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Dr Peter Füglistaler: “In principle, I welcome new market participants seizing their opportunity.”

Dr Peter Füglistaler: “In principle, I welcome new market participants seizing their opportunity.”

17.05.2023 | Financing, Freight Transport IndustryTags: , , ,

by | May 17, 2023 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) pro­mo­tes the sus­tainable deve­lo­p­ment of freight trans­port and the effi­ci­ent inter­ac­tion of all modes of trans­port within the frame­work of Swiss poli­cy. It is respon­si­ble for licen­sing, finan­cing and safe­ty...
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SBB should take responsibility instead of 3 billion financial package

SBB should take responsibility instead of 3 billion financial package

16.05.2023 | Financing, Operations, PoliticsTags: ,

by | May 16, 2023 | Financing, Operations, Politics

In our blog post «No sta­bi­li­sa­ti­on of the SBB despi­te CHF 3 bil­li­on in addi­tio­nal fede­ral fun­ding», we expres­sed our posi­ti­on on Moti­on 22.3008. In this post, we sum­ma­ri­se the voice of the indus­try and inte­rest repre­sen­ta­ti­ves in respon­se to...
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Improvement of freight transport: it is high time to do something

Improvement of freight transport: it is high time to do something

04.05.2023 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, PoliticsTags: , , ,

by | May 4, 2023 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Politics

Repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of the indus­try and inte­rest groups had until 24 Febru­ary 2023 to com­ment on the con­sul­ta­ti­on draft entit­led «Impro­ving the frame­work con­di­ti­ons for freight trans­port in Switz­er­land». The LITRA, UTP, CI TCNA, ASTAG and VAP have...
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No stabilisation of SBB despite CHF 3 billion in additional federal funding

No stabilisation of SBB despite CHF 3 billion in additional federal funding

02.03.2023 | Financing, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Mar 2, 2023 | Financing, Operations, Politics

With moti­on 22.3008, Par­lia­ment wants to amend the Fede­ral Act on Swiss Fede­ral Rail­ways (SBBG) and grant SBB finan­cial aid of CHF 1.2 bil­li­on to com­pen­sa­te for pan­de­mic-rela­ted reve­nue short­falls in long-distance trans­port and to reli­e­ve the...
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Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

17.02.2023 | Competition in rail freight transport, Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Feb 17, 2023 | Competition in rail freight transport, Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation, Operations, Politics

We com­ment on the Fede­ral Council’s con­sul­ta­ti­on draft “Fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of the frame­work con­di­ti­ons for Swiss freight trans­port”. We cri­ti­cal­ly assess the pro­po­sals from the point of view of freight rail cus­to­mers and demons­tra­te the...
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Consultation on surface rail freight transport: two variants, many question marks

Consultation on surface rail freight transport: two variants, many question marks

22.12.2022 | Financing, Innovation, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Dec 22, 2022 | Financing, Innovation, Politics

The Fede­ral Council’s report on the «Future ori­en­ta­ti­on of rail freight trans­port in the area» was sent out for con­sul­ta­ti­on. In it, the eco­no­mic via­bi­li­ty of sin­gle wagon­load trans­port is pre­sen­ted as impos­si­ble wit­hout any evi­dence. As...
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