German Delays Put Alpine Rail Projects at Risk

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-years-behind-with-rail-lines-to-brenner-and-gotthard-tunnels-a-844823.html


European plans call for expediting north-south train traffic with new railway tunnels in the Brenner and Gotthard passes. But Germany could be creating a bottleneck in both projects because it hasn't made much progress on access lines -- and doesn't have any money set aside to do so.

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