Alberto Mazzola, executive director of CER, a lobbying group representing European rail operators, said the EU should focus on simplifying ⁠the ​delivery of infrastructure rather than simplifying ​ticket sales. “If you don’t have the infrastructure,” Mazzola said, “selling tickets has very limited ​benefit.”

That…doesn’t really seem like an either-or decision. I can believe that CER wants the EU to facilitate rail infrastructure, but I don’t see how having a one-stop way for consumers to obtain tickets spanning rail systems is in any way incompatible with rail infrastructure issues.