Market Dominant Rail Ticket Vendors Must Finally Be Opened Up – To Ensure Multichannel Sales
This week, in its newly published document “Key Points for the Reform of Deutsche Bahn” , the German Federal Ministry of Transport said that it: “expects that the DB Navigator app, together with its associated online presence, will be transferred to the responsibility of DB InfraGO AG in order to strengthen the common good and competition neutrality". This is encouraging, and it must include ticket sales as well.
ALLRAIL takes part in lunch event hosted by the Representation of the European Region Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino
ALLRAIL's President Elmer van Buuren and Secretary General Nick Brooks took part in an informal networking lunch hosted by the Representation of the European Region Tyrol - South Tyrol - Trentino at its office in Brussels.
ALLRAIL celebrates launch of European Sleeper’s new service between Belgium and the Alps
The ALLRAIL team (Nick Brooks, Katharina Dekeyser, Salim Benkirane and Aurélie Csizmazia) celebrated the launch event of the independent operator European Sleeper's new long-distance service between Belgium and the Alps, crossing several internal EU borders along the way.
Germany: Council of Economic Experts Calls for Unbundling of Rail Infrastructure Manager and Operator
Integrated Rail Bodies Do Not Create Simplicity – They Create Bureaucracy
Germany’s state-owned rail incumbent Deutsche Bahn (DB) is often held up as a role model of a vertically integrated rail body – managing track and trains together. But the facts tell a different story.