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services a day), and an hour and 51 minutes through agents or operators, and the percent-
to Brussels (up to 10). Eurostar carried more age is going up. Our partners include Thomas
than nine million passengers last year, up Cook, TTA, Global and a large new customer,
10% on 2007. which has told us it needs to act because so
The service opens up rail travel across Eu- many consumers are now pro-rail.
rope, but booking agencies can also arrange “Trainseurope has reservations and
onward rail travel for air and sea arrivals. ticketing systems covering all of Europe, and
Vic Allen, managing director of Trains- I am often amazed at agents’ requests.
europe, says: “We get 68% of our business “These range from simple airport rail links
to the original Orient-Express sleeper from
Bucharest to Istanbul, which most other
companies would find impossible to book.”
Rail Europe can book trains in many
countries, as well as French motorail trains ess
and InterRail passes, which are no longer -Expr
restricted to young people. Trainseurope features the Orient-Express from Bucharest to Istanbul Orient
A new website for the trade is due to go
live this month, which will allow agents to
book online for the first time. Useful contacts
“Sales in 2009 have been good and Rail
Europe is regularly signing agreements with ■greatrail.com
new trade partners,” says a spokeswoman. ■explore.co.uk
“Consumers are much more confident ■festtravel.co.uk
about booking rail travel through their local ■trainseurope.co.uk
agent, much closer to departure date.” ■raileurope.co.uk
Other specialists working with agents in- ■eurostar4agents.co.uk
clude International Rail (also trading as Rail- ■orient-express.com
Choice), Erail Travel and The Travel Bureau.
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