Five "innovative" projects in France to save branch lines, but what's the point?

In the Newsletter this week
Analysis: Ferromobile, Flexy, EcoTrain, Draisy and TELLi - France's efforts to save branch lines
Jon elsewhere this week: Europapodcast-Folgen auf deutsch
Bullshit Meter this week: Thessaloniki-Sofia trains to return
Good week: Polish railways
Bad week: ÖBB's brand
Very bad week: part of the Alexandropouli-Svilengrad line washed away
Discovery of the week: Olivier Razemon's blog
Photo of the week: Railway line at the Slovenia-Italy border
Calendar: Special train Saarbrücken-Bouzonville

This is the second edition of what will become my subscriber-only newsletter that will be sent every Friday at 14:00 CET. Both free and paid subscribers will receive the first four editions. For now some of this is rather experimental - please bear with me!