The comission is planning changes to train travel in Europe to make it less of a headache for passengers.
-Single booking tickets that work across different operators.
-Passenger safety nets such as reroutings, reimbursements and compensations.
-New rules for operators and platforms to ensure fair pricings and route options.
Maybe the goal is a bit ambitious yes. But at least it’s promising that the Commission has recognized some very real issues with train travel in Europe and announced they are drafting a plan to fix them.
Going across several countries by train and then experiencing a delay that disrupts your entire schedule is a miserable experience. You’re left having to contact several rail operators’ customer support channels (some of which barely offer service in a language you understand), just to maybe try and patch up your trip.
I hope that, at the very least, they manage to implement some sort of one-ticket solution with a decent safety net.