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Paris (dpa) - The French rail technology manufacturer Alstom and the train division of Bombardier want to conclude their long-prepared mega-merger today.

According to the media, the global number two is emerging in the industry - behind the Chinese giant CRRC.

According to the companies, around 74,000 people are employed.

The EU competition watchdogs gave the go-ahead for the billion-dollar deal last July.

So that the new network does not become too powerful, it has to give up production facilities, including at the Hennigsdorf site near Berlin.

In Germany, the two manufacturers together employ around 9,000 people.

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