Open-access operator
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]Czech Republic
[edit]Belgium
[edit]France
[edit]In development
[edit]Former operators
[edit]Germany
[edit]Former operators
[edit]- Hamburg-Köln-Express taken over by Flixtrain
- Locomore Stuttgart-Berlin route taken over by Leo Express
Hungary
[edit]Italy
[edit]Former operators
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]- European Sleeper[2]
- Arriva night services[6]
Poland
[edit]Slovakia
[edit]- RegioJet (all services except those on Bratislava — Komárno mainline, which are franchised)
Slovenia
[edit]Spain
[edit]Sweden
[edit]Former operators
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]In development
[edit]Former operators
[edit]- Wrexham & Shropshire (ceased trading January 2011)
Former proposals
[edit]- Alliance Rail Holdings (company dissolved) [11]
- First Harrogate Trains
- Glasgow Trains
- Platinum Trains
Notes
[edit]- ^ Most services run open-access with the exception of Stockholm - Duved, Stockholm - Hamburg and services run by subsidiaries.
References
[edit]- ^ Abrams, Martin (July 2015). "Passenger's Guide to Franchising" (PDF). Better Transport. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "About". www.kevin-rail.com. 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.
- ^ "MTR launches open access inter-city service". Railway Gazette International. 23 March 2015. 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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