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by blaettler_redaktion | Sep 8, 2022
ASSOCIATION Portrait The VAP association has been promoting rail freight transport since 1912. With an active transport policy, it works to optimise the political and economic framework conditions, the railway infrastructure and the...
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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 | 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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by blaettler_redaktion | Oct 24, 2024 | Financing
SBB Cargo wants to renew its fleet with up to 129 modern mainline locomotives by 2035. At the same time, it is complaining about high fixed costs in single wagonload transport (EWLV), has increased its prices excessively over the last few months and...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Aug 26, 2024 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation
The Committee for Transport and Telecommunications of the Council of States (KVF‑S) has concluded its deliberations on the total revision of the Goods Transport Act (GüTG). Like the Federal Council, it wants to improve the framework...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Jun 24, 2024 | Network, Nicht kategorisiert, Sites
Patrizia Danioth is a lawyer and notary and has been President of RailCom since 2013. In this interview, she gives us an overview of RailCom’s tasks, her position on the draft legislation for freight transport and talks about the future mobility...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Mar 13, 2024 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry
SBB is in excellent financial health. This was communicated on 11 March 2024 with the 2023 annual accounts. Only subsidiary SBB Cargo is still considered a problem child and is to receive financial support. We at the VAP think so: This must not be...
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