PassageGold launches Rail Europe sales agency

PassageGold Travel Agency Limited has been appointed as Rail Europe General Sales Agent (GSA) in Nigeria for the exclusive distribution of rail tickets and rail passes covering over 11,000 routes in 28 countries within Europe.

The coverage also extends to non-European rail products in Canada, Australia, Japan and South Korea, thereby offering Nigerians a one-stop shop for access to rail fares, schedules and maps of all European train networks.

Director of Marketing, George Anyanwu, said the company decided to partner with Rail Europe due to a growing demand of Nigerian customers for alternative and affordable travel within Europe and beyond via rail services.

Anyanwu observed that before now, customers who wanted to travel via train experienced difficulty in booking the train tickets and passes from Nigeria, but can now do so effortlessly via the Rail Europe GSA for both paper and etickets.

The director said that he had personally found it difficult to book a rail service with its attendant inconveniences, hence the company’s decision to partner with Rail Europe in an effort to make the service readily available to Nigerian customers.

Rail Europe’s Sales Manager – Africa, Middle East, Central Asia & India, Alexis Darne, noted that rail travel competed favourably with air transport and was a plausible choice for discerning travelers who know the many benefits that go with it.

Darne noted that rail travel had greater and flexible baggage allowance, connects major cities and airports, saves money, offers more comfort and access to Wi-Fi as well as various onboard services, an unrivaledlled view of landscapes and scenic beauty of many regions as well as being punctual and family friendly whereby children can travel free on trains up to eleven years old around Europe and 15 years old in Switzerland on passes among others.