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June 18, 2019 | Main line

FlixTrain requests French train paths

OPEN-access operator FlixTrain has submitted a request to French rail regulator Arafer seeking train paths on five routes, where it plans to compete with incumbent operator SNCF Mobilités.

June 5, 2019 | High-speed

Thello plans open-access Milan - Paris HS service

THELLO, a subsidiary of Italian national passenger operator Trenitalia, is seeking approval from the French Rail Regulator Arafer to operate two high-speed service per day between Milan, Turin, Lyon and Paris starting in June 2020.

May 30, 2019 | Main line

Leo Express to launch daily Prague - Krakow service

CZECH open-access operator Leo Express is set to expand its weekend Prague - Krakow service to a daily train from June 28 until September 2 when it will return to weekend operation.

May 23, 2019 | Main line

Flixtrain launches third train service in Germany

FLIXTRAIN launched a new passenger service on May 23 linking Berlin with Cologne. This is the open-access operator’s third long-distance route in Germany adding to the Cologne - Hamburg and Berlin - Stuttgart services.

May 9, 2019 | Europe

Spanish competition authority approves Arriva open-access service

SPAIN’s National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved a resolution allowing Arriva to operate open-access services between A Coruña and Porto, Portugal.

May 2, 2019 | High-speed

Exporting the Italian recipe for high-speed success

Italy was one of the first European countries to open its domestic passenger market to competition. Andrea Giuricin, special advisor at NTV-Italo and CEO of TRA Consulting, tells Keith Barrow why he believes other European countries should now follow suit.

April 24, 2019 | High-speed

Adif reveals plan to liberalise Spanish HS market

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has released its 10-year network statement for the “network of general interest” (RFIG), which proposes creating three high-speed packages in response to the liberalisation of the market following the introduction of the 4th Railway Package.

April 8, 2019 | Main line

Leo Express plans Prague - Warsaw - Terespol services

CZECH open-access operator Leo Express has notified the Polish Railway Transport Office (UTK) of plans to launch a new service from Prague to Warsaw and Terespol on the Poland-Belarus border.

April 8, 2019 | Main line

Open-access London - Cardiff service proposed

GRAND Union Trains, which was set up in 2018 by Mr Ian Yeowart, has applied to Britain’s Office of Road and Rail (ORR) to operate an open-access passenger service between London Paddington and Cardiff in competition with franchisee Great Western Railway (GWR).

April 4, 2019 | Europe

Renfe prepares for competition at home and abroad

In less than two years, liberalisation will bring an end to Renfe’s domination of the Spanish rail sector, with new entrants already waiting in the wings. Keith Barrow reports from Bilbao on how the national carrier is preparing for market opening both domestically and internationally.

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