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Back to the future: development of Swiss rail freight transport

Back to the future: development of Swiss rail freight transport

In this tri­bu­te, you will learn how rail freight trans­port in Switz­er­land is moving per­sis­t­ent­ly towards the future. For many years, inno­va­ti­on was a for­eign word for the «brown wagons». But this era is passé. The freight rail­ways are ready for the age...
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Status quo DAK: between wish and reality

Status quo DAK: between wish and reality

We have sup­port­ed the digi­tal auto­ma­tic cou­pler (DAK) since its begin­nings. That is why we are invol­ved in the inter­na­tio­nal umbrel­la orga­ni­sa­ti­on of wagon kee­pers UIP, the Euro­pean DAC Deli­very Pro­gram­me (EDDP) and the Swiss DAK migra­ti­on...
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Freight Transport Forum: Multimodality and the Future of (Rail) Logistics

Freight Transport Forum: Multimodality and the Future of (Rail) Logistics

The Freight Trans­port Forum, which took place on 20 April 2023, addres­sed the future of logi­stics, mul­ti­mo­da­li­ty and, in par­ti­cu­lar, the steps nee­ded to moder­ni­se Swiss freight trans­port in a digi­tal and dyna­mic world. Top-class spea­k­ers infor­med...
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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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Consultation on surface rail freight transport: two variants, many question marks

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

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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