11.   Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor, has a similar post, serving part-time as vice chairman of the board of Amtrak, the national railroad.

12.   The Canadian aircraft maker said in November it planned to acquire Deutsche Waggonbau, a formerly government-owned supplier to German national railroad Deutsche Bahn AG.

13.   The French national railroad and the water utility have joined the effort to take on France Telecom.

14.   The head of the national railroad, Louis Gallois, said he expected service to be virtually back to normal by the weekend.

15.   To make the railroads more attractive to potential bidders the government has agreed to assume much of the debts, environmental liabilities and pension payments the national railroad owes.

16.   Public transit and the national railroad offered reduced prices.

17.   A walkout by conductors Monday idled some trains in eastern France as workers protested a government overhaul of the national railroad.

18.   Aid from the Turkish government went to repair factories such as TUVASAS, where Goren works to supply the national railroads.

19.   An earlier meeting Friday between the rail unions and the French national railroad president, Franck Borotra, broke up without announcing any progress.

20.   Authorities announced four arrests Wednesday in a corruption probe at Deutsche Bahn, the German national railroad.