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25 years of the «Contract of Lugano» – a look into the future

25 years of the «Contract of Lugano» – a look into the future

Exact­ly 25 years after the sig­ning of the “Trea­ty of Luga­no”, the Ger­man rail­way sta­ti­on in the Swiss bor­der metro­po­lis of Basel took stock. For the VAP, in addi­ti­on to the expan­si­on of the line on the right bank of the Rhine, that of the line on the...
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Focus on automation of wagonload traffic

Focus on automation of wagonload traffic

In the Year of Rail 2021, moder­ni­sa­ti­on through auto­ma­ti­on of wagon­load traf­fic is at the top of our agen­da. Our coope­ra­ti­on with the Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) and the Asso­cia­ti­on of Public Trans­port (VVO) for a joint approach to...
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Combined transport and multimodality (Part 2)

Combined transport and multimodality (Part 2)

In addi­ti­on to the federal government, the can­tons and large Swiss cities are also incre­a­singly defi­ning holistic freight trans­port con­cepts for their effi­ci­ent, safe and envi­ron­ment­al­ly friend­ly sup­ply and dis­po­sal of goods. The freight trans­port...
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Combined transport and multimodality (Part 1)

Combined transport and multimodality (Part 1)

The trans­port com­pa­nies on road and rail as well as the ship­ping indus­try take their eco­no­mic, eco­lo­gi­cal and social respon­si­bi­li­ty serious­ly and rely on cross-modal solu­ti­ons. They com­bi­ne the Rhine, road, rail, inland water­ways, pipe­lines and...
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