On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:39:00 +0200, Josef Kleber
wrote:
>Martin schrieb:
>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:21:33 +0200, Frank Hucklenbroich
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Am Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:16:16 +0200 schrieb Earl Evleth:
>>>
>>>> My daughter who lived in Frankfurt for a couple of years had trouble
>>>> with getting a phone, it took a while. There is some illusion about
>>>> the Germans being efficient and hard working.
>>> The German Telecom is not really a good example for efficiancy :-)
>>>
>>> They used to be state-owned an run and it still shows (same as the railway
>>> over here).
>>
>> I saw somebody post that DB were bidding for one of the UK train franchises.
>
>It's "the" bristish cargo company EWS (~70% market share) And two
>spanish companies. And they announced to invest in eastern Europe in the
>next years. As they invested heavily in Transportation\Logistics all
>over europe and the world like DeutschePost\DHL. I have read some
>british rants about "the Germans" controlling european Logistics. ;-)
Today the Titfield Line. Tomorrow the World? Ignore him the guys are nuts.
>
>> If it's true, how can a subsidised
>
>Well, they are not really subsidised. They - as well as others - get
>payments for upholding a quality of service, which is ordered by the
>german Länder (states). The so called train kilometres increased
>drasticly over the last years because the Länder invited tenders (if my
>dictionary is correct! ;-) ) for more and more networks. Now mostly run
>by other train companies. Including better service and lower payments.
>
>> state owned loss making railway company do this?
>
>DB is making record profits. And the numbers are in the billions not
>just millions.
Time DB took over in UK, after all DB know all the train schedules, which is
more than some train companies do. :-)
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Martin
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