7 Amendments of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2017/0237(COD)
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Railway undertakings should facilitate the transfer of rail passengers from one operator to another by the provision of through-tickets, whenever possible. In particular, through-tickets should be considered whenever, according to the time schedules, known at the time of the purchase of the ticket, there is time for the passenger to transfer between one service to another.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘through-ticket’ means a ticket or separate tickets representing a single transport contract for successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings;, , forming part of an end-to- end journey,
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Railway undertakings and ticket vendors offering transport contracts on behalf of one or more railway undertakings shall provide the passenger, upon request, with at least the information set out in Annex II, Part I in relation to the journeys for which a transport contract is offered by the railway undertaking concerned. For this purpose, railway undertakings shall provide this information to ticket vendors and other railway undertakings, selling their service. Ticket vendors offering transport contracts on their own account, and tour operators, shall provide this information where available.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Railway undertakings and, where possible, ticket vendors shall provide the passenger during the journey , including at connecting stations, with at least the information set out in Annex II, Part II. The same shall apply to ticket vendors except in cases where they do not have the possibility to connect with the passenger and inform him/her. For the purpose of this paragraph, railway undertaking shall provide information set out in Annex II, Part II to ticket vendors and other railway undertakings, selling its service.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where there is no ticket office or accessivailable ticketing machine in the station of departure, passengers shall be permitted to buy tickets on board the train, or upon their arrival at no extra cost. The same applies to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility shall be permitted to buywhere there is no tickets on board the train at no extra costffice or accessible ticketing machine.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Where a passenger receives separate tickets for a single journey comprising successive railway services operated by one or more railway undertakings, his rights to information, assistance, care and compensation shall be equivalent to those under a through-ticket and cover the whole journey from the departure to the final destination, unless the passenger is explicitly informed otherwise in writing. Such information shall in particular state that when the passenger misses a connection, he or she would not be entitled to assistance or compensation based on the total length of the journey. The burden of proof that the information was provided shall lie with the railway undertaking, its agent, tour operator or ticket vendor.
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of point (b) of paragraph 1, cin case of missed connection due to delay or cancellation, of an earlier leg of the passenger’s journey, the passenger shall be allowed to take the next service available in order to reach his/her final planned destination. Comparable re-routing may be operated by any railway undertaking and may involve the use of transport of a higher class and alternative modes of transport without generating additional costs to the passenger. Railway undertakings shall make reasonable efforts to avoid additional connections. The total travel time when using an alternative mode of transport for the part of the journey not completed as planned shall be comparable to the scheduled travel time of the original journey. Passengers shall not be downgraded to transport facilities of a lower class unless such facilities are the only re-routing means available.