Open-access operator

An open-access operator is a train operating company that is not subject to franchising, instead purchasing individual slots on the mainline from a railway infrastructure company.

By country

Austria

WESTbahn

Czech Republic

France

Germany

FlixTrain
Hamburg-Köln-Express took over by Flixtrain
Harz-Berlin-Express
Locomore route taken over by Leo Express

Italy

DB/ÖBB Italia
Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori
arenaways (failed in 2012)

Portugal

Takargo Rail
Comsa Rail Transport

Slovakia

RegioJet (all services except those on Bratislava — Komárno mainline, which are franchised)

Slovenia

Adria transport

Sweden

Blå Tåget
MTR Express^[1]
Saga Rail
Snälltåget (Transdev) (Malmö - Stockholm - Åre)
TÅGAB

United Kingdom

In development

Reference: Network Rail ^[2]

Formerly in development

First Harrogate Trains
On Route Logistics (company dissolved)^[3]
Platinum Trains
Rutland Rail (company dissolved)^[4]

Future operators

East Coast Trains (starts May 2021)
Great North Western Railway (starts September 2019)

Former operators

Heathrow Connect (absorbed by TFL Rail May 2018)
Wrexham & Shropshire (defunct January 2011)

References

↑ "MTR launches open access inter-city service". Railway Gazette International. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
↑ http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/2369.aspx
↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC261194
↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06689679

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