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Autumn session 2024: transport policy on the agenda

Autumn session 2024: transport policy on the agenda

In the autumn ses­si­on from 9 to 27 Sep­tem­ber 2024, Par­lia­ment dis­cus­sed various trans­port poli­cy issues. Par­ti­cu­lar atten­ti­on was paid to the revi­si­on of the Freight Trans­port Act (GüTG). This bill stands in stark con­trast to SBB Cargo’s de facto...
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«Modal shift requires determination from the top management team»

«Modal shift requires determination from the top management team»

The Coop Group has com­mit­ted its­elf to redu­cing CO2 emis­si­ons. Shif­ting trans­port to rail is a cen­tral com­po­nent of this stra­tegy. In an inter­view with VAP, Dani­el Hin­ter­mann, Head of Logi­stics at the Coop Group, explains how the retail and...
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Gotthard Base Tunnel (#10): Europe presents the final report

Gotthard Base Tunnel (#10): Europe presents the final report

In mid-July 2024, the Joint Net­work Secre­ta­ri­at (JNS) of the Euro­pean Union Agen­cy for Rail­ways (ERA) published its final report on the acci­dent in the Gott­hard Base Tun­nel on 10 August 2023. This con­ta­ins an exten­ded scope of appli­ca­ti­on, an increased...
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Total revision of the GüTG: The mood in the industry threatens to tip over

Total revision of the GüTG: The mood in the industry threatens to tip over

The Com­mit­tee for Trans­port and Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons of the Coun­cil of Sta­tes (KVF‑S) has con­cluded its deli­be­ra­ti­ons on the total revi­si­on of the Goods Trans­port Act (GüTG). Like the Fede­ral Coun­cil, it wants to impro­ve the frame­work...
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Now or never: groundbreaking debate on Swiss rail freight transport

Now or never: groundbreaking debate on Swiss rail freight transport

In the spring, the Coun­cil of Sta­tes’ Com­mit­tee for Trans­port and Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons (KVF‑S) took up the total revi­si­on of the Goods Trans­port Act (GüTG) and trig­ge­red ground-brea­king dis­cus­sions on Swiss dome­stic goods trans­port in Par­lia­ment....
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