Fast rail link risks derailing Franco-German relations

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Series Details 30.7.10
Publication Date 30/07/2010
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Feature looks at the rising competition between France's SNCF and Germany's Deutsche Bahn, in particular with DB's ambitions to run services through to the United Kingdom through the Channel Tunnel.
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The Economist, 9.9.10: France and Germany go to war (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/335101-france-and-germany-go-war
Spiegel Online International, 19.10.10: High-Speed Train from Germany Rolls into London http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,724047,00.html
BBC News, 19.10.10: German rail firm DB competes for Channel Tunnel routes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11567753
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