Quote Originally Posted by tommy31 View Post
The odd thing with the rails is that deutsche bahn run it, which is owned by the German public. It seems the government don't mind our rails being under state control, as long as it's not our state.
DB is run as a private profit making enterprise and not as a state subsidised nationalised industry. It is irrelevant whether the single shareholder is the BRD as it's aim is to operate under commercial principles.