Cross-country used to be very convenient before kerosene production increased, got distributed and aeroplanes range increased so that taxation of the fuel becam

Cross-country used to be very convenient before kerosene production increased, got distributed and aeroplanes range increased so that taxation of the fuel became impossible. You could book one nighttrain ticket from Stockholm to Paris straight and that had been possible since 1930 until ~1970! Now when the Swedish governement tries to revive the service they say they encounter resistance from the Germans who apparently don't want to let traffic just cross their territory for some reason? Political blame game? "In this case, one of the objections has been that the final destination of the traffic is not German. There are similar challenges with other countries. But if we are to have train traffic in the EU, we must accept and let traffic through, says Minister of Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth" https://www.dn.se/sverige/tyskland-stoppade-svensk-nattag-till-bryssel-ministrar-skriver-till-eu/ https://www.dn.se/sverige/tyskland-stoppade-svensk-nattag-ti... Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_Internationale_des_Wagons-Lits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_Internationale_des_W...