title: Woippy-Mannheim: Constructing and deconstructing proximity in a border situation. An innovative bi-national pail freight service and its limits between France and Germany (2000-2014)
abstract: Missing links and technical interoperability prevail usually when explaining the lack of European integration in rail freight activities. The case of the successful but soon interrupted connection set by DB-Schenker and Fret SNCF from 2003 to 2009 between two main rail terminals Woippy (France) and Mannheim (Germany) highlights other decisive drivers for inter-connecting two national offers into a common service. Why did it failed? A first explanation could be the decision taken by the European 
journal: Les Cahiers scientifiques du transport