https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/tags/tag/silverrail/ Silverrail News en Breaking Travel News Copyright 2026 2026-04-19T10:23:18+00:00 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/expedia-set-to-acquire-majority-of-silverrail-technologies/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/expedia-set-to-acquire-majority-of-silverrail-technologies/ Expedia and SilverRail Technologies have entered into a definitive agreement in which Expedia will acquire a majority stake in SilverRail. SilverRail set out to solve rail’s most challenging technology problems and has been an important Expedia industry partner, helping to bring online booking for rail to customers. Mon, 22 May 2017 06:58:35 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-urges-uk-train-passengers-to-move-online/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-urges-uk-train-passengers-to-move-online/ SilverRail has revealed behavioural trends of UK travellers when purchasing rail tickets and highlights a number of opportunities for the industry. Data included in the company’s first Market Insight Report indicates that only 20 per cent of all UK rail tickets purchased in 2015 were through online channels, despite growth in online sales over the past seven years. Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:04:52 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-appoints-new-head-of-uk-operations/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-appoints-new-head-of-uk-operations/ SilverRail has announced the appointment of David Pitt as head of UK operations. In this new role, Pitt will be responsible for SilverRail’s growing number of opportunities with the UK train operating companies. Cameron Jones, chief commerical officer at SilverRail, said: “We are thrilled to welcome David to the team. Having contracted for the last 13 years for many large-scale businesses, it is great that David has found his niche at SilverRail and wants to join us for the long run.” Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:31:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-travel-partnership-with-deem/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-travel-partnership-with-deem/ SilverRail has announced an extension of its partnership with Deem, a leading mobile and cloud technology provider for the business travel industry. SilverRail’s platform, SilverCore, provides a single integrated service that solves the complexity involved in selling rail. Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:14:47 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-partnership-with-concur-for-european-travel/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-partnership-with-concur-for-european-travel/ SilverRail has announced a new three year partnership with Concur, a provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions and services. Over the next coming months, using SilverRail’s API technology, Concur will be able to connect its corporate travel customers to European rail content across multiple markets, enhancing their OBT offering in a number of new markets. Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:24:21 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-launches-new-partnership-with-nutravel/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-launches-new-partnership-with-nutravel/ SilverRail has announced a new partnership with nuTravel. With SilverRail’s pioneering SilverCore technology, nuTravel, the US based travel technology firm providing travel booking technology solutions, is able to connect it’s corporate travel customers to VIA Rail content for the first time. Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:26:13 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-egenica-for-us-rail-expansion/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-egenica-for-us-rail-expansion/ SilverRail has announced an extension of its partnership with Egencia, the business travel brand of Expedia, Inc. Egencia has used SilverRail’s API and expertise to supply its corporate customers’ Amtrak bookings in the US since 2010. Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:53:51 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-distribution-deal-with-stagecoach-group/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-distribution-deal-with-stagecoach-group/ SilverRail has signed a new partnership with Stagecoach Group. Stagecoach Group is one of the UK’s biggest and most experienced rail operators, carrying over 278 million passengers each year – meaning nearly one in five people in the UK use their services across the country. Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:55:44 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/traveline-cymru-brings-silverrail-technology-to-online-channels/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/traveline-cymru-brings-silverrail-technology-to-online-channels/ SilverRail has enabled Traveline Cymru to deliver a greatly improved customer journey planning experience across all of their online channels. The updated journey planning environment streamlines the processing and management of timetable and mapping data for all modes of transport across the Traveline network. Fri, 06 May 2016 05:40:50 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-wanderu-deal-to-bring-canadian-rail-to-consumers/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-signs-wanderu-deal-to-bring-canadian-rail-to-consumers/ SilverRail has signed a new partnership with Wanderu, enabling its customers to book trips to 340+ destinations throughout Canada with VIA Rail. Wanderu is a ground travel meta-search website and mobile app that allows users to find and book the best deals on bus and train travel throughout North America. This partnership with SilverRail enables Wanderu to extend its service across Canada to now include rail bookings. Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:13:05 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-powers-new-govia-rail-companies-booking-engine/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-powers-new-govia-rail-companies-booking-engine/ SilverRail has launched a new partnership with Govia’s rail companies supporting their On Track Retail booking engine. The rail companies have more than 27 per cent share of the UK rail market with 6,000 daily train services and 12,600 employees. Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:07:21 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-technologies-signs-partnership-with-expedia/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-technologies-signs-partnership-with-expedia/ SilverRail Technologies and the Expedia group have signed a strategic technology partnership to power Expedia’s global expansion in the rail business. Rail is an increasingly popular mode of regional transport throughout Europe and Asia. According to Phocuswright, rail is now the fastest growing sector in travel, with over €30 billion in rail tickets sold in Europe alone. Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:13:22 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-launches-future-of-rail-manifesto/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-launches-future-of-rail-manifesto/ SilverRail Technologies, the innovative technology business dedicated to supporting train companies to attract, interact and transact with their customers, has today launched its manifesto for the future of rail. The rail industry is primed to overtake air. High speed rail travel, continental deregulation and internationalisation have all signalled a step change in the way that rail operates. Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:11:56 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-report-uncovers-tremendous-rail-tech-potential/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-report-uncovers-tremendous-rail-tech-potential/ A new report entitled “Rethinking Rail” has found rail bookings in Europe’s key markets topped €31 billion in 2014 – approximately double the amount spent on low-cost airline tickets. However, despite the growing market for rail travel, the industry has failed (unlike flight and hotel search) to exploit online, user-friendly booking procedures. Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:52:49 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/pass-consulting-expands-rail-offering-with-silverrail-deal/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/pass-consulting-expands-rail-offering-with-silverrail-deal/ PASS Consulting Group has integrated SilverRail’s rail search and booking platform into its travel management system greatly expanding its rail offer. In addition to Deutsche Bahn, PASS clients can now book rail travel in the USA, Canada, UK, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Italy and Sweden through one standardised system. Wed, 22 Apr 2015 05:06:30 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/amtrak-links-with-silverrail-in-three-year-deal/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/amtrak-links-with-silverrail-in-three-year-deal/ Amtrak, the US national rail carrier, has extended its partnership with SilverRail for a further three years. Under the agreement, SilverRail, the developer of the first global distribution platform specialising in passenger rail, will continue to distribute tickets for Amtrak’s entire network to customers all over the world. Tue, 27 May 2014 08:56:19 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-raises-40m-in-funding-to-advance-global-rail-ticketing/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-raises-40m-in-funding-to-advance-global-rail-ticketing/ SilverRail, the global leader in passenger rail search and distribution technologies, today announced it has raised $40m in Series C funding to accelerate the integration of global rail carriers, continue building next generation search technology, and expand carrier IT solutions. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 06:00:51 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-travelsavers-ink-new-partnership/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-travelsavers-ink-new-partnership/ Travelsavers, an international network of over 3,000 independently owned full service travel agencies in 30 countries, will roll out SilverAgent Pro to its team of agents in Ireland and the UK. SilverAgent Pro, SilverRail’s web based booking application, allows Travelsavers’ agents to search, book and pay for domestic and international rail travel for their customers easily and consistently, providing a viable, greener alternative to air travel on many short haul routes. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 18:45:08 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-appoints-vice-president-business-development/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-appoints-vice-president-business-development/ SilverRail Technologies, the developer of the first global distribution platform specialising in passenger rail, has appointed Alain van West as Vice President Business Development. A specialist in international travel sales and distribution, van West was previously the Director of Large Market Sales at American Express.  His appointment comes at a time when SilverRail is undertaking a robust programme to sign on more train operating companies to its simplified rail ticketing system, SilverCore. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:00:08 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-secures-15-million-in-new-funding/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-secures-15-million-in-new-funding/ SilverRail Technologies, the company behind the global rail ticketing platform SilverCore, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The investment accelerates SilverRail’s vision of making passenger rail travel as easy to book as airline tickets. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:47:28 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/ebookers-links-with-silverrail-for-new-rail-holiday-ideas/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/ebookers-links-with-silverrail-for-new-rail-holiday-ideas/ Online travel agent ebookers has announced a partnership with SilverRail Technologies to offer domestic and international rail holiday ideas on its websites. ebookers plans to offer stand-alone rail as well as packaged rail journeys including hotels and other travel products. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:11:33 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-offers-integrated-international-rail-bookings-technology/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-offers-integrated-international-rail-bookings-technology/ SilverRail Technologies has announced its rail search and ticketing platform SilverCore will integrate multiple rail connections from around the world into a single booking system. This platform removes the complexity of selling rail by allowing customers to search and buy tickets for multi-country journeys with two or more train operators in a single booking. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:58:37 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/getthere-signs-with-silverrail/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/getthere-signs-with-silverrail/ GetThere and SilverRail Technologies have signed an agreement where the latter will deliver global rail content including additional European rail providers to the former. Thu, 12 May 2011 16:14:13 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-technologies-secures-5-million-investment/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/silverrail-technologies-secures-5-million-investment/ SilverRail Technologies, the Boston and London based technology provider of passenger rail ticketing solutions, has announced an injection of $5 million (USD). Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:30:26 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/orbitz-for-business-adds-online-rail-search-with-silverrail-partnership/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/orbitz-for-business-adds-online-rail-search-with-silverrail-partnership/ Orbitz for Business, the corporate travel group of Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW), today announced a new partnership with SilverRail Technologies, the leader in online search and booking solutions specializing in passenger rail transportation. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:39:52 +0000