Eurail Adds New Countries to Its Rail Pass Range: More Options for Customers to Explore Europe in Depth

Eurail Adds New Countries to Its Rail Pass Range: More Options for Customers to Explore Europe in Depth

December 19, 2006

    UTRECHT, Netherlands, Nov. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
The EURAIL GROUP 
G.I.E. is offering its customers even more choice in
European rail travel by 
increasing its product range to include new passes and
country combinations 
from 2007.

    (Photo: 
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061127/235893 )

    Eurail's popular National Pass range, offering
travellers the 
possibility to discover a single country in depth, will
have more countries 
in its portfolio with Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and
Luxemburg), 
Croatia, Ireland, Italy and Portugal available from January
1, thereby 
increasing the total number of passes to 15.

    In addition, the Eurail Regional Pass, created three
years ago to allow 
unlimited travel in two bordering countries, will also have
new countries 
combinations on offer.  In 2007, customers will be able to
choose Austria and 
Hungary or Italy and Spain in addition to the 16 other
passes already 
available.

    "Eurail is adapting its pass range to match the
way many overseas 
visitors travel today," says Rene de Groot, Eurail's
Managing 
Director. "With holidays abroad getting shorter and
more frequent, many 
travellers have less time for extended journeys throughout
Europe, and our 
National and Regional passes will allow them to comfortably
explore one or 
two countries in depth in one trip. By adding these pass
options, we are 
offering our customers increasingly more choice and value
for money."

    In addition to the Eurail National and Regional Passes,
Eurail continues 
to offer the Eurail Select Pass, valid for 3, 4 or 5
bordering countries 
chosen by the traveller, as well as the original Eurailpass
(renamed to 
Eurail Global Pass), covering a total of 18 countries, for
people wishing to 
discover as much of Europe as possible.

    The EURAIL Group comprises 27 railways and shipping
lines, as well as 
several bonus partners. For more information about Eurail
and rail travel in 
Europe, go to http://www.Eurail.com .

    All Eurail products are available direct from
Eurail.com, from travel 
agents and from our authorized sales agents worldwide:

    * ACP Rail International, http://www.eurail-acprail.com
;
    * Flight Centre, flightcentre.com,
http://www.flightcentre.com ;
    * Gullivers Travel Associates,
http://www.gta-travel.com ;
    * Rail Europe, http://www.raileurope.com (North
America);
    * Rail Europe 4A, http://www.raileurope.fr/wheretobuy
(rest of 
      the world)


    For more information, please contact:

     Mrs Ana Dias e Seixas 
     Eurail Group G.I.E.
     Marketing Manager
     Tel:   [phone]
     Fax:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]


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