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Railway Interoperability in the European Union

Author: Anna GIGANTINO

Publication date: December 10, 2019, Review date: January 12, 2022 | Lire en français

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    2. Railway interoperability in the European Union

    2.1 Normative aspects

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    2.1.1 From the origins to the European directives

    Already a few years after the establishment of the first railroad companies in the early 19th century, on March 31, 1841 George Stephenson wrote a letter to the President of the Board of Trade, the most significant passages of which are reproduced below:

    "Perhaps I should be the last man to admit this (the whole railway system and locomotives were implemented through my efforts) but when I see so many young engineers,...

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