As the August bank holiday approaches, Netropolitan鈥檚 thoughts turn to
endless days spent on the sun-soaked beaches of the Mediterranean. And where
better to start planning the holiday than the wealth of online railway
timetables that are appearing on the Web? The timetables are something of a
metaphor for Europe鈥檚 politics. Britain鈥檚 attitude to Europe is, of course,
deeply ambivalent. So the country鈥檚 online railway timetable
(http://www.railtrack.co.uk/travel) more or less stops at Calais Maritime.
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