{"id":864,"date":"2026-05-13T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=864"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:39:36","slug":"eu-proposes-end-to-five-tabs-three-apps-and-a-prayer-for-cross-border-train-bookings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"EU proposes end to \u2018five tabs, three apps and a prayer\u2019 for cross-border train bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New rules would enable single-ticket bookings across multiple rail operators throughout Europe<\/p>\n<p>Cross-border train journeys through several European countries are the stuff of many a holidaymaker\u2019s dreams.<\/p>\n<p>But the reality of trying to buy the tickets, navigating multiple websites without knowing who can help if a connection is missed, can prove less than relaxing. As one MEP puts it, it can often require \u201cfive tabs, three apps and a prayer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/may\/13\/eu-proposal-cross-border-europe-train-bookings\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New rules would enable single-ticket bookings across multiple rail operators throughout Europe Cross-border train journeys through several European<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}