ECMT Round Tables European Integration of Rail Freight TransportOECD Publishing, Jul 9, 2004 - 118 pages The Round Table looks at how the European railway landscape is being reshaped. In doing so, it presents lessons which stand to benefit transport policy throughout Europe. |
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