AnalysisOnly one competitor to the state-owned railways SNCF currently runs trains on the French network. This is Italy’s Trenitalia, which has been running on the Paris-Lyon-Milan axis since 2020. Although there are quite some plans...Read more
FlixTrain announced an expansion of its network in Germany on Wednesday, which for the first time has a cross-border connection to Switzerland. It includes three new lines with 12 new destinations: Stuttgart – Hamburg, Berlin...Read more
AnalysisThings are moving fast for the privately owned Munich-based firm FlixMobility, which has been running FlixTrains since 2017. The acquisition of the American bus icon Greyhound in 2021 has shown a change in strategy for...Read more
The new German government recently announced that the split of Deutsche Bahn into two different entities would not take place. There will be an attempt to make the company’s internal structures more ‘efficient and transparent’....Read more
With its new winter timetable, FlixTrain is adding 10 new stops to its network from 12 December and almost 20 more destinations will be added to the network next spring. This means that by summer...Read more
“We have to reduce track access charges, and especially Germany has a problem with this”, said Oldag Caspar of Germanwatch during a panel discussion at the arrival of the Connecting Europe Express in Berlin. But,...Read more
According to FlixTrain director André Schwämmlein, it is completely unnecessary to run a train every twenty minutes on long-distance routes, as the German government and DB advocate. The supply should be densified at the times...Read more
Private operator FlixTrain has increased the number of seats between 20 and 50 percent on all routes in Germany. From now on, they also guarantee a seat for every traveler – at no extra charge....Read more
Railcoop, France’s first cooperative society of collective interest dedicated to the railways, aims to give new meaning to rail mobility. Everyone, from citizens to local authorities, can be a part of it. The mission: to...Read more
FlixTrain is doubling the number of routes in its network. For the first time, it includes the route Hamburg – Berlin and Munich – Frankfurt. The private operator is also launching its first night line...Read more
FlixTrain is starting the ticket sale of it’s new service on the route Stockholm – Gothenburg starting May 2021. It is the first expansion of the open-access operator’s services outside of its home country Germany.Read more
Renfe is finalising the process for the acquisition of 50 percent of the stakes of Leo Express, a private Czech railway company. This will allow activity in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, and have...Read more
While the European officials are making further steps to the European single rail market, the open-access railway operators do the same in their own way. They enter new markets, launch new services to the neighbouring...Read more
