Ctrip.com widens European reach to sell rail tickets in Germany

China's largest online travel operator hammers away at European ticketing monopolies

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Ctrip.com has launched rail ticketing services in Germany, the third European country it has entered.

CK Tan, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI - Ctrip.com, China's largest online travel operator, plans to sell rail tickets in Germany, ramping up its business in Europe where it already competes in the U.K. with KKR-backed Trainline.

The Shanghai-based group, which has a Nasdaq listing, has started offering ticketing services through TrainPal, a mobile app, in the third European market it has entered after the U.K. and Italy.

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