not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources captain train news newspapers books scholar jstor free images june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message captain train founded may 2009 2009 05 founder jean daniel guyot martin ottenwaelter valentin surrel headquarters paris france area served europe key people jean daniel guyot ceo ; daniel beutler coo products train tickets services online travel agency number of employees 60 2016 website www.captaintrain.com captain train previously capitaine train 1 is a french online travel agency which provides a booking platform for purchasing train tickets in europe . through either its web interface or mobile apps customers can purchase tickets for a variety of european rail operators sncf including its subsidiaries ouigo idtgv and ouibus deutsche bahn except for citynightline trains renfe eurostar thalys lyria trenitalia italo thello trenord and hkx at the same price as if bought from the official website of each party including recognition of applicable loyalty cards or vouchers and with e ticket support . the company was founded in may 2009 after the sncf s online service voyages sncf.com was opened to resellers with the purpose of providing the simplest possible interface primarily for the purchase of train tickets and without any advertising . for the first two years it was private and then invitation only during beta testing . 2 the service was made publicly available in october 2012 . 3 at first it was accessible only through the web application ; an app for ios became available in late october 2013 4 and an android app in march 2014 . 5 6 in 2015 the service reached approximately 1.3 million users . 7 in april 2016 the number reached 1.6 million . contents 1 service 2 history 3 references 4 external links service edit the service requires the creation of a user account which allows tickets to be saved and pre booked for a certain amount of time without requiring payment . 8 it also stores applicable fare information such as age and loyalty cards 9 in addition to preferences and patterns of travel such as comfort class and frequently searched for destinations . the customer can then compare itineraries between any two stations served by the included railway services and reserve buy or cancel tickets . the service prefers e tickets 10 where available over traditional physical tickets . any vouchers or coupons offered by carriers are accepted for payment . once a ticket is booked it is saved in the user account which can be accessed via web interface or one of the service s respective apps . captain train can be accessed either via a web application which is compatible with tablet browsers running either ios or android 11 or via apps for ios or android smartphones . 6 captain train covers the following railway companies sncf including its subsidiaries ouigo idtgv and ouibus deutsche bahn renfe eurostar thalys lyria trenitalia italo and thello . its service therefore covers all of france germany italy spain and extends into all neighbouring countries the uk belgium the netherlands luxembourg denmark sweden poland the czech republic hungary austria slovenia switzerland . the service is available in french english german spanish and italian . captain train works through the carriers own reservation systems for all searches and transactions ; it acts strictly as an intermediary between them and passengers and does not hold the tickets which it buys and resells . prices are those charged by the carriers with no added service charge ; captain train receives a commission from the carrier on each ticket sale . history edit captain train was created by three young engineers jean daniel guyot martin ottenwaelter and valentin surrel . 12 finding voyages sncf.com insufficiently intuitive to use they aimed to create an easy to use advertising free ticket booking service . on 5 february 2009 the french national competition regulator the autorit de la concurrence found sncf in breach of the code of commerce for unequal treatment of travel agencies and ordered the railway to pay 5 000 000 euro in fines . 12 13 this led to a relaxation of access requirements for the sncf s reservation systems and the project that became captain train was launched three days later on 8 february . in may 2009 el gantes solutions sas later to be renamed capitaine train sas became licensed as a travel agency and began negotiations and testing to enable the necessary access to the sncf reservation systems . a request for full access including post sale processing was made in april 2010 14 but received no response . a contract for full access was finally signed in june 2010 15 after an update of voyages sncf.com and access became effective six weeks later in mid july . in october 2010 a closed beta version was made available to the developers family members . in march 2011 access became available by invitation only . 12 16 captain train began selling idtgv tickets in august 2011 12 lun a tickets in december 2011 17 and deutsche bahn tickets for travel in germany and france in may 2012 . the company raised 1.4 million euro in venture capital funds in february 2012 2.5 million euro in june 2013 and 5.5 million euro in december 2014 . 18 the service was made publicly available in october 2012 . 3 the iphone app was released in october 2013 and the android app in march 2014 . 4 5 6 in july 2014 captain train began selling thello tickets and in october it also added the italian rail operators trenitalia and italo to its network coverage . the service revised its management team at the end of 2014 and appointed daniel beutler as the new coo . 19 in july 2014 the company released an app for the android wear watch making it the first rail transport app to do so . 20 in april 2015 the service also released an app for the apple watch . 21 in march 2016 the company was bought by the british company trainline . 22 references edit notre nom prend l eurostar on captain train s blog capitaine train la start up qui r volutionne la vente de billets de train sur internet press communication of captain train april 2nd 2011 a b le site ouvre ses portes au public on the blog of captain train 8 october 2012 a b l application iphone capitaine train est disponible sur l app store on the company s blog 30 october 30 2013 a b capitaine train d barque sur android captain train s blog 25 march 2014 a b c l application capitaine train est disponible sur android gizmodo 25 march 2014 a look back 2015 in numbers on captain train blog 19 january 2016 . can i pre book my tickets and pay later captain train help section 20 january 2015 how do i add my discount or rail card captain train help section 12 march 2015 how will i receive and print my tickets captain train help section 7 may 2015 capitaine train sur l ipad et les tablettes android captain train blog 30 april 2013 a b c d capitaine train signe avec la deutsche bahn press release captain train 14 may 2012 d cision du 5 f vrier 2009 relative des pratiques mises en uvre par la sncf et expedia inc. dans le secteur de la vente de voyages en ligne autorit de la concurrence voyages sncf une agence saisit l autorit de la concurrence l cho touristique 3 june 2010 capitaine train rame pour lancer son site frein e par voyages sncf tourmag.com 7 june 2010 capitaine train la start up qui r volutionne la vente de billets de train sur internet press release captain train 2 april 2011 lun a les trains de nuit sur capitaine train captain train blog 19 december 2011 capitaine train raises 5.5 m to accelerate growth press release captain train 2 december 2014 le futur captain train blog 2 december 2014 android wear capitaine train on your wrist captain train blog 31 july 2014 capitaine train for apple watch captain train blog 24 april 2015 lunden ingrid ; 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