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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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«BAHN 2050» – A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

«BAHN 2050» – A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

The Fede­ral Coun­cil wants to fur­ther streng­then the rail­ways in the long term. To this end, it has revi­sed its long-term rail stra­tegy. It is now focu­sing on impro­ved access to the rail­way and more capa­ci­ty on the east-west axis with new mul­ti­mo­dal tran­ship­ment plat­forms and faci­li­ties for city logi­stics. Here is a cri­ti­cal app­rai­sal of this perspective.

The Fede­ral Coun­cil wants to fur­ther streng­then the rail­ways in the long term. To this end, it has revi­sed its long-term rail stra­tegy. It is now focu­sing on impro­ved access to the rail­way and more capa­ci­ty on the east-west axis with new mul­ti­mo­dal tran­ship­ment plat­forms and faci­li­ties for city logi­stics. Here is a cri­ti­cal app­rai­sal of this perspective.

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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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Ensure Switzerland-EU interoperability

Ensure Switzerland-EU interoperability

On 24 June 2022, the Joint Com­mit­tee on Land Trans­port ack­now­led­ged the importance of har­mo­nis­ed rules for Switz­er­land-EU land trans­port. We think: More is nee­ded for sus­tainable inter­ope­ra­bi­li­ty. What is nee­ded now is a coor­di­na­ted trans­port...
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Future of rail freight transport in the area

Future of rail freight transport in the area

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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