EU analysis, cross-posted to Blogactiv
After having been stuck again this morning due to lack of collaboration between EU rail firms, I started to wonder: can liberalisation of EU rail actually ever work? And, were it to ever work, what are the prerequisites to making it work? The blog entry tries to at least pose the questions that would need to […]
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EU Politics, Rail liberalisation, Railways, Transport, Violeta Bulc |
So apparently this morning Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, has announced that security gates will be built to access Thalys trains: Trains: @RoyalSegolene annonce sur @FranceInter que des portiques pour le #Thalys seront installés à Lille et Paris avant le 20 décembre. — Julien Migaud-Muller (@jul_mm) November 24, 2015 De Telegraaf …
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DB, EU Politics, ICE, Paranoia, Security, Ségolène Royal, SNCF, Terrorism, TGV, Thalys, Transport |
02/11/2015
In recent years it may not have been the most glamourous service, but 2 direct trains a day connected the three capitals of the EU – Brussels to Strasbourg, via Luxembourg. This is the DB Reiseauskunft search for 2nd April 2016 (note 0 changes – just the classification of the train changes at the border): …
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Brussels, EU Politics, High Speed Rail, LGV Est, SNCB, SNCF, Strasbourg, TGV, Transport |
05/10/2015
Dear Violeta, I have had plenty of time to contemplate this postcard to you. Most of the day in fact, as I’ve wasted that long trying to get to the bottom of what ought to be a rather simple cross-border railway problem. Later this week – on Thursday 8th October – I am due to …
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Berlin, Brussels, Deutsche Bahn, EU Politics, Eurostar, London, Rail Postcards, Rail Travel, SNCB, Strikes, Transport, Violeta Bulc |
On 4th June 2015 – as so often – I took the train from Berlin …
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Idealistic European with a British passport. Member of the Grüne in Germany. Campaigner, consultant, blogger. Writes about EU, DE, UK and tech. Train traveller.
