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Rail Europe, already the leading distributor of European rail products in North America is proud to announce an upgraded travel agent booking site, agent.raileurope.ca : , that now includes Amtrak USA Passenger Rail products in addition to the broad range of European rail passes and tickets previously available on the site.

With Rail Europe’s 75 years of experience selling European rail products, the enhanced website offers dynamic new features that allow travel agents to book train tickets in Europe & North America, explore detailed train and train station information, as well as access order history status and easily view agent commissions.

Rail Europe’s President and CEO, Frédéric Langlois states, “In response to the major resurgence in popularity that train travel is

experiencing, we recognized the need to offer sophisticated online booking technology.

Our new website provides travel agents the tools to easily and efficiently research, plan and book European and American rail vacations for their clients. Furthermore, we are thrilled to offer access to the American train market through our new partnership with Amtrak.”


“The ability to reach rail centric travel agents through Rail Europe is vital to increasing the number of international passengers on board Amtrak trains,” said Emmett Fremaux, Amtrak’s vice president of marketing and product management. “We welcome the opportunity to work with Rail Europe to offer our products to even more travelers.”


The addition of the new Amtrak booking function allows agents who offer rail products, one stop shopping for both domestic and European route ticketing, thanks to Rail Europe’s fast, easy and efficient online booking process. Booking functions on agent.raileurope.ca allow for planning rail itineraries throughout America, in all classes of service. Amtrak tickets can be printed and picked up from any Quik-Trak, Amtrak’s self-service ticketing kiosks located in many stations across the U.S. In addition, Rail Europe will offer the USA Rail Pass which has a variety of options to provide travelers with significant savings on train travel.

Amtrak operates a nationwide rail network, serving more than 500 destinations in 46 states on over 21,000 miles of routes. It serves Canada with three routes: the Adirondack (Montreal – Albany – New York), Maple Leaf (Toronto – Albany – New York), and the Cascades (Vancouver, BC – Seattle – Portland). Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor is the busiest railroad in North America, with more than 2,600 trains operating each day. The Acela Express is the fastest train in North America, with a top speed of 150mph, and two classes of service: First and Business Class. Food service is available on most Amtrak trains with passengers on long distance trains enjoying sit-down meals in a dining car.

Rail Europe believes that the spirit of train travel is about enjoying the simple pleasures, respecting the environment and connecting with people, places and cultures. To book any of Rail Europe’s wide range of economical railpasses and point-to-point tickets on trains throughout Europe & North America, log on to Rail Europe’s web site for travel agents at agent.raileurope.com : or call Rail Europe at 1-888-382-7245 (U.S.) or 1-800-361-7245 (Canada).

To book European rail for groups of 10 or more, please contact our Group Department at www.raileurope.com/group-travel/group-travel.html : .

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Rail Europe Inc.Samina Sabir, 914-989-3385Public Relations
Manager pr@raileurope.com : mailto:pr@raileurope.com orAmtrakKarina

Romero, 202-906-3860Media Relations Manager mediarelations@amtrak.com : mailto:mediarelations@amtrak.com