It is very different from now, but it will take more time to become reality I guess. The compensation is just the nice to have. The core is that operators will be forced to open up their booking systems make them accessible so that unified booking platforms are made possible, if necessary by force. That would be a game changer. After all the booking systems exist, but rail companies are guarding them, hence the lack of interoperability.

Price and reliability do matter but don’t underestimate the role that booking and finding stuff makes. If you have to call somewhere, or worse, even go to an office somewhere to book a train trip, this is turning off a lot of people from even considering that option. Of course, things have become a lot better, gradually, over the years and on many trips one can book nowadays online but the offer is very splintered and very incomplete.