As previously highlighted by our Secretary General, Nick Brooks, ALLRAIL, the Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants, welcomes the publication of the new EU Passenger Package by the European Commission. In response to the criticism already emerging, ALLRAIL is today setting out 9 myths shaping the current debate on rail ticketing and passenger rights — and adding the facts and experiences from rail new entrants that are too often missing from the discussion.

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The Italian state-owned operator FS Trenitalia is quite right: the next stage of rail competition is no longer only on the tracks. It is on the screens - where passengers go to buy their tickets.

Rail passengers have been waiting for this moment for 30 years. Over the past three decades, the internet has transformed how we buy almost everything. Cross-border rail services have grown. Competition on the tracks has started to emerge in several EU Member States. Yet the downstream rail ticket sales market remains fragmented along national lines, creating powerful digital gatekeepers and preventing passengers from accessing all rail options.

ALLRAIL félicite chaleureusement la décision du Sénat français d’adopter le projet de loi-cadre relatif au développement des transports, et en particulier de l’inclusion de l’article 9 bis.

ALLRAIL warmly welcomes the decision of the French Senate to adopt the Projet de loi-cadre relatif au développement des transports , and in particular the inclusion of Article 9 bis.