Provider

Description

Railfinder: Slow Travel, Made Intuitive

Railfinder was created to address a recurring barrier in train travel across Europe: planning complexity. While rail is one of the most sustainable ways to move across the continent, organising a cross-border journey often requires navigating multiple websites, unclear connections, fragmented ticketing systems, and uncertain transfer times.

Railfinder brings these elements together in a single, human-centred platform. With one search, travellers can explore complete rail itineraries across Europe, including night trains, meaningful stopovers, and realistic transfer margins. Routes are presented using official operator data, with comfort classes, services, and ticket conditions shown as they are defined by each railway company.

Beyond booking, Railfinder also provides travel guides for key European destinations and thematic journeys, such as Alpine routes and seasonal escapes. These guides support a shift from destination-focused travel to journey-based travel, helping travellers experience distance, landscapes, and time differently.

Currently in active beta, Railfinder focuses on the DACH region and neighbouring countries, with ticketing available across Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Benelux, and major night-train networks. The team is transparent about current limitations and is continuously expanding operator coverage and features to make cross-border train travel easier and more reliable for a broad audience.

Where / Served area: Europe

Website: www.railfinder.eu

Why on TravaPowa: Railfinder aligns with TravaPowa’s mission by strengthening the practical foundations of slow, low-carbon mobility and making train travel a viable alternative to short-haul flights across Europe.

• It simplifies cross-border rail travel, lowering practical barriers to climate-friendly mobility and supporting a modal shift away from high-emission transport (SDG 13: Climate Action; SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities).
   
• It supports the resilience and visibility of European rail infrastructure, including night trains and regional lines, which are essential for a fair and integrated mobility transition (SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure).
   
• By offering transparent information on routes, timings, comfort levels, and limitations, it enables informed travel choices and promotes more responsible mobility consumption (SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production).

Railfinder contributes to a European travel ecosystem where slow travel is not niche or complex, but practical, accessible, and aligned with a more sustainable way of moving through territories

Take Action:  Want to enable impactful youth mobility and boost your CSR/ESG commitment on the topics of Slow Travel and reducing co2 emissions? Get in touch with the TravaPowa team.

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