Finland removes VAT from train tickets
As a temporary measure, Finland will reduce VAT on train and other public transport tickets from 10 per cent to zero from January 1 to April 30, 2023. Parliament decided on the course action as...Read more
Sqills pushes new boundaries as unit of Siemens Mobility
A little over one year ago, Siemens Mobility wrapped up the acquisition of Dutch company Sqills, a provider of SaaS inventory, reservation and ticketing software solutions. Company CEO and co-founder Bart van Munster looks back...Read more
Running trains amidst the war in Ukraine: ‘We are hell-bent on making trains run on time in times of chaos’
From a regular railway operator transporting people and goods, Ukrainian Railways became crucial in assisting the people of Ukraine via evacuations, transporting medical equipment, and by bringing foreign leaders into the country delivering their support....Read more
What can countries learn from Sweden when it comes to multi-modal ticketing?
Partner articleAlready a frontrunner in ticketing for public transport, Sweden will be the first country to have a nationwide ticket distribution system based on the Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM), developed by Estonian-based company Turnit....Read more
Booking platform Omio reports increase of cost of flying, while rail remains stable
“Ground transport prices have been stable while the cost of flying has increased”, says booking platform Omio in their EU Mobility Report. The company sees that the average amount consumers are spending for train bookings...Read more
CER and UIC: ‘in 2025 passengers will have a seamless user experience buying rail services’
A resolution to improve passenger experience when planning and booking international rail tickets was adopted at the High-Level Passenger Meeting in Prague by CER, UIC and the CEO of Czech Railways on October 6. To...Read more
Belgium pulls the plug on cross-border tram to the Netherlands, to the dismay of the Dutch
Not a new tram connection, but electric buses should improve public transport between Hasselt (Belgium) and Maastricht (the Netherlands). At least, that is what the Flemish government decided, though their Dutch colleagues are not too...Read more
FS Italiane presents 190 billion investment and restructure plan
FS Italiane has set up a 2022-2031 Industrial Plan, supported by an investment plan worth over 190 billion euros. The plans were presented in Rome on Monday by the President of FS Italiane, Nicoletta Giadrossi...Read more
Finland’s VR offers free ‘test’ tickets to lure commuters to the train
Finnish operator VR is offering free tickets for commuter trains, where train rides can be ‘tested’ free of charge for 24 hours on a predetermined day in an effort to convince people to choose the...Read more
Italy launches study to make railway stations shared mobility hubs
Italian railway manager RFI and the National Observatory of Sharing Mobility will analyse five stations with the goal of developing shared mobility, they announced this week. The goal is to make rail transport more connected...Read more
Looking behind Britain’s cut price tickets deal
The UK government has surprised the travel market with the announcement of a snap sale of passenger train tickets, claiming to cut the cost of rail travel in half. Ministers say it will re-invigorate the...Read more
Canada sets biggest rail infrastructure ‘in decades’ in motion
The Canadian Ministry of Transport launched a Request for Expressions of Interest for the so-called High Frequency Rail project last week, which the government labels “the largest transportation infrastructure project that Canada has seen in...Read more
5G enables facial recognition at Málaga station
Facial recognition gives access to areas in a train station, and maintenance workers have a real-time digital model of elements directly on their phone. These are some of the possibilities of 5G, which Vodafone and...Read more