new delhi air india passengers will now be able to access seamless travel by train and bus to over 100 cities in europe on a single ticket getting the same baggage allowance on the other modes as offered by it the tata group airline has entered into an intermodal interline agreement with accesrail to boost connectivity options for ai guests across europe including smaller cities without airports the pact will allow ai passengers to travel on a single intermodal ticket and take seamless onground train and bus connections to more than 100 cities and towns in austria belgium germany czech republic hungary italy and the uk via its european gateways of amsterdam birmingham london heathrow london gatwick milan and vienna accesrail is an iata travel partner with its own designator code 9b making intermodal journeys on a single ticket possibleai chief commercial and transformation officer nipun aggarwal said the expansion of our global network is one of our key priorities in the ongoing comprehensive transformation of air india this partnership with accesrail not only helps us to provide our guests easy access to an extended network of destinations across europe but also to bridge the gaps in connectivity between india and europe augmenting our network with an intermodal approach also underlines our commitment to environmental sustainabilityaccesrail vp business development andrew popescu said we are excited to be launching our air indiaaccesrail cooperation and look forward to continuing with ai on a global scale with so many of our intermodal rail and coach partners through this enhanced accesrail partnership air india will be able to now and in the future offer its customers more destinations and more possibilities in a more seamless fashionaccesrails network of rail and bus operators for air india include avanti west coast uk great western railways uk london north eastern railways uk national express uk trenitalia italy bb austrian railways austria sncb belgian railways and thalys netherlandsbelgium currently intermodal tickets with air india are available for booking through travel agents globally the airline also plans to extend the facility to its own sales channels progressively ai said in a statement