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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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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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Power shortage (Part 4): Emergency measures are concretised

Power shortage (Part 4): Emergency measures are concretised

14.12.2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics, SustainabilityTags: , , ,

by | Dec 14, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics, Sustainability

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

24.11.2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Innovation, Interoperability, PoliticsTags: , , ,

by | Nov 24, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Innovation, Interoperability, Politics

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

17.10.2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, PoliticsTags: , ,

by | Oct 17, 2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Politics

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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