Dutch state sued for subsidising NS Vienna-Amsterdam night train
source: NS
A number of interest groups and FlixBus have filed a case to challenge a license and subsidy to Dutch Railways NS for operating a night train connection to Austria. According to them, the decision of the Dutch government to add the ÖBB NightJet to the existing main rail network concession is contrary to European law. A spokesperson for FMN confirms this after reporting this in Dutch newspaper FD.
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Monopolist Flixbus has been canabalizing the international trainmarket for years with cheap fares, less safety and less comfort than international night trains of the CNL and NightJet standard. Only in 2019 3 passengers of Flixbus were killed and over 100 injured in accidents. Flixbus operates without paying road toll in Germany, so it is being subsidised by the tax payers, like airline companies that don´t pay taxes on tickets and fuel. So don´t complain about subsidising NightJet.