European cross-border train travel is still ‘quite complex’. This company is on a mission to fix it

Björn Bender envisions a ‘wonderful outlook’ for night trains and what it will take to get there.

“When I joined the industry 15 years back, it was quite unsexy to work in the mobility industry for a rail player,” says Björn Bender, CEO and president of Rail Europe.

Now, that’s all changed, he told the audience of ETC’s Destination Europe Summit on Tuesday (27 June).

Rail has become the poster child of sustainability in Europe. Cross-border routes are receiving support from the European Commission to make them faster, cheaper and more extensive.

Trains are also soaring in popularity with European travellers.

“We had 12 per cent more [train] travellers in Europe in

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