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79:Freight only
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1787:recognition
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1696:Netherlands
1519:Track gauge
1408:Regionalzug
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1361:Ă–BB Cityjet
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1329: [
1312: [
1309:Ă–BB Postbus
1284: [
1184:Isle of Man
1119:recognition
1088:Switzerland
1023:Netherlands
785:(in German)
557:, with the
398:and lot of
268:(UIC). The
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70:Electrified
1731:San Marino
1691:Montenegro
1671:Luxembourg
1651:Kazakhstan
1554:Azerbaijan
1058:San Marino
1018:Montenegro
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1666:Lithuania
1388:Intercity
1378:EuroNight
1174:Gibraltar
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1746:Slovenia
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1681:Moldova
1639:Ireland
1634:Iceland
1629:Hungary
1619:Germany
1614:Georgia
1604:Finland
1599:Estonia
1594:Denmark
1579:Croatia
1564:Belgium
1559:Belarus
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1422:History
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1008:Moldova
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121:⁄
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1799:Kosovo
1766:Turkey
1756:Sweden
1736:Serbia
1726:Russia
1711:Poland
1706:Norway
1686:Monaco
1656:Latvia
1624:Greece
1609:France
1584:Cyprus
1413:S-Bahn
1189:Jersey
1131:Kosovo
1093:Turkey
1083:Sweden
1063:Serbia
1053:Russia
1038:Poland
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1013:Monaco
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951:Greece
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318:, the
290:Rocket
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1751:Spain
1676:Malta
1646:Italy
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482:Linz
461:Graz
284:The
205:The
104:Main
811:ZBW
416:Ă–BB
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