• huppakee@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    Sounds like the flixbus (or rather flixtrain model) which has been a good and a bad thing I guess. I expect competition to be a good thing for everyone unless they go and offer service below cost until the competition goes bankrupt and then abuse their new monopoly. Let’s see how this plays out…

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      6 days ago

      Given that they are a american company, they will probably just buy out their competition and close them down

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      6 days ago

      Well Eurostar is a state owned company. It can’t go bankrupt. But if it starts losing a lot of money, it can be scaled down.

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        6 days ago

        Not correct. Eurostar may be state-owned, but they’re still a Limited company, so they can file for bankruptcy.

        Actually, the company which operates the Eurotunnel went bankrupt at least 3 times IIRC.

        @Robbity @huppakee

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          Eurotunnel was not state owned. Yes it can technically go bankrupt, but it won’t.