3. Railway interoperability players

3.1 Partners and beneficiaries of rail transport

Within the limits imposed by the subject of this article, the main parties involved in rail interoperability as partners or beneficiaries are as follows:

• travellers, especially those with special needs such as people with reduced mobility;

• industries using railways to transport goods;

• multimodal or combined transport companies;

• suppliers of other modes of transport interfacing with rail, insofar as the interoperable exchange of data (timetables, ticketing) can create mutual benefits;

• energy suppliers (e.g. interoperability of traction energy billing data)....