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Europe’s railways: unable to play the role they should in the climate transition

Two interesting pieces of information about transport and the climate transition crossed my timeline yesterday. This tweet from TUMI: Transport: Save money, protect the climate πŸšΆβ€β™€οΈπŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈπŸš²πŸšƒπŸš‹πŸ”Œ@IPCC_CH pic.twitter.com/M04fFglFmN — π—§π—¨β“‚οΈπ—œ for πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈπŸšΆβ€β™€οΈπŸš΄β€β™€οΈπŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš‹πŸšπŸ”‹πŸ”Œ (@TUMInitiative) April 5, 2022 And this New York Times story entitled In Europe, It’s Planes vs. Trains. For Many […]

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Five types of railway market in Europe

I travel a lot by train. On all kinds of services, all over Europe. As Europe’s rail market supposedly opens up to competition with the 4th railway package, what can I conclude about where competition does and does not work? 1) The profitable long distance route This is the ideal […]