"At the start of the new millennium, privatising Deutsche Bahn and listing it on the stock exchange was mooted as a way to reduce costs for taxpayers...To improve profits ahead of the hypothetical listing, maintenance was skimped on" - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... ffs
Giles Wilkes
The country’s railway renewal is the first test of whether Europe’s largest economy can reverse years of decline
