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Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).Ah, but that is not inevitable, merely bad regulation (which admittedly is often the rule). Obviously unregulated competetion on a... -
Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).RENFE I can see, but why is Trenitalia in a bad state?
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Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).Being strongly opposed to cherry-picking in rail competition, I do see your point.* However, you might need to allow competitors in on...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).I absolutely don't deny that operating conditions in France are more difficult than elsewhere, but most of it is either a political...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).It is. But Spain has enabled - real and fair - competition on the most important HSL, so they are in front of France here.
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Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).Well, it is a shambles now; hard to see how it could get worse (unlike the long-distance competition plans in Germany which likely...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread The joy of separate railway enterprises (complex fares in France).All of what you write is really an argument for why France is one of the prime countries in Europe that really, really need real...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread PKP Intercity non reservation compulsory services.… and hinder any attempt at competition… 8-)
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Austriantrain replied to the thread Quadruple track for Ireland, Dublin Connolly to Malahide.You don't need the space to be there already to quadruple. You just need to spend more (either to tunnel or to do compulsory purchases)...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread 1912 Vintage Electric Loco and Panoramic Coaches on Mariazellerbahn in Austria.About once a month, there is also a steam-hauled train using a class Mh (later ÖBB 399, now back to Mh), built for the Mariazellerbahn...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread Italo to compete in German high-speed market.Knowing Germany, there will likely be court proceedings now… I find it hard to see how on lines with an hourly base frequency, giving...
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Austriantrain replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.They and their competitors will, through user charges. Airports aren’t funded differently. It might be that the station operator doesn’t...