(10/07/2024) 

The document positively assesses the progress made in achieving a single European train market, which allows citizens to buy tickets on a single platform and allows companies to operate in multiple states easily.

Several points in which the European rail market has managed to improve emerge in the report: above all, the introduction of the universal digital ticket, a goal also present in the roadmap of this European organization. The path taken, the report points out, is the right one to arrive in 2025 at an open ticket sales and distribution model.

With regard to ticket sales, some critical issues remain, such as in the case of some national legislations that restrict sales more than a month in advance. Progress is also being made on the journey continuation agreement, which provides alternative solutions if a train is cancelled or delayed and does not allow travellers to connect with another train.