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In rail transport, an open-access operator is an operator that takes full commercial risk, running on infrastructure owned by a third party and buying paths on a chosen route and, in countries where rail services run under franchises, are not subject to franchising.[1]
Passenger open-access operators by country
[edit]Austria
[edit]In development
[edit]- Silverstar Railways[2]
Czech Republic
[edit]Belgium
[edit]France
[edit]- Nightjet (suspended 2025 after end of subsidies)
- Trenitalia France
- Renfe[4]
In development
[edit]Germany
[edit]Former operators
[edit]- Hamburg-Köln-Express taken over by Flixtrain
- Locomore Stuttgart-Berlin route taken over by Leo Express, marketing through Flixtrain
Hungary
[edit]Italy
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]In development
[edit]Poland
[edit]In development
[edit]Romania
[edit]Slovakia
[edit]- RegioJet (all services except those on Bratislava — Komárno mainline, which are franchised)
Slovenia
[edit]Spain
[edit]Sweden
[edit]- VR Snabbtåg Sverige (formerly MTRX)[14]
- Snälltåget (Transdev) (Malmö–Stockholm–Åre)
- TÅGAB
- SJ AB[note 1][15]
Former operators
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]In development
[edit]- Go-op
- Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway
- Virgin Trains
- Gemini Trains
- Evolyn
- FS Italiane
- Alliance Rail (Marchwood-Southampton)
Former operators
[edit]- Wrexham & Shropshire (ceased trading January 2011)
Former proposals
[edit]- Alliance Rail Holdings (company dissolved) [18]
- First Harrogate Trains
- Grand Union (purchased by FirstGroup)
- Glasgow Trains
- Platinum Trains
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Most services run open-access with the exception of Stockholm - Duved, Stockholm - Hamburg and services run by subsidiaries.
Citations
[edit]- ↑ Abrams, Martin (July 2015). "Passenger's Guide to Franchising" (PDF). Better Transport. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ↑ "[passenger] A new star is born: Silverstar Railways plans domestic and international train services". Railcolor News. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Nachttrein Berlijn - Boek een slaaptrein bij European Sleeper". European Sleeper (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ↑ Preston, Robert (13 June 2023). "Renfe's French subsidiary ready for business". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "Alstom receives an order from Proxima for 12 Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains, including 15 years of maintenance". Alstom. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ↑ "About". www.kevin-rail.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ↑ "WESTbahn". westbahn.at. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ↑ "Arriva launches national night services in the Netherlands". railjournal.com. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ↑ Vosman, Quintus (7 December 2023). "GoVolta to run day trains from Amsterdam to Paris, Berlin and Basel". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ↑ "HEURO". www.heurotrain.com. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ↑ "Naast Arriva meldt ook Heurotrain zich voor treindienst tussen Groningen en Parijs". www.rtvnoord.nl. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ Geerts, Esther (12 June 2023). "Arriva and Qbuzz request access for trains between the Netherlands and Paris". RailTech.com. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ↑ Wintle, Thomas (15 November 2024). "Poland: FlixTrain gets permission to run Berlin-Warsaw route". RailTech.com. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ↑ "MTR launches open access inter-city service". Railway Gazette International. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ↑ "SJ-koncernen". SJ (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ↑ "FlixTrain starts ticket sale in Sweden | RailTech.com". RailTech.com | Online News for the Railway Industry. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ "Flixtrain lämnar Sverige – Järnvägar.nu". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ↑ "ALLIANCE RAIL HOLDINGS LTD". data.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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