RailEurope.com - Your European travel experts

Are you planning to travel around Europe? Do you want to have all the tips you need to make an excellent trip? RailEurope.com has the widest range of European rail products to fit your every need. In addition, they are the exclusive providers of rail in France and Switzerland. They not only provide the famous Eurail Global Pass Eurail Select Pass, for travel in continental Europe, they also offer a complete line of British products, plus point-to-point tickets on any route in Europe. They offer the most extensive line of European rail and rail-related travel products, covering 35 European countries. In addition to other exciting journey trains, they give you Eurostar, the popular international standard in rail travel, which offers service between London, Paris and Brussels through the Channel Tunnel. Clients can also select from their heralded "Rail 'n Drive" packages, which are to Europe what the fly/drive concept is to America, combining rail passes with rental cars. In addition to rail options they offer several add-on city products from city transportation options, museum passes, bus or day tours. Travellers can explore more of Europe by rail and select the product that best matches their travel plans. Experience the real Europe by rail!

“Rail Europe Group is a privately-held company of which French National Railroads (SNCF) and Swiss Federal Railroads (SBB) are the majority shareholders. Rail Europe is the leading authority of European rail and related travel products in North America representing more than 35 European railroads. Having begun operations in North America in the 1930's we've been in operations for more than 75 years and serve one million clients annually.


The organization pioneered development of the historic travel passes, Eurail Global Pass — a product originally conceived for the North American market and introduced in 1959. Rail Europe's reservation center, located in Rosemont, Illinois handles all bookings and operations. The site also offers an easy European ticket booking engine making easy to find prices and schedules of various trains throughout Europe. You'll also find the full range of European rail products available, award-winning interactive rail maps, latest promotions and special offers and be able to process your orders online. Clients may also call Rail Europe's toll-free numbers to order or obtain information.”

Their secure public web site has been consistently referred to by industry analysts as one of the leading travel websites. Now clients can take a virtual tour of real travellers on trains in Europe right from the home page.

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