2009-03: D.Bahn 08 long-distance traffic profits double

BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - German rail operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] doubled its profits from passenger traffic in fast IC and high-speed ICE trains in 2008, sources familiar with the data said on Sunday.

Business in the long-distance passenger traffic as well as short distance travel had come in better than expected last year despite the economic crisis, the sources said, without providing concrete figures. Freight business had come in weaker than previously seen.

A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn declined to comment, saying Bahn results were due on March 30.

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