From 4 May 2026, the independent rail operator Snälltåget will introduce a brand new daytime direct service connecting Stockholm - Malmö - Copenhagen - Hamburg. Departures from both Stockholm and Hamburg in the late morning will bring passengers to their destination the same evening, offering a comfortable, relaxing and climate-friendly way to travel between Germany and Scandinavia.

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'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.

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.