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Piggyback in favour after Mont-Blanc tunnel fire

By and Murray Hughes1999-05-01T10:00:00

RARELY indeed do road accidents attract significant media attention. But the catastrophic fire in the 11·6 km Franco-Italian Mont-Blanc road tunnel on March 24 certainly did - despite the dominance of Balkan war coverage. It also prompted serious calls for much more European freight to be moved by rail. Among ...

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