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

November 28, 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.

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    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]

SOURCE  Eurail Group G.I.E.