INTRO: On June 1 German Railway’s subsidiary businesses were given the status of legally independent companies. This took Germany’s railway reform programme one step closer to privatisation, but the national railway is already facing competition for freight and regional passenger traffic. Ralf Roman Rossberg looks at the line-up of competitors
UNTIL NOW German Railway has had no on-rail competition for its long-distance passenger services. But on August 1 a subsidiary company, Metropolitan Express Train GmbH, launches a business class service with dedicated rolling stock on the Hamburg - K
