Dear Locomore friends,
since 14.12.2016, Locomore has seen 70,000 passengers on board. Especially on Fridays and Sundays, our goal of 1,000 daily passengers has been achieved. Many customers are happy to see new colours and more choice in the German long distance market. Product features such as the upmarket organic coffee set new standards that can no longer be denied by competitors. Aligned with our goal to bring more customers on rails, many of our passengers have indeed found their way to Locomore from other modes of transport.
Final Summer Schedule.
Locomore CEO presented the final Locomore summer schedule in Berlin today. From 6.4.2017, Locomore operates on 6 days per week with daily operation in weeks with public holidays. However, this also means that Locomore will not have daily operations throughout the year, as planned before. The reason is that the results of the first months show that days with low demand in the market are very though for a new competitor like Locomore. Therefore, it is economically not reasonable to run 7/7 throughout the year. Concentrating on peak days, we aim for break-even during summer months. Customers that have already booked a ticket for one of the trains which doesn't run, can rebook cancel their ticket free of charge and will be informed via email today. That email contains further informations.
Fleet growth for peak season.
On peak days, we have already been sold out on many days. Therefore, we rented 4 additional former IR-coaches. We can therefore run with up to 10 coaches per train throughout summer.
New Connection: Berlin - Dortmund/Düsseldorf/Cologne starting in 2018
The next connection Locomore is planning to launch runs from Berlin to Hannover, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Cologne. We plan to start operation in spring 2018.
Best wishes from the Locomore-team in Berlin