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Captain Train

The easiest way to buy train tickets in Europe. Acquired by Trainline for €200m

Overview

Captain Train provides an online booking platform and mobile apps to book train tickets without any hassles and at the best price. Combining the offers of a large number of rail companies, Captain Train already covers 19 European countries which allows travelers to book a huge variety of train tickets. The company was acquired by Trainline in March 2016

[caption id="attachment_46" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Captain Train cofounders[/caption]

History

2009 Cofounded by Jean-Daniel Guyot, Martin Ottenwaelter and Valentin Surrel

2012 Raised €1.4m in Seed funding

2013 Raised €2.5m in Series A funding

2014 Joined the Alven Family

2014 Raised €5.5m in Series B funding

2016 Acquired by Trainline

Website

Recent news

Captain Train and Trainline combine their strengths to become the European leader

Mar 15, 2016

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