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Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

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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Power shortage (Part 4): Emergency measures are concretised

Power shortage (Part 4): Emergency measures are concretised

Ener­gy secu­ri­ty is and remains one of our top issues. The Fede­ral Coun­cil is curr­ent­ly con­cre­ti­sing the manage­ment mea­su­res in the event of an elec­tri­ci­ty shorta­ge in the form of pre­pared ordi­nan­ces. Spe­cial pro­vi­si­ons are envi­sa­ged for...
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The rail sector must reinvent itself

The rail sector must reinvent itself

Rail is not exact­ly famous for its wil­ling­ness to inno­va­te. This must and will chan­ge if it wants to remain sus­tainable as a trans­port mode. At the 7th Inter­na­tio­nal Rail­way Forum IRFC 2022, the experts pre­sen­ted a wide range of initia­ti­ves,...
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Rail freight transport in the territory: the industry develops a joint solution

Rail freight transport in the territory: the industry develops a joint solution

The freight rail­ways of the umbrel­la orga­ni­sa­ti­on of public trans­port (VöV) and we at the VAP are hol­ding inten­si­ve talks on the upco­ming reor­ga­ni­sa­ti­on and moder­ni­sa­ti­on of rail freight trans­port in the ter­ri­to­ry and its sus­tainable...
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ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE (PART 3): SHARE SAVINGS APPEALS

ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE (PART 3): SHARE SAVINGS APPEALS

The elec­tri­ci­ty shorta­ge is an urgent poli­ti­cal and eco­no­mic issue. That is why we are keen to ensu­re that our mem­bers are kept up to date. In this third blog epi­so­de, we dis­cuss how the rail­way indus­try can respond to the Fede­ral Council’s calls for savings by taking vol­un­t­a­ry ener­gy-saving measures.

The elec­tri­ci­ty shorta­ge is an urgent poli­ti­cal and eco­no­mic issue. That is why we are keen to ensu­re that our mem­bers are kept up to date. In this third blog epi­so­de, we dis­cuss how the rail­way indus­try can respond to the Fede­ral Council’s calls for savings by taking vol­un­t­a­ry ener­gy-saving measures.

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