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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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Driving service regulations: Please simplify and harmonise internationally

Driving service regulations: Please simplify and harmonise internationally

28.03.2023 | Interoperability, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , ,

by | Mar 28, 2023 | Interoperability, Operations, Politics

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) is fur­ther deve­lo­ping the Swiss Dri­ving Ser­vice Regu­la­ti­ons (FDV2024) as part of the 2024 amend­ment cycle. Sys­te­ma­tic chan­ges are cen­tral. Here is a state­ment from the per­spec­ti­ve of the ship­ping industry....
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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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Future of rail freight transport in the area

Future of rail freight transport in the area

26.06.2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Jun 26, 2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Politics

Sha­ping rail freight trans­port for the future The Fede­ral Council’s report  Bericht «Future ori­en­ta­ti­on of rail freight trans­port in the area»[1] of March 2022 pro­vi­des a wel­co­me oppor­tu­ni­ty to rethink the Swiss rail freight trans­port sys­tem...
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