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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9038

30 September 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/railway transportation
Parliament wants to increase competition on national and international railway networks - positive reception for some aspects of third railway package, but differences over liberalising carriage of passengers - No to compensation for freight transport

Strasbourg, 29/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament on 28 September adopted four reports in the first reading on revitalising the railways in Europe. The position of MEPs on the “third railway package” (the Savary, Sterckx and Jarzembowski reports) to improve the competitiveness of Europe's railways comes in the form of harmonisation of train drivers' licences and strengthening the rights and obligations of international and national passengers, whereas stepping up opening...

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