 [START_ENT] Deutsche Bahn [END_ENT] H1 pre-tax profit up 17.5 pct .  FRANKFURT 1996-08-23  Six months to June 30  ( in millions of marks unless stated )  Group pre-tax profit 188 vs 160  Group sales 14,600 up 3.3 pct  NOTE - Full name of the state-owned German railway company is Deutsche Bahn AG .  The company is earmarked for eventual privatisatio  also covers snap FAT8222  Revenue from long-distance passenger  traffic 2,500 up 6.4 pct  Revenue from commuter traffic 5,400 up 4.6 pct  Revenue from freight traffic 3,200 down 5.1 pct  Group workforce on June 30 300,962 down 3.7 oct  NOTE - Sales , profit compare with first half of 1995 , workforce compares with Dec 31 .  -- Frankfurt Newsroom , +49 69 756525
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