Rail Europe
“Can a 90-year-old European rail distribution brand become the dominant global travel tech platform for both consumers and B2B travel professionals by modernizing its digital payments and booking infrastructure?”
HQParis, France
IndustryMarketplace / Travel
The story
Rail Europe is a 90-year-old travel brand that has evolved from a traditional rail pass distributor into a global travel tech company. It now operates as a B2B2C platform serving over 15,000 travel professionals across 70 countries while also offering a direct-to-consumer booking website and app. The company has modernized its payments infrastructure by adopting Checkout.com to improve acceptance rates, security, and checkout performance.
Product timeline
2025
Rail Europe partners with Checkout.com, achieving 8% higher acceptance rate, 2.4 basis points lower chargeback rate, and 0.13 basis points fraud rate reduction.· payments
The stack
Payments / PSP
Accounting gap: none