GERMAN RAILWAY will cautiously test the waters of privatisation next month. They will probably not be too cold, for the experiment falls well short of a true handover to the private sector, but it is a venture in that direction. DB has set up Metropolitan Express Train GmbH as a quasi-independent company to market and sell seats on its own dedicated Metropolitan business trains, due to be launched as a ’pilot service’ on May 30 between K
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