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🚄🌍 “𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩” - 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱? The Italian state-owned incumbent operator FS Trenitalia says it wants a single European rail market. Good - but that requires 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. Take this current example: In France, where FS Trenitalia is effectively a new entrant, it calls for transparent and impartial retail channels. The market-dominant rail ticket sales platform SNCF Connect should show and sell all operators In Italy, however, the very same operator opposes EU Passenger Package proposals requiring dominant incumbent sales channels to give neutral access to competing operators and their tickets. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆. Passengers’ expectations do not change at internal EU borders. Neither should competition, transparency and consumer choice. A true EU domestic rail market needs the same openness everywhere - otherwise it is just a slogan. Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti EU Transport BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation European Passengers'​ Federation International Railway Journal #RailTicketing #PassengerPackage #SingleMarket #ConsumerChoice #CompetitionPolicy #CrossBorderRail #EuropeanRail https://lnkd.in/em3WRS9Y