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IIRC they take it more kindly than the French to have their public services be run by corporations
by ezst 2y ago
IIRC they take it more kindly than the French to have their public services be run by corporations
- n4r9 2y agoYeah true, in France the SNCF [0] both maintains and operates the railways. In most other EU countries (and the UK) the railway infrastructure is maintained and developed by a state-owned organisation and operated by a mixture of state-owned and private operators. In fact there are quite strict EU rules about tendering out railway services, which is one of the few things I dislike about it. Note that France has had true high-speed rail (>200kph) since the 80s, and the newer lines allow speeds exceeding 320kph. Denmark does not have any rail exceeding 200kph. The Netherlands has had high-speed rail since 2009, though I'm not sure if it's used by private operators. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF