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The future belongs to combined transport

The future belongs to combined transport

17.04.2024 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Vibrant freight railways in SwitzerlandTags: , , , , ,

by | Apr 17, 2024 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Vibrant freight railways in Switzerland

What future do freight rail­ways have in Switz­er­land? The VAP dis­cus­ses these and other ques­ti­ons in a dou­ble inter­view with Peter Knaus, Head of Grau­bün­den Freight Rail­way at the Rhae­ti­an Rail­way (RhB), and Peter Lug­in­bühl, Head of Ope­ra­ti­ons at...
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ASSOCIATION

08.09.2022 |

by | 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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Gotthard Base Tunnel (#1): Committed to a comprehensive investigation

Gotthard Base Tunnel (#1): Committed to a comprehensive investigation

16.08.2023 | Freight Transport IndustryTags: , ,

by | Aug 16, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry

On 10 August 2023, a freight train derai­led in the Gott­hard Base Tun­nel. The Swiss Trans­por­ta­ti­on Safe­ty Inves­ti­ga­ti­on Board (Sust) belie­ves the likely cause was the fail­ure of a wheel. We at VAP will inves­ti­ga­te the event sys­te­ma­ti­cal­ly from a...
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IG WLV: Set goals, develop measures

IG WLV: Set goals, develop measures

13.07.2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, Politics, SitesTags: , , , , ,

by | 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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SERVICES

13.09.2022 |

by | Sep 13, 2022

Ser­vices Mem­ber­ship of the VAP should be wort­hwhile in more than one direction. That’s why we offer a range of far-sigh­ted bene­fits – so that those invol­ved in rail freight trans­port will still be tra­vel­ling safe­ly and eco­no­mic­al­ly tomorrow. The rail...
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ECM certification of locomotives

ECM certification of locomotives

01.07.2021 | Member, OperationsTags: , , , , , ,

by | Jul 1, 2021 | Member, Operations

News and terminology From 16 June 2022, owners of loco­mo­ti­ves will also have to pre­sent an ECM cer­ti­fi­ca­te for their vehi­cles. The acro­nym ECM stands for “Enti­ty in char­ge of main­ten­an­ce” and descri­bes the enti­ty respon­si­ble for main­ten­an­ce. ECMs...
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Digitization in rail freight transport

29.05.2023 |

by | May 29, 2023

Digi­tiza­ti­on in rail freight transport TOGETHER WE ARE STARTING THE NEW ERA IN RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT: IT WILL BE DIGITISED AND AUTOMATED THROUGHOUT EUROPE. Basic infor­ma­ti­on In our pre­sen­ta­ti­on, we have pre­sen­ted the initi­al situa­ti­on, the chal­lenges...
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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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MEMBERSHIP

13.09.2022 |

by | Sep 13, 2022

Mem­ber­ship Since 1912 we’ve devo­ted our­sel­ves to the rail freight system. We know what we’re tal­king about – and we know what we’re doing. A lot has chan­ged since our foun­da­ti­on. But our goals have remain­ed the same: we’re still com­mit­ted to free-mar­ket...
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