and risk-sharing by Public Transport Authorities, and the continued use of direct awards. |
“Competition for the market is essential. Now is the time to fully enforce the Land PSO Regulation’s mandate to tender Public Service Obligation contracts. However, to make the PSO market genuinely competitive, we need stronger regulatory oversight, fair access to rolling stock and, above all, a proactive role of Public Transport Authorities”
Guillem Ochoa, ALLRAIL Legal Officer
Click here to read the Position Paper