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April 22, 2010: Deutsche Bahn buys Arriva for £1.59bn

April 22, 2010: D.Bahn says must sell Arriva German rail activities

December 7, 2009: Extinction looms for the private operator

September 28, 2009: DB and RZD announce Latvia tie-up

September 27, 2009: EU rail freight liberalisation feels the strain

September 25, 2009: DB Schenker buys another Polish rail operator

August 31, 2009: German First-Half Rail Cargo Traffic Declines Most on Record

August 14, 2009: German Railways to takeover Stobart’s rail operations

August 5, 2009: Carlisle's Stobart Group wins huge European haulage deal

July 23, 2009: SNCF loses freight market share

July 5, 2009: Have we reached the end of the line for privatisation?

July 4, 2009: Privatisation has been a train wreck

July 3, 2009: EU Commission approves proposed acquisition of the Polish logistics operations of PCC SE by Deutsche Bahn

July 1, 2009: Freight train derails in Italy, kills 12, burns 50

July 1, 2009: £30bn shortfall threatens rail and road plans

June 26, 2009: European Rail Freight Freefall Deepens

June 22, 2009: Rail freight operators under pressure

June 8, 2009: Rail 'needs to speed up response to bids'

May 24, 2009: SNCF: liberalisation has provoked "a spate of incidents" says Didier Le Reste

February 9, 2009: DB buys Polish rail freight leader

January 23, 2009: Network Rail have been blasted by the RMT over track renewal plans

December 20, 2008: DB Schenker buys Romanian forwarder

December 18, 2008: EWS to rebrand as DB Schenker in new year

December 16, 2008: RMT renews call for action to stop EWS job losses

December 13, 2008: German monopolists criticise French monopolists

December 11, 2008: RMT will fight to prevent ‘unacceptable’ EWS job losses

December 6, 2008: RMT seeks urgent meeting with Hoon to stop EWS job losses

December 6, 2008: Freight company 'to cut 530 jobs'

December 5, 2008: Revamp for London rail freight line

December 5, 2008: German Rail and Roads Get More Funds Under Stimulus Plan

December 5, 2008: Rail freight in France set to overtake road transport

November 25, 2008: Deutsche Bahn refuses to slow down

November 21, 2008: National interests slow down rail liberalisation

November 17, 2008: Rail group slams EC report on privatisation

October 31, 2008: European rail freight is in search of funding

July 14, 2008: EWS appeals freight charges on fast rail line

June 15, 2008: RMT to host major European conference on resisting rail privatisation

June 3, 2008: Deutsche Bahn Denies Using Consulting Firm to Spy

May 13, 2008: From union boss to company executive—the case of Norbert Hansen

March 18, 2008: Update: French private sector railworkers win!

March 17, 2008: Strike in the French private rail sector

February 7, 2008: Lawyers join gravy train with Deutsche Bahn’s UK rail purchases

February 4, 2008: Deutsche Bahn chief wants share sale in October

November 7, 2007: EU conditionally clears Deutsche Bahn to takeover EWS and target France

September 20, 2007: EWS signs 5-year contract to haul china clay by rail for Imerys

August 28, 2007: World's second richest man sells EWS - buys US rail freight firms

August 11, 2007: Rail crash bill tops £500,000 - and rising

August 7, 2007: EWS Groundstaff strike 'solid' at Margam Knuckle Yard

August 5, 2007: RMT groundstaff at EWS Margam depot to strike over jobs

July 25, 2007: DfT awards over £20 million grants to UK rail freight

July 3, 2007: EWS welcomes reports that Eurotunnel is to revise fees for freight trains

June 29, 2007: Deutsche Bahn Continues Its Course of Global Expansion

June 29, 2007: Deutsche Bahn 'sniffing around' Hungary's MÁV Cargo

June 29, 2007: German railways buys EWS

June 20, 2007: German rail giant close to buying EWS

June 13, 2007: Deutsche Bahn looks at buying EWS and Transfesa

May 29, 2007: EWS in talks with Deutsche Bahn about European co-operation

April 16, 2007: Rail freight firm urges UK government investment

March 15, 2007: EWS matters

November 17, 2006: UK rail regulator fines EWS £4.1 million for anti-competitive practices

November 11, 2006: Eurotunnel threatens to sue UK

October 26, 2006: Restructuring of Groundstaff Proposals EWS/EWSI

August 7, 2006: EWS Update

July 11, 2006: EWS launches restructuring

June 24, 2006: EWS wins deal to move newsprint for Daily Mail

January 31, 2006: Election of Groundstaff Area Organisers - EWS (I)

January 31, 2006: EWS Train Crew Pay and Productivity Deal 2006

January 11, 2006: EWS Acquires Wagons for Pallet Services

January 11, 2006: Mandatory Wearing of Hard Hats

December 12, 2005: EWS Talks Update

August 18, 2005: Rail link plan given green light

August 16, 2005: RMT Calls Open Mass Meeting for All EWS Members

August 11, 2005: Runaway train's 10-mile journey

August 4, 2005: EWS appoints Euro boss to Board of Directors

August 3, 2005: EWS Update

July 31, 2005: Darling's tax subsidy for private rail freight bosses

June 24, 2005: British government's handout to private freight operator

June 14, 2005: New train shifts inertia of French rail freight

May 20, 2005: EWS Engineering Pay and Conditions Review 2005

May 13, 2005: EWS Engineering Staff Pay Review 2005

April 28, 2005: EWS (English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd) - Industrial Relations