The comission is planning changes to train travel in Europe to make it less of a headache for passengers.
-Single booking tickets that work across different operators.
-Passenger safety nets such as reroutings, reimbursements and compensations.
-New rules for operators and platforms to ensure fair pricings and route options.
I know it’s not perfect, but I kind-of feel that Interrail is already pretty close. I know it’s meant for tourists and some operators have stand-alone booking systems, but it’s universally accepted and pretty effortless for the end user.
Interrail is a very good idea, but way too expensive; unless you perfectly plan out your trip you’re most certainly better off flying or paying for normal train rides. It can definitely be cheaper, but you’re going through 2 months of planning out the proper travel plan for that to happen.
But it might be more expensive than it should be for those tickets and it limits the days traveling through your own country in outbound and inbound days. Not optimal for someone living near borders and still interrail often doesn’t even have seat reservation. This needs to be booked through a different portal. Also private train operators are often not included at all which is another downside