Railteam, the alliance of European high-speed rail operators, has shelved plans for a Europe-wide common booking system because of increasing costs.

欧洲高速铁路组织者铁路联盟，因为成本的增加，将横贯欧洲的公用订票系统废置。

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The system would have allowed customers to book tickets for Europe-wide rail journeys in a single transaction（交易，处理）.

The platform was due to be unveiled this year, but has been scrapped²（废置） for the foreseeable future, according to Eurostar.

Railteam's other members include Thalys, SNCF and Deutsche Bahn.

"All seven high-speed operators thought the platform would be a good idea but once we started looking at the system in detail we realised that it would be very complicated and therefore extremely expensive." said Lesley Retallack from Eurostar.

At present, although travellers can book some Europe-wide tickets through the individual websites of Railteam's members, passengers often receive more than one ticket for journeys onward³ from the carriers' normal routes.

The new system would have created a one-stop-shop for tickets for complete high-speed journeys across Europe.