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      • Germany

      • ICE Brussels - Frankfurt
      • Japan

      • Friendly Airport Limousine
      • Hokuriku Arch Pass
      • JR-EAST Passes
      • JR Kyushu Passes
      • JR-WEST Haruka Ticket
      • Austria

      • ÖBB Tickets
      • Netherlands - Belgium

      • BeNe Netherlands – Belgium
      • Thalys
      • ICE Brussels - Frankfurt

      • United Kingdom

      • Avanti West Coast
      • Great Western Railway
      • London North Eastern Railway
      • National Express
      • TransPennine Express
      • Spain

      • Renfe E-tickets
      • Canada

      • VIA Rail Canada
      • Sweden

      • SJ Tickets

      • USA

      • Michigan Flyer
      • Virgin Trains USA (Brightline)
      • Italy

      • Trenitalia
      • Czech Republic

      • Czech Rail
      • Norway

      • Vy

      • France

      • SNCF
      • Korea

      • Korail
      • Switzerland

      • SBB Train Tickets
      • SBB Passes
  • Partners
      • Avanti West Coast – UK
      • Bene – Belgium
      • CD – Czech railway
      • EJR – East Japan Rail Company
      • Friendly Airport Limousine - Japan
      • Great Western Rail – UK
      • JR Kyushu – Japan
      • JR West – Japan
      • Korail – Korea
      • London North Eastern Railway – UK
      • Michigan Flyer – USA
      • National Express – UK
      • NS – Dutch Railway
      • ÖBB – Austrian Railways
      • Renfe – Spain
      • SBB – Swiss Federal Railways
      • SJ – Swedish Railways
      • SNCB – Belgian Railways
      • SNCF
      • Thalys – Netherlands, Belgium
      • TransPennine Express – UK
      • Trenitalia – Italy
      • VIA Rail – Canada
      • Vy – Norway
  • General Information
  • GDS Distribution
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GDS Distribution

– AccesRail Products
– Distribution Method
– GDS Primary Screen
– Availability Display
– Fares Display
– PNR Display
– Ticketing
– Great potential with Airlines
– Network Expansion
– Benefits for airlines
– Customer benefits
– Travel Agents benefits
– Settlement BSP
– System setup
– GDS contracts

AccesRail Products

  • Point-to-Point Travel
    Direct Trips
    Multiple segments with connecting points
  • Railway Passes
    Consecutive Days Passes
    Flexi Passes
  • Tour Products
    Combination Tours
    Multimodal Trips

Distribution Method

  • Airline-style reservation and ticketing on the GDS primary screens
  • Travel agents issue railway tickets the same way as they do airline tickets
  • Participating railways are presented under the AccesRail carrier code “9B” allowing for through-ticketing in a common PNR

GDS Primary Screen

  • Availability displays
  • Fares displays
  • Reservation and PNR creation process
  • Ticketing as for airlines

Availability Display

  • Railways in Direct Competition with Airlines
  • Railways Connecting to Airlines
  • Rail-only Point-to-Point and Passes
  • Due to our longer travel times we are rarely first on displays where we compete with air but on top where there is no competition

Fares Display

  • Air-Rail integrated display
  • Given railway lower fares, our products show up first on this display

PNR Display

  • Air-Rail integrated display

Ticketing

  • Normal GDS ticketing commands
  • Normal GDS ticketing procedures
  • Normal Airline ticket stock

Great potential with Airlines

  • One of the happy discoveries of the AccesRail development has been the airline interest in having Interline Agreements with us
  • Hub and spoke concept applied to air/rail
  • Added value of intermodality with airport express train links

Network Expansion



Benefits for airlines

  • Network expansion opportunities at no real cost
  • Network consolidation opportunities with minimum passenger loss
  • Better service to existing customers
  • Better load factor at lower cost
  • Maintain a strong competitive position

Customer benefits

  • Thru fare
  • One ticket
  • Complete itinerary
  • May easily be included in loyalty program

Travel Agents benefits

  • One PNR
  • Same ticket stock only one ticket bin
  • Same booking and ticketing process no special training
  • Same back office procedures I.e. management information, customer accounting systems etc.
  • More product to offer and satisfy the customer

Settlement BSP




System setup

  • Railways File with AccesRail:
    – Train schedules
    – Origin/Destination fares
    – Pricing rules
    – Fare applicability period
    – Advance purchase
    – Travel restrictions etc.
  • AccesRail distributes schedule and pricing data to GDS’s

GDS contracts

  • AccesRail now has agreements with:
    Abacus
    Amadeus
    Apollo
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    Galileo
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     Sita sita
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    Worldspan
  • italo
  • thalys
  • jr east
  • jr kyushu

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If you need any assistance, please contact our client service department by email at info@accesrail.com or by phone at 1 (514) 904-2611 or toll-free from USA & Canada at 1 (866) 817-6383.

In operation for more than 20 years, AccesRail is an IATA Travel Partner with its own carrier code (9B) and its own airline accounting code (450). AccesRail is present on most GDSs around the world, making it possible to book air and rail on the same itinerary. Like any airline, our rail inventory can be purchased and ticketed in the airline primary screen display of GDSs. Travel agents, railways, airlines and consumers benefit from AccesRail's expertise in the intermodal travel experience.

Contacts

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8375 rue Bougainville, Suite 100
Montreal, Quebec
H4P 2G5, Canada

Tel: +1 514-733-4962
Fax: +1 514-733-5541

Email: Info@AccesRail.com

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