Selon un nouveau rapport, la pression exercée sur les opérateurs à accès libre, en particulier en Grande-Bretagne, devrait être remise en question. L’Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants, plus connue sous le nom de groupe de pression ferroviaire européen AllRail, s’est prononcée en faveur des opérateurs à accès ouvert sur l’ensemble du continent.

UK: FirstGroup has published Moving Forward Together: Why open access is essential for a better railway, a report setting out its case for retaining a ‘thriving’ open access sector as part of the restructured railway.

The operator First Rail published a report on the strong track record of Open Access since its subsidiary Hull Trains launched in 2000 - and it looks to serve dozens of new destinations in the future. The new Report sets out the economic case for how Open Access can attract people out of cars and planes and onto trains, growing the entire rail sector, while investing in train fleets and customer service.

On Monday 20 January, 2025, our colleagues Nick Brooks and Aurélie Csizmazia attended the launch event of the new First Rail Open Access Report in London.

With a new EU Commission and new governments in some key countries, innovators in passenger rail are keen to create modal shift.

However, historical regulation is holding back the market - 2025 is a new opportunity to push ahead with market opening.