Huffing and puffing
Change is coming to central Europe's railways, but slowly
INEXORABLY, western Europe's railways have seen their share of the freight market shrink. That has happened also in the new countries of the European Union farther east. Yet rail there still carries over 30% of goods. So the launch of a tender next week to privatise Slovakia's rail-freight company, ZSSK Cargo, is sparking interest from some big names in the business, not least Railion, the freight arm of Germany's Deutsche Bahn.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Huffing and puffing”
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