The idea was planted through a cooperation between the young professionals of the public transport sector in the Netherlands (organised collectively in the Jonge Veranderaars) and environmental organisation Natuur & Milieu. Both were interested in rail and increasing its share in the European transport of passengers and both were utterly surprised by the inefficiencies and old-fashioned way of organisation in the traditional, nationally dominated rail sector in Europe.
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We are Train2EU. We love to travel through Europe by train. Some call us rail nerds, which we consider an adequate description of what is wrong with European rail travel.
Because the way things are today, you need to be a devoted enthusiast as well as an established expert in order to benefit from Europe’s fragmented, old-fashioned and non-user-friendly rail services.
We are young professionals in and around train travel: rail infra, travelers’ associations, rail services, construction, engineers, environmental NGOs, travel agencies, IT services, etc. In short, we are the ones who will be running and using the European rail system in the next 20 years.
We are children of the ‘80s and ‘90s, raised in an age of technological progress, wealth and peace, in a Europe without borders. We are convinced European rail travel can and should be organised better. We believe a commercially independent organisation can truly stimulate the passenger being placed first and help erase borders on European railways.
On 24 August 2015, Train2EU became an officially registered foundation We are based in Utrecht, The Netherlands and operating under Dutch law.
Because the way things are today, you need to be a devoted enthusiast as well as an established expert in order to benefit from Europe’s fragmented, old-fashioned and non-user-friendly rail services.
We are young professionals in and around train travel: rail infra, travelers’ associations, rail services, construction, engineers, environmental NGOs, travel agencies, IT services, etc. In short, we are the ones who will be running and using the European rail system in the next 20 years.
We are children of the ‘80s and ‘90s, raised in an age of technological progress, wealth and peace, in a Europe without borders. We are convinced European rail travel can and should be organised better. We believe a commercially independent organisation can truly stimulate the passenger being placed first and help erase borders on European railways.
On 24 August 2015, Train2EU became an officially registered foundation We are based in Utrecht, The Netherlands and operating under Dutch law.