EU intervention for ticketing? These are the different views
EU flags at the European Commission
The EU wants to improve ticketing for multimodal services, and is working on new regulation. For some, this is long-overdue progress, others question its necessity and draw attention to issues to avoid. RailTech attended a discussion hosted by MEP Maria Grapini at the European Parliament in Brussels last week, organised by the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), here’s how different parties stand.
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I want to be able to book tickets easily at reasonable prices, whether for specific trains, or whether for travel on a range of trains according to how connections work out or when I decide to travel (especially on return leg of a day-trip). I’m not too bothered about the cheapest price but more the flexibility. For short and medium distance journeys, I also want tickets valid on the first train that actually comes along without being tied to a particular type of train or particular operator.