Frans Timmermans on Twitter: "Europeans love to travel by rail, and this sector will play an important role in the #EUGreenDeal But sometimes it’s more complicated or more expensive to take a 🚆 than to get on a ✈️ Yesterday I met with railway ind

Europeans love to travel by rail, and this sector will play an important role in the

But sometimes it’s more complicated or more expensive to take a 🚆 than to get on a ✈️ Yesterday I met with railway industry CEOs to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead

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Great! Perhaps we also need more women in charge in the transport sector...😳

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Wat is Engels voor 'Excuus-Truus'?

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We also love to travel by plane ☺️☺️

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Speak for yourself. Between them, airlines, airports and regulators conspire to make air travel a miserable experience. Give me a train any day.

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Ça manque de femmes dans le secteur ferroviaire, je trouve.

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Ik ben Europeaan... overigens op de 2e plaats, op de 1e plaats Nederlander en reis helemaal NIET graag met de trein. Namens wie spreekt u zo'n eerste zin eigenlijk uit??

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So complicated that I haven't been able to find a single picture of any of the new

members hopping on a train? How do you normally travel between Belgium and the Netherlands Frans?

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Just looked and it takes three trains to make the two hour journey to his hometown of Heerlen which is a bit of a pain.

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Yes! Please talk about a uniformed booking system that's easy to use across the whole of Europe, booking options longer than 3 months upfront and affordable prices.

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Agree 100% Some of these rail CEOs could take a leaf out of the airlines when it comes to offering an easy booking process for customers