Can Germany's rotten rail system be fixed?
Contrary to popular opinion, Germany's state rail service has never been very good at its job. Poor service is a feature rather than a bug of the country's state-managed train network.
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You wake up in the morning, turn on the news and find that all the trains in Germany have stopped running. Sounds familiar?
In January, the train drivers’ union, the GDL, called its members to the longest strike in their h…