by blaettler_redaktion | Sep 8, 2021 | Events, Interoperability, Politics
Exactly 25 years after the signing of the “Treaty of Lugano”, the German railway station in the Swiss border metropolis of Basel took stock. For the VAP, in addition to the expansion of the line on the right bank of the Rhine, that of the line on the...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Aug 26, 2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, Member, Politics
In the Year of Rail 2021, modernisation through automation of wagonload traffic is at the top of our agenda. Our cooperation with the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) and the Association of Public Transport (VVO) for a joint approach to...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Jul 13, 2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, Politics, Sites
On 9 June 2021, the annual cantonal conference of the Wagonload Transport Interest Group (IG WLV) took place – unfortunately again as a video conference. In addition to the founding partners of IG WLV (VAP, Association of Public Transport...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Jun 21, 2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, Politics
A market-oriented variety of services and the role of rail freight in modal shift are up for debate. After SBB Cargo announced a further savings programme, Charles Juillard, member of the Council of States, and the Commission for Transport and...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Jun 7, 2021 | Financing, Politics
With its motion 21.3594 «Mitigating the effects of the pandemic on rail freight transport», the Committee for Transport and Telecommunications of the Council of States wants the Federal Council to provide financial support to rail freight...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Apr 8, 2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, Politics
In 2018, the VAP, together with SBB Cargo and the Association of Public Transport (VöV/UTP), founded the Swiss Wagonload Transport Interest Group – IG WLV Schweiz for short. This blog post kicks off a series of posts that provide answers to such and...
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