The European Commission fined the Czech and Austrian national rail operators a total of €48.7 million ($52.5 million) on Wednesday for violating European Union competition rules. Czech operator České Dráhy (ČD) faces a fine of almost €32 million and Austrian provider Österreichische Bundesbahnen(ÖBB) of €16.7 million. “ČD and ÖBB colluded to prevent a new entrant, RegioJet, from accessing used wagons, thus restricting competition on the rail passenger transport market,” the commission said. RegioJet relied on the used ÖBB wagons to enter the Czech market as they were already approved for opera…