text: Deutsche Bahn 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