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German Rail Giant Close To Buying EWS
« on: June 21, 2007, 11:03:28 AM »
English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) , is in advanced talks to be sold to Deutsche Bahn (DB) for around £250m in a deal that would put the German rail giant in charge of most goods sent by train in the UK (links below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/06/_german_rail_giant_close_to_bu.html#more

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6247214.stm
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Re: German Rail Giant Close To Buying EWS
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Re: German Rail Giant Close To Buying EWS
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2007, 10:34:47 AM »
Deutsche Bahn has won conditional permission from the European Commission to buy English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings (link below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/11/eu_conditionally_clears_deutsc.html#more
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