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Rail Europe 4A in a few words

Created in 1995, Rail Europe 4A is a dynamic and pro-active company with a worldwide presence. Its teams are located in Paris - where the head office is based - as well as in Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, Mumbai, Dubai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and Buenos Aires, through its on-site representative offices. Rail Europe 4A is a joint venture between the French National Railways (SNCF) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), and was created to distribute and promote the European Railways products in the 4 As: Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Africa & The Middle East, and South America. Building on its success with European rail, Rail Europe expanded its product portfolio to distribute non-European Railways, among which VIA Rail (Canada), Korail (South Korea) and JR (Japan).


Distribution Network

Rail Europe 4A is a worldwide operator, active in more than 50 countries, whose multi-channel strategy aims at being where its customers are:
- Online, through direct B2C/B2B websites, under the Rail Europe brand
- Online, through its agents B2C/B2B websites
- On the GDS (Amadeus, Travelport)
- Offline, through the distribution network of its travel agents and General Sales Agents, GSA - (retail outlets, travel centres, call centres, etc.)


A powerful GSA Network

Rail Europe 4A accredited travel agents are its privileged and loyal partners. Great professionals, these agents are chosen for their excellence in service, their local customer and distribution knowledge, and their know-how on selling train travel.


Rail Plus Australasia

Rail Europe 4A is a shareholder of Rail Plus Australasia PTY Ltd since 1998. Rail Plus is the undisputed leader of rail products distribution in Australia and New Zealand, oftentimes described as THE reference, both in terms of product offer, quality of service and professionalism of the teams. Growing fast, Rail Plus allows Rail Europe to better understand the market needs, share best practices and intimately participate in the development of one of its most important GSAs.


World web presence

Rail Europe 4A resence on the web has strongly expanded, since the introduction of raileurope.com.au, its first B2C website… Today Rail Europe 4A operates: - 36 B2C websites in key countries including Australia, Japan, Brazil, Hong-Kong and many more, most of them in local language and local currency. - 6 B2B websites are also live, serving travel agents from India, South Africa, Brazil, Singapore, the Middle East and South East Asia.


Products available through Rail Europe

Rail Europe 4A distributes all types of trains in Europe but alos beyond Europe :

- High speed trains : TGV, ICE, AVE, Eurostar, Thalys, TGV Lyria, Italo, Frecciarossa, X2000, Allegro, etc.
- Overnight trains : Elipsos, City Night Line, Thello, Lusitania, French Night Intercités trains, Paris/Nice-Moscow, Swedish Night Trains, Spanish Night Trains
- Scenic trains : Glacier Express, GoldenPass Line, Bernina Express, Flåmsbana, and many more
- Local and regional trains : TER, InterCity trains, Intercités, Alvia, DB Regio, etc.

Rail Europe 4A’s catalogue proposes all types of rail products:
- Point-to-Point tickets : single or return ticket from one city to another
- Rail Passes : they offer unlimited travel in a specific region, during a set time frame and are usually the best value for money if the itinerary includes 3 journeys or more
- Reservations : they guarantee the traveller a seat during his whole journey and are mandatory on high speed, scenic and night trains

And numerous travel products beyond Europe :
- VIA Rail (Canada) : tickets and passes
- Japan Railways (Japan) : passes
- Rail Australia (Australia) : passes and tickets for The Ghan, the Overland and the Indian-Pacific
- Korail (South Korea) : passes


Rail Europe 4A B2C website :
www.raileurope-world.com