Dutch Railways

Dutch transport minister Annemarie Jorritsma said last week she would not allow cherry picking in rail competition. I'm very much in favour of free competition. But it cannot be that some new company is selecting nice services that are currently generating profits at (state-owned) Dutch Railways...We ask Dutch Railways to invest in loss-making lines too," she said. This summer Dutch Railways met its first post-war competitor when rival Lovers Rail launched a beach-express from Amsterdam to seaport Ijmuiden. The new company submitted requests for five more services in the urban heart of the Netherlands where Dutch Railways runs most of its profitable lines./BODY>