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Title: The EU is offering teenagers a free Interrail pass this summer Post by: grahame on May 02, 2019, 16:41:22 From Cosmopolitain (https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/campus/a19296344/eu-free-interrail-pass-summer/)
Quote You might have relied on cheap flights to get your European holiday fix, but train travel could be about to make a resurgence. If there's one unexpected bonus from the delay to Brexit, it's the chance to get nab a free rail ticket if you're an 18-year-old British citizens. DiscoverEU, an initiative set up by the European Union, wants to offer teenagers the chance to“experience Europe’s diversity, better understand each other and learn more about Europe”. Title: Re: The EU is offering teenagers a free Interrail pass this summer Post by: Bmblbzzz on May 02, 2019, 18:17:28 This is all the more impressive because some years ago, to celebrate the 50th (I think?) anniversary of Interrail, the EU Parliament suggested the very same thing but it was rejected by the Commission as being too expensive.
Edit: It was the 40th. Quote In 2012 the 40th anniversary was celebrated with a free party on the Superfast ferry from Ancona to Patras with a swimming pool and DJs. An initiative by the European Parliament to offer all 18-year-olds a free InterRail pass to promote European unity was rejected by the European Commission in 2017 because of the price of 1.5 billion euros. https://retours.eu/en/43-interrail-posters/Title: Re: The EU is offering teenagers a free Interrail pass this summer Post by: stuving on May 02, 2019, 19:09:55 This is all the more impressive because some years ago, to celebrate the 50th (I think?) anniversary of Interrail, the EU Parliament suggested the very same thing but it was rejected by the Commission as being too expensive. Edit: It was the 40th. Quote In 2012 the 40th anniversary was celebrated with a free party on the Superfast ferry from Ancona to Patras with a swimming pool and DJs. An initiative by the European Parliament to offer all 18-year-olds a free InterRail pass to promote European unity was rejected by the European Commission in 2017 because of the price of 1.5 billion euros. https://retours.eu/en/43-interrail-posters/Yes, but ... it's limited to 20,000 in all and 2,500 in Britain; total cost €12M. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |