Seven key trends of EU rail sector in 2019
In 2019 the European railways continued their way towards automatisation and digitalisation. These two main trends significantly defined the development of the EU rail sector. But they were not the only ones. This list could...Read more
UK waves goodbye to Virgin Trains
United Kingdom has waved goodbye to Virgin Trains. The railway operator has been operating on the West Coast Main Line for over 22 years. It was the UK’s last railway enterprise owned by business magnate...Read more
Ostrava to phase out paper tickets in trams
Ostrava, the third-largest city in Czechia, will phase out paper tickets in trams and other modes of public transport. Local transport operator DPO will sell them only by the year’s end. Finally, the paper tickets...Read more
Belarusian Railway launches ticket app
Belarusian Railway has launched its mobile ticket application. It was open to all passengers after the two-month successful tests. The programme is available for installing on smartphones and tablets using Android and iOS operating systems. The...Read more
SBB introduces automatic tickets for all passengers
After successful one-year tests, SBB has introduced automatic ticketing for all passengers on a regular basis. With the new service known as ‘EasyRide’, the customers of the Swiss railway company got a new opportunity for...Read more
Next stage of digitalisation for Belarusian Railway
Belarusian Railway continues to move further towards digitalisation. The state-owned company is developing its own mobile application to sell tickets on its trains. It will be finalised by the year’s end and become a new...Read more
Polish passengers buy more digital train tickets
The digital channels have shown the best growing dynamics in selling the train tickets in Poland. In 2018 the passengers purchased around 33.3 million trips using internet websites and mobile applications. The figure increased by...Read more
SBB makes headway towards self-service
The automation gets increasingly into the rail sector. It covers the various segments of the industry – from the track maintenance to the manufacture of rolling stock. For the railway passenger operators, the automation means...Read more
SBB introduces new option to buy cheap train tickets
Swiss rail operator SBB has launched a new option in its application ‘SBB Mobile’. It provides the customers with a better search for the cheap tickets. The new feature is available for the iOS devices,...Read more
Belarusian Railway improves ticketing service
State-owned enterprise Belarusian Railway has installed 10 new ticket machines at Minsk railway station. By using them, the passengers are able to purchase tickets for the Minsk City Lines, the S-Bahn-like train service in Minsk...Read more
Kazakhstan Railways improves online ticketing system
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) has improved its online ticketing system. The novelty simplifies the purchase of tickets for passengers and reduces the options for ticket frauds. The improved ticketing system was launched on 1 July....Read more
Slovak operator ZSSK doubles online ticket sales
Slovak national rail operator Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) improves the index of online ticket sales. In just a year, the figure was doubled. The main contribution to this was made by the company’s mobile application. To...Read more
Sqills provides new ticketing system to SNCF
Dutch software provider Sqills will deliver its innovative distribution platform ‘S3 Passenger’ for SNCF regional service branded as SNCF TER. The solution will be provided in a partnership with French company Wiremind by the end...Read more