EU chief wants single European train ticket booking platform 

STRASBOURG, July 18: The EU should make train travel easier by creating a "single booking system" across the 27-country bloc, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Thursday.

The European Commission president suggested the idea in a document just before EU lawmakers began voting on whether to hand her another term.

"We will propose a Single Digital Booking and Ticketing Regulation, to ensure that Europeans can buy one single ticket on one single platform," she said in the document.
Europe wants to develop its creaking cross-border rail system as part of its target to cut carbon emissions, since train travel is significantly decarbonised.    —AFP