{"id":23112,"date":"2024-03-28T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=23112"},"modified":"2024-03-28T10:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:36:46","slug":"first-ever-direct-passenger-rail-service-between-prague-and-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=23112","title":{"rendered":"First ever direct passenger rail service between Prague and Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday evening, the ALLRAIL<\/a> member operator\u00a0European Sleeper<\/a>\u00a0launched the first ever passenger rail service between Prague and Brussels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it is a night train, with both sleeper coaches (both couchettes & private compartments) and standard class seating.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, it is Open Access 100% commercially driven, meaning that this train operates without PSO taxpayer subsidy.<\/p>\n

The Single European Railway Area (SERA) can be a cause of our common prosperity \u2013 and introduce new cross-border rail options.<\/p>\n

Here we see an example of what could happen across Europe if there were to be a genuine single market, namely:<\/p>\n

Entrepreneurs who start a new cross-border passenger rail service that has never been offered before<\/p>\n

ALLRAIL\u2019s<\/a> Policy Officer Salim Benkirane is a strong proponent of European integration. He is on the first train from Prague, which will arrive in Brussels in just over one hour from now.<\/p>\n

He says:\u00a0\u201cnext month, it will be 20 years since the Czech Republic (CZ) entered the EU<\/a>. Therefore, it is great to be on the first-ever direct rail service between CZ and Belgium, the country that hosts the\u00a0EU<\/a> Commission and the\u00a0European Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

ALLRAIL<\/a> advocates for a faster harmonisation of the fragmented EU<\/a> Member State railway systems. This is so that a genuine Single European Railway Area can come about and enable more new cross-border services like that of European Sleeper.<\/p>\n

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