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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10493
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/transport

Gigaliners put frighteners on rail

Brussels, 10/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Eco-combis, gigaliners, megatrucks, call them what you like but for the railways it is obvious that they mean danger. The introduction of these lorries onto European roads (their increased weight and length compared to conventional vehicles) will impact negatively on the railways, to the extent that the latter will experience partial or complete loss of certain areas of market share. This is what has been demonstrated in a study commissioned by the...

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