Services on the Berlin-Stuttgart line would resume on August 24th, Flixbus said in a statement, adding that tickets could be booked through the Flixbus network. To mark the resumption of Locomore's services, Flixbus said it was offering long-distance train tickets from €9.90 while charging five euros for shorter stretches. Passengers who had contributed to the crowd-funding effort would receive free tickets, Flixbus said. Germany's rail sector was liberalised in 1994 but remains dominated by Deutsche Bahn, which carries more than 5.5 million passengers a day and accounts for 99 percent of all long-distance rail journeys. The Locomore rescue is not the first time Flixbus and Leo Express have teamed up.

Source: The Local August 16, 2017 13:25 UTC