New EU regulations to open up rail ticket retailing market

The European Commission has set out the technical foundations to allow a new generation of European rail journey planners and ticketing systems to be provided.

The Commission has adopted a new regulation to facilitate pan European rail journey planning and ticketing, by requiring standardisation of rail passenger data on fares and timetables. This means that key reservation and ticketing information will be inter-operable and can be exchanged between rail companies throughout the EU as well as...