International rail
Brussels,

Newcomer Heuro Announces its Plans to Be a High-Speed Rail Operator that Will Connect Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and London

Heuro wants to offer outstanding service while reducing carbon emissions and ticket prices.ALLRAIL welcomes such newcomers – they will bring more choice and more trains to a market that is chronically underserved.

 

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Brussels,

Open letter to EU Commission President Von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Šefčovič and Commissioner Vălean: Urgent Demand for a European Night Train Strategy

We, the undersigned ministers, members of Parliament, civil society organisations, and industry groups call on EU Commission President Von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Šefčovič and Commissioner Vălean to act upon the recent renaissance of night trains and present a European strategy for developing a comprehensive night train network.

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Brussels,

Revision of Train Drivers’ Directive Essential to Growing International Rail Traffic

International railway transportation experiences significant operational barriers compared to road and aviation through stringent language requirements which hinder the development of international travel. Significant changes to existing requirements are needed to facilitate the growth of international rail transportation. ALLRAIL and ERFA believe English should be introduced as a common language for international traffic in the revision of the Directive, whilst also maintaining existing national language requirements 

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Brussels,

Paris To Barcelona By Train Every Day At A Low Fare – Why Does Nobody Sell This Connection?

(c) Thibault Constant

• Paris to Barcelona (in both directions) is one of the most popular cross-border transport corridors in Europe.
• Unfortunately, there are still very few high-speed trains on this route, and these are often very expensive.
• There is a very reasonable night train connection available as well, with one single change of train in the French border town of Latour-de-Carol.
• But WHY is this rail connection not shown on any website or app, and WHY is it not sold anywhere in a single booking transaction?

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Brussels,

Open letter to EVP Timmermans: Multimodal Digital Mobility Services – Friends of MDMS call for ambition, halfway measures are unacceptable

Friends of MDMS, comprised of ALLRAIL, BEUC, BT4Europe, ECTAA, EPF, eu travel tech, Europe on Rail, GBTA, mofair and Transport & Environment, call on EU Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans to ensure that the Commission keeps a high level of ambition for the forthcoming initiative on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services. The interests of European travellers and reaching the EU climate goals must remain at the heart of the initiative.

Any downgrading in the level of ambition for this initiative would translate into missing the opportunity of unleashing the potential of MDMS as modal shift and competition enablers. 

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