
In
rail transport
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
, an open-access operator is an operator that takes full commercial risk, running on infrastructure owned by a third party and buying
paths on a chosen route and, in countries where rail services run under franchises, are not subject to franchising.
Passenger open-access operators by country
Austria
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RegioJet
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WESTbahn
In development
* Silverstar Railways
Czech Republic
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LEO Express
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RegioJet
Belgium
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Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, ...
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European Sleeper
France
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Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, ...
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Trenitalia France
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Renfe
In development
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Le Train
* Proxima
* Kevin Speed
Former operators
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Izy
Germany
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Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, ...
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FlixTrain
* Harz-Berlin-Express
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Nightjet
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WESTbahn
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European Sleeper
Former operators
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Hamburg-Köln-Express taken over by Flixtrain
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Locomore Stuttgart-Berlin route taken over by Leo Express
Hungary
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RegioJet
Italy
* DB/ÖBB Italia
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Nightjet
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NTV (Italo)
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Arenaways
Netherlands
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European Sleeper
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Arriva
Arriva Ltd. is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.
The company was originally established on 24 October 1938 as T Cowie Ltd. Initially focused on the sale of motorcycles, it relaunched shortl ...
night services
In development
* GoVolta
* Heuro
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Qbuzz international services
Poland
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LEO Express
In development
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FlixTrain
Romania
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Astra Trans Carpatic
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Regio Călători
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Softrans
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Transferoviar Grup
Slovakia
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RegioJet (all services except those on
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
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Komárno
Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom'', ''Öregkomárom'', ''Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the "old ...
mainline, which are franchised)
Slovenia
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Adria transport
Spain
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Ouigo España
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Iryo
Sweden
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VR Snabbtåg Sverige (formerly MTRX)
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Snälltåget (
Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a France-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020.
Transdev was formed on 3 April 2011 via the merg ...
) (Malmö–Stockholm–Åre)
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TÅGAB
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SJ AB
SJ is the primary passenger train operator in Sweden. A wholly List of government enterprises of Sweden, state-owned company operated for-profit under market conditions, SJ operates various services across Sweden. SJ's operations include High-spee ...
Former operators
* Blå Tåget
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Saga Rail
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FlixTrain
Sydvästen
United Kingdom
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Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, ...
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Grand Central
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Heathrow Express
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Hull Trains
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Lumo
In chemistry, HOMO and LUMO are types of molecular orbitals. The acronyms stand for ''highest occupied molecular orbital'' and ''lowest unoccupied molecular orbital'', respectively. HOMO and LUMO are sometimes collectively called the ''frontie ...
In development
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Go-op
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Lumo (London-Stirling)
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Lumo (Edinburgh-Glasgow extension)
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Lumo (London-Carmarthen)
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Lumo (London-Paignton)
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Lumo (London-Rochdale)
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Grand Central (Newcastle-Brighton)
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Grand Central (London-Cleethorpes)
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Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway)
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Virgin Trains (London-Manchester)
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Virgin Trains (London-Rochdale)
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Virgin Trains (London-Liverpool)
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Virgin Trains (London-Birmingham)
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Virgin Trains (London-Glasgow)
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Virgin Trains (Channel Tunnel Services)
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Hull Trains (London-Sheffield)
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Gemini Trains
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Evolyn
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FS Italiane
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Eurostar (London-Frankfurt)
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Eurostar (London-Geneva)
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Alliance Rail (Marchwood-Southampton)
Former operators
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Wrexham & Shropshire (ceased trading January 2011)
Former proposals
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Alliance Rail Holdings (company dissolved)
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First Harrogate Trains
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Grand Union (purchased by
FirstGroup)
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Glasgow Trains
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Platinum Trains
Platinum Trains was a proposed open access operator that intended to run limited-stop train services from Scotland to London via the East Coast Main Line. Its plan was to compete with air travel.
The company proposed to use two Class 180 unit ...
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References
Rail transport operators
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