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Modal shift: In transit on the right track

Modal shift: In transit on the right track

13.04.2022 | Freight Transport Industry, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Apr 13, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics

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

06.04.2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , ,

by | Apr 6, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Politics

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

26.03.2022 | Events, Freight Transport Industry, InnovationTags: , , ,

by | Mar 26, 2022 | Events, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation

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

24.03.2022 | Freight Transport Industry, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Mar 24, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics

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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TR Trans Rail AG – a multimodal success story

TR Trans Rail AG – a multimodal success story

31.01.2022 | Competition in rail freight transport, Operations, Vibrant freight railways in SwitzerlandTags: , ,

by | Jan 31, 2022 | Competition in rail freight transport, Operations, Vibrant freight railways in Switzerland

We at the VAP are com­mit­ted to com­pe­ti­ti­ve rail freight trans­port. In the mean­ti­me, seve­ral pri­va­te RUs and VAP mem­bers ope­ra­te important trans­ports. We are happy to intro­du­ce them and their core com­pe­ten­ces. Let’s start with TR Trans...
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