PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron’s government unveiled Monday plans to push through reforms of France’s mammoth rail system, daring to tread where his predecessors have failed.

State rail operator SNCF is struggling under debts of 46.6 billion euros ($57.5 billion), not least due to a huge pension burden from drivers who can retire in their early 50s.

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