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Rail Europe, Inc. - Background
Starting well before World War II as a commercial representation of the French railroads, the Rail Europe, Inc. was created in its present form in 1991 when the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of SNCF, the French National Railroad, merged with the North American arm of the Swiss Federal Railways. While it is still a subsidiary of the SNCF and the CFF (Swiss Federal Railways), Rail Europe is also the official North American representative for 60 European railroads, the latest addition being the 25 Train Operating Companies of Britain.

Over the past decade, Rail Europe has evolved into the largest distributor of European rail products, catering to both the leisure and the business traveler. Each year, more than one million American leisure and business travelers use one of our products.

Products
Rail Europe is your European rail expert. We have a wide range of rail products to fit your every need including a . From a complete line of rail passes, to Train Tickets & Schedules, and rail 'n drive packages.

The famous and ever-popular Eurail Global Pass and Eurail Select Pass, are available for travel in continental Europe, and Rail Europe offers we offer a complete line of British products, plus train tickets on any route in Europe. Rail Europe, Inc. has the most extensive line of European rail and rail-related travel products, covering 35 European countries. In addition to other exciting journey trains, tickets are available on we give you Eurostar, the new international standard in rail travel, which offers service between London, Paris and Brussels through the Channel Tunnel.

Our Service
Service is extremely important to us, and unique technology has been developed by the Rail Europe, Inc. in order to meet the growing demands of the travel community.

Euronet, our proprietary reservation system, offers an on-line link to the European railroads' seat inventory. Euronet is currently used in Rail Europe's two reservation centers (in Portland, OR and Chicago, IL) in which hundreds of telephone sales representatives handle arrangements for travelers or travel agents. More than   over, 400 travel agency partner s, including Travel CUTS locations across Canada are directly connected to Euronet, which enables them to book and issue train passes and tickets within their premises.

Our Commitment
Rail Europe is committed to providing you with top quality products and top quality service. We're here to help you maximize your time and your dollars to make the very most out of your travel to Europe -- whether vacation or business. And we're pleased to say that we've been satisfying travellers to Europe for 65 years.

Our membership in the travel industry's two top organizations ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents), and USTOA (U.S. Tour Operators' Association) ensures the reliability of our products and services, and guarantees your protection. So let us take you there. We are truly your one source for European travel.

If you are having trouble with booking a product on this website, please call our representative, Travel CUTS Flightline at 1-866-246-9762.

 

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