Vertical separation

ALLRAIL Position Paper: The Great Rail Ticket Unbundling

ALLRAIL’s new Position Paper demonstrates how dominant rail operators control both train operations and national ticket vendors, creating a structural TRIPLE Lock-In that restricts transparency and distorts competition.

Survey data shows that 61% of long-distance rail journeys were avoided due to booking difficulties. The issue is not technological. It is market structure.

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Brussels,

Dominant Rail Ticket Platforms Steer To Vertically Integrated Operators – It Is Time For Unbundling

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Rome,

France / Italy / Spain: Elephants Splashing in a Pond

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Prague,

Czech Republic: the Single EU Rail Market at Risk of Existing in Name Only

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Prague,

Czech Republic: a New Report by RegioJet report alleges ČD received illegal State aid

ALLRAIL member, independent operator RegioJet has published a detailed report on how it believes that the state-owned incumbent passenger rail operator Czech Railways (ČD) has been the beneficiary of illegal State Aid, and warns of another attempt in the making.

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