außerhalb der Linie

13:53 Aug 21, 2007 

PS - not trying to show off, only to focus on the reason for my question. Having worked for railways for over 25 years......

12:55 Aug 21, 2007 

Looks like you know much more than me on this subject then! This particular presentation doesn't mention a specific line, rather it discusses the "Kritische Strecken" as a whole.

12:48 Aug 21, 2007 

thnaks for the info: I am well familiar with the concept and have met BW on many, many occasions. But since I am not following the football thing, a wondered if they were referring to one specific line singled out in the project in relation to 2008?

12:34 Aug 21, 2007 

They are not necessarily referring to a single (railway) line; Bahn 2000 is a series of major upgrades to the Swiss rail network (http://mct.sbb.ch/mct/bahn2000). The title of the presentation is "Von der Bahn 2000 über die Euro 08…", presumably a reference to one Benedikt Weibel, who has been a leading figure in Swiss rail circles for years, and is now in charge of coordinating state involvement with Euro 2008 (http://www.benediktweibel.ch/).

12:18 Aug 21, 2007 

of course the line COULD be a railway line but does the text indicate that they are referring to one single line only?
It probably refers to the organisation of the non-core part of the project

11:45 Aug 21, 2007 

That's what I was wondering. Unfortunately I can't establish if "außerhalb der Linie" is idiomatic or not, so can't really start to work out how 'clever' they're being with this phrase!

11:42 Aug 21, 2007 

Could "Linie" perhaps mean "Bahnlinie"?

11:24 Aug 21, 2007 

I did wonder myself if this was something like the English "thinking outside the box", but then perhaps it's a more literal play on words, given the Bahn 2000 connection. I'm not really sure if "außerhalb der Linie" is used idiomatically.

11:20 Aug 21, 2007 

The only thing I can think of (and that's probably not very elegant or too wordy) organisation of projects exceeding the usual framework or scope