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Hello there! 20/09/2010 at 11:19 #1794
Snotri
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Hello all,

i just want to introduce myself to you. My name is Christoph and i am 34 years old and from Frankfurt, Germany. I am a civil servant working in the German Federal Railway Authority ( www.eba.bund.de ), coordinating railtrack sharing.
Railfanning is a hobby of mine since i can remember.
In the last few month i began investigating in the railway organisation in the UK and i became an advocate for the british way of doing the tings. We in Germany have a discussion here about the future of our Deutsche Bahn and the privatisation of the network, and after learning, how the Networkrail manages the things on the island, i began to see some things in Germany very different. Now i belive that the breackup of network and train operation should be in at least two different hands. If you are intrested, i can explain it in detail to you, how German railoperation works.

While on the search for informations about UK Rail, i found this stunning simulation site and from the first moment on, i was addicted to this great work. I especially enjoy the simulations of the scottish area.
I want to say thank ypu to the developers of this sim and i hope, that there will be more to come.

I apologize for my englilsh, but school is long ago and i usually just talk english.

Greetings
Christoph

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Hello there! 20/09/2010 at 11:19 #11646
Snotri
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Hello all,

i just want to introduce myself to you. My name is Christoph and i am 34 years old and from Frankfurt, Germany. I am a civil servant working in the German Federal Railway Authority ( www.eba.bund.de ), coordinating railtrack sharing.
Railfanning is a hobby of mine since i can remember.
In the last few month i began investigating in the railway organisation in the UK and i became an advocate for the british way of doing the tings. We in Germany have a discussion here about the future of our Deutsche Bahn and the privatisation of the network, and after learning, how the Networkrail manages the things on the island, i began to see some things in Germany very different. Now i belive that the breackup of network and train operation should be in at least two different hands. If you are intrested, i can explain it in detail to you, how German railoperation works.

While on the search for informations about UK Rail, i found this stunning simulation site and from the first moment on, i was addicted to this great work. I especially enjoy the simulations of the scottish area.
I want to say thank ypu to the developers of this sim and i hope, that there will be more to come.

I apologize for my englilsh, but school is long ago and i usually just talk english.

Greetings
Christoph

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Hello there! 20/09/2010 at 13:17 #11648
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Hi Christoph
Do not worry about your English, it is very good.
There are many in the UK who feel that the way that privatisation has been structured was a mistake, by creating an industry that was too fragmented and therefore lacked co-ordination, as well as pushing up costs without improving the end product.

Much of the network is of course operated by DB owned companies now, including both passenger and freight operators.

Brian

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Hello there! 01/10/2010 at 22:33 #11815
Signalhunter
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Christoph, I see on various forums (fora?) British people who don't write English as well as you do!
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