Forecasts through tourism operators and booking sites regarding travel trends to 2025 have highlighted the continued popularity of rail transport. Trainers have fallen in love with trains again, and the proliferation of new facilities means that a rail odyssey across Europe is less difficult than always planning.
However, passengers continue to point out the need for innovations in the service and lower rates to maintain the course of the sector in 2025. If it is planning an exercise throughout the continent, this new classification through transport
“A performing rail system is one of the cornerstones of the zero-emission mobility system,” the pro-sustainable body of non-governmental organizations writes in their report. “Rail climate potential can be maximized if train operators improve their services and the EU and Member States support them with incentives and regulations.”
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Reliability is also a precedence, since many consumers possibly dissuade to opt for exercise due to poor reserve experiences, either before and after buying the ticket. An ING show shows that reserve a foreign exercise in Europe effects at a rate of abandonment ten times higher than reserve a flight.
Travel is also revealed is important, with speed and convenience between the main points for the survey of the McKinsey survey, and the passengers highlighted the policies of night trains and cycling as considerations.
T&E compared 27 European rail operators and their performance in eight categories: ticket price, special fares and reductions, reliability, booking experience, compensation policy, traveler experience, night trains and cycling policy.
The effects show that the main Italian Operator Treitalia leads the general classification, followed through the Czech corporate region and the Austrian operator Öbb. Trenitalia carried out in the categories of reserve experience, reliability and experience of the traveler. The latter includes the provision of Wi -Fi, Wifi, Wifi, Wi -Fi, Wi -Fi, Sales and Food or Skistry Services.
SBB is Europe’s top on-time operator and Regiojet offers some of the top price tickets. In contrast, Eurostar’s poor rating reflects its higher costs and poor reliability score. For the price of the ticket, Flixtrain and Ouigo took the first and moment in position, while Eurostar and GWR came here last.
“The effects highlight that, in general, railways in Europe do not meet assembly expectations and that high ticket costs do not necessarily translate into higher overall quality,” the report concludes. “ÖBB and Trenitalia offer some of the most productive spot prices in Europe, while Eurostar and Avanti offer superior fares but offer a below-average Array”
“The EU has opened a window of opportunity to finally demand from rail companies to share their tickets with reserve platforms to allow cross -border reservations with a single click,” said Victor Thévenet, head of Railway Policy of T
“With the deployment of the popular Europeans due to command and system errors, which will increase the capacity of trains and punctuality, these regulations have the potential to make the railroad more reliable and less difficult to use. The time has come for the Commission to demonstrate that it is not empty promises. »