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4th EU railway package: Making the most of the innovation boost

4th EU railway package: Making the most of the innovation boost

Climate protection is at the top of the political agenda in Europe. A high demand for mobility of people and transport of goods has been leading to massive climate-damaging emissions in our intensively industrialised region for a long time. On the way to net zero,...
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Modal shift: In transit on the right track

Modal shift: In transit on the right track

The Fede­ral Council’s “Modal shift report July 2019 – June 2021” pres­ents the deve­lo­p­ment of tran­sal­pi­ne freight traf­fic and envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­ti­on on the tran­sal­pi­ne tran­sit axes. It then exami­nes the sta­tus of imple­men­ta­ti­on of the modal...
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Important transport of dangerous goods on the Simplon

Important transport of dangerous goods on the Simplon

Accor­ding to the modal shift report of Novem­ber 2021, the Fede­ral Coun­cil is con­side­ring a con­sul­ta­ti­on on a ban on the trans­port of dan­ge­rous goods at the Sim­plon. In doing so, it is revi­sing its assess­ment sub­mit­ted to par­lia­ment in 2015,...
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Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

On 25 March 2022, the FOT, the SBB, the VAP and the VöV provided information about the test phase and the far-reaching advantages resulting from the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK). The message was that the DAK lays the foundations for digitisation and thus for a...
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Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

The back­ground in advance Various fac­tors have an impact on the Sec­to­ral Plan for Transport/Programme sec­tion and thus on the future of rail freight trans­port (cf. Figu­re 1). The Swiss Spa­ti­al Deve­lo­p­ment Per­spec­ti­ve, the Trans­port Per­spec­ti­ves and...
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