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German rail operators have welcomed reports that, amid concerns of government support leading to market distortion, the EC is considering forcing a break-up of DB Cargo.

Sources told Reuters that, with losses at the beleaguered German state operator surpassing the half-billion euro mark, European authorities had become increasingly concerned that the government plugging its losses was anti-competitive.

A spokesperson for Die Gueterbahnen, which represents Germany’s private railroads, told The Loadstar DB Cargo only survived through “below-cost ...

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