01 February 2008 Europe

PRIVATISING GONE MAD

When is a privatised railway not a private railway? Answer: when it is sold to a government-owned buyer. Incredibly (at first glance), the Chiltern Trains company in England has been bought by the German state railway Deutsche Bahn (DB). What is even more bizarre: it outbid NS (Nederlandsche Spoorwe

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