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Important transport of dangerous goods on the Simplon

Important transport of dangerous goods on the Simplon

Accor­ding to the modal shift report of Novem­ber 2021, the Fede­ral Coun­cil is con­side­ring a con­sul­ta­ti­on on a ban on the trans­port of dan­ge­rous goods at the Sim­plon. In doing so, it is revi­sing its assess­ment sub­mit­ted to par­lia­ment in 2015,...
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Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

On 25 March 2022, the FOT, the SBB, the VAP and the VöV provided information about the test phase and the far-reaching advantages resulting from the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK). The message was that the DAK lays the foundations for digitisation and thus for a...
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Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

The back­ground in advance Various fac­tors have an impact on the Sec­to­ral Plan for Transport/Programme sec­tion and thus on the future of rail freight trans­port (cf. Figu­re 1). The Swiss Spa­ti­al Deve­lo­p­ment Per­spec­ti­ve, the Trans­port Per­spec­ti­ves and...
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Notable facts from the autumn session 2021

Notable facts from the autumn session 2021

Dis­patch 20.081 on the Fede­ral Law on the Under­ground Trans­por­ta­ti­on of Goods With the adop­ti­on of the fede­ral bill, the legal basis for the Cargo Sous Ter­rain (CST) logi­stics pro­ject has been crea­ted. A final dif­fe­rence over expro­pria­ti­on must...
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Compromise for UGüTG: Discrimination ban yes, disclosure of calculation no

Compromise for UGüTG: Discrimination ban yes, disclosure of calculation no

After the Coun­cil of Sta­tes deci­ded to dele­te the pro­hi­bi­ti­on of discri­mi­na­ti­on in trans­port ser­vices offe­red in Art. 5 UGüTG, the Natio­nal Coun­cil deci­ded to retain the arti­cle while wai­ving the dis­clo­sure of the cal­cu­la­ti­on of the...
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VAP becomes a member of SWISS SUPPLY

VAP becomes a member of SWISS SUPPLY

VAP as new com­pe­tence partner With the SWISS SUPPLY asso­cia­ti­on, the most important logistics, sup­ply and trans­port orga­ni­sa­ti­ons in Switz­er­land want to pro­mo­te the image of logistics, sup­ply chain and trans­port and carry out public edu­ca­ti­on work....
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