Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
Rail Europe was founded more than 90 years ago by SNCF/French State Railways as an international rail ticket retailer. The company now operates a sophisticated digital platform worldwide to sell tickets for all major European railway companies direct to travellers and the global travel trade. The company's mission is: a) to provide easy access to railway bookings across Europe by reducing friction and hurdles in the booking process; b) to "export" European railways' services especially to overseas markets on a global scale c) and thereby generate incremental growth and revenue for operators d) and promote sustainable transport for leisure and business purposes, and support the modal shift from air/road to rail.
EU Legislative Interests
- single digital booking and ticketing regulation for rail - data interoperability between rail operators and independent distributors - rail passenger rights - level playing field in Europe for independent rail distributors - EU tourism platform
Communication Activities
None so far.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Memberships: - ETC European Tourism Council - UIC International Railways Union (application pending) Associations with: - National tourist organisations: ST/Switzerland Tourism, DZT/German National Tourist Office, About France (French National Tourist Board)
Connected Legislation
Sustainable Urban Mobility
Urban Mobility
Urban transport
Rail transport: licensing of railway undertakings (Codification)
Contractual quality requirements for rail freight services
Amendment: Railway development (Directive 91/440/EEC)
Safety and interoperability of the EU railway system
Stocktaking of the European Year of Rail
Amendment: Inland waterway vessel technical requirements (Directive 82/714/EEC)
Inland waterway transport: structural improvements & fleet capacity
Inland waterway transport: national helmsmen's certificates
Future-proofing European Inland Waterway Transport (IWT)
NAIADES II: Inland waterway transport action programme
Amendment: Inland waterway transport (Regulation 1101/89)
Reciprocal recognition of inland waterway vessel licences
Inland waterways: intra-Community market & flanking measures
Inland waterways: intra-Community market & flanking measures
River traffic: information services for inland navigation
Certain aspects of air services
Civil aviation safety
EU-USA: Air Transport Agreement
Certain aspects of air services
Certain aspects of air services
Certain aspects of air services
Resolution on maritime security
Amendment: COVID-19 temporary measures for groundhandling providers
Luggage
Single European Sky
Competition to undertakings in the air transport sector
Amendment: Temporary relief from airport slot rules (COVID-19)
European air traffic control resolution
Amendment: Directive 93/75/EEC on vessels carrying dangerous or polluting goods
International road haulage market access (recast)
Corrigendum: EU-wide real-time traffic and travel information
Standards for electric bus recharging points (Directive 2014/94/EU)
EU external relations: transport
Road transport recording equipment (tachographs)
Sécurité des autocars
Amendment: Alternative Community driving licence (Directive 91/439/EEC)
Vehicle registration documents
EU-Hungary & EU-Bulgaria: Road freight & combined transport
EU-Switzerland: Ecopoints for HGVs crossing Austria
Regulation on road transport and combined transport (amendment of Regulation 685/01/EC)
Road transport
EU-Croatia: Ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles in Austria
EU-Slovenia: Ecopoints for transport traffic through Austria
EU-Hungary & EU-Bulgaria: Road freight & combined transport
The international road transport carriers
EU-Romania: Road carriage and combined transport
Regulation on the European Hull Data Base