Rail

With Amadeus Rail, booking rail has never been easier!

To understand rail from a railways’ perspective, Steve Fosh of ATOC ltd. demonstrated how the UK had evolved its rail network with an increase in volume of over 50% since the 1990’s and a 6% annual volume growth. TMCs are the key distribution channel and corporate clients are increasingly turning to them to provide the complete travel package.

You think rail is too complex to book but you don’t want to miss out on the outstanding evolution of the industry? Amadeus Rail makes it easy for you.

Amadeus Rail, a complete suite of integrated functionalities

Rail content accessible from one single Amadeus point of sale:
High speed rail sold on the airline display, to both complement and offer a choice to the traveller.
Conventional rail through a dedicated rail graphical user interface.
Express train services connecting airports to their cities, sold on the airline display complementing inbound flights. Click here to find out more about Amadeus Airport Express.
Seamless integration with mid and back office.
Real-time rail provider information: manage reservations and issue valid travel documents.

Value for you

Access comprehensive rail content from a single source

106 different rail providers can be booked from Amadeus terminals worldwide, including major rail providers in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.
Even in today’s distribution cost cutting era you can still earn commission on rail travel, for xample, in the UK, travel agencies with ATOC rail licenses.
All railway information on fares and schedule are displayed according to the travel consultant criteria and based on corporate travel policies and preferences.
All bookings are filed to the same PNR.

Boost your productivity

All rail content is accessible from the same point of sale: Travel consultants can handle a rail booking without jumping from Amadeus Selling Platform to web sites.
It also applies to search, faring, comparison and sell functions, therefore accelerating the entire process.
For each rail booking made, the information is automatically transmitted to reporting and accounting systems, reducing the number of manual errors and human interventions.
The entire process improves your data quality, reporting and saves your travel consultant much needed time.
Same booking process as when booking an airline: no need for the travel consultant to learn new interfaces and processes for each rail provider.

More choice for your customers: offer rail as an alternative to air

The European Commission is promoting rail as a more environmentally friendly means of transportation. You are therefore helping your travelers to bring their carbon footprint down.
There is an increasing need to sell air and rail together, rail services can be booked in place of short haul flight operations, and complement long haul flights.
Many corporations are including incentives to their employees to reduce their carbon footprint and making it policy to use rail versus air. Amadeus ensures that we are able to provide you with that choice.

Reduce your corporate clients’ travel expenses

Advise your corporate clients on how to lower their travel costs by comparing different modes of travel wit the help of the mixed air-rail display: High-speed rail services are often cheaper than air.
By offering them to take the train to reach the centre of the town or city, you will also help your corporate clients save money on the overall journey.

Innovation to bring total integration with Amadeus

The Amadeus Rail booking platform is based on Amadeus Collaborative Technology which will enable the travel consultant to access content in a consistent manner.
This next generation technology facilitates integration of key business processes in a dynamic, open and flexible way, from end user to supplier.

Main Features

To sum it up, Amadeus Rail means...
Active rail booking	Your rail booking is managed just like any other active segment.
Boosting your productivity	AMore time to create up sell and cross sell opportunities.
Multi-rail content and single platform	Bringing more choice to your fingertips.
The ability to book shuttle services to and from the airport	A full travel experience with near door to door service, go that extra mile.
Fully integrated	No need for manual intervention or jumping around websites.
Customer experience	Become a sales professional and not just a rail expert.
Environment friendly	Rail as an alternative to air to reduce your customers carbon footprint.

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