European Parliament 21 June 2000, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2002/00 by Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL) and Helmuth Markov (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Loss of direct rail link between the Netherlands and the German border town of Emmerich in November 2000.

2. French, Spanish, Italian and British railways were unable to forward their new timetabling informa- tion to railway operators in other European countries in good time for the introduction of the new timetables on 28 May 2000, with the result that no train services to the above four countries could be included in the international timetables issued in those other countries.