Rail passengers also braced themselves for heavy traffic and long lines.

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It would be as disastrous for the London Underground to separate management between infrastructure and operations as it has been on the heavy-rail network.

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So serious are these hurdles that it takes six days for a rail-freight wagon to get to Milan from London, twice as long as a heavy lorry.

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