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Germany and France in talks about shared railway tickets (www.sueddeutsche.de)
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Sorry for the German source, I couldn't find an English one.

Apparently, there are first talks between the German and French traffic ministers to expand the national railway tickets (49€ ticket on the German side, a soon-to-be equivalent in France) in the respecting neighbour country. It's still a more than early stage, will take several years and will have to overcome the incompetency of Wissing, but the idea is intriguing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately only for people between 18 and 27 and only for a limited time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Élysée treaty. One (cheap) ticket for all of Europe would be a dream.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I believe these are two different stories. The Elysee jubilee tickets are already on their way. The idea voiced by Wissing and reported by SZ is to further collobarate down the line once France has introduced their equivalent nation-wide ticket.

It's no way substantial, but if it happens, it could be a prototype for a better EU railway and ticket system, which is desperately needed imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that's even better. Internal tickets are a good thing for vacation/"rail trip" if you're <28 but still too expensive.