When the national railway companies from Belgium and the Netherlands in 2003 decided to start a joint venture to combine and integrate their strengths to make booking and travelling easier, benerail was born. Going outside comfort zones is the core of collaborating on mutual terms; for the benefit of travellers in Europe that embark on a cross country journey with a single ticket. Now, nearly two decades later, benerail is ready to connect all European destinations with the ambition to deliver climate-neutral travel in the 'flight shame zone' under 800 km.