Regional and suburban railways are the 'unspectacular' side of the rail business. Stakeholders tend to showcase fancy high speed stations and 'bullet' trains offering a service competing successfully with airlines for medium-distance travel. It undoubtedly has contributed to raise the image and profile of railways, but the lion’s share of the rail business is made up of commuters and local travellers. They represent 90% of railway passengers in Europe. This is 10 times more than air travel in Europe[1], and yet, this railway activity is largely under-estimated and under-exposed in media and European policy making.