16.09.2020 |
by cargorail-admin | Sep 16, 2020
IN SAFE HANDS Data protection We at the VAP make every effort to protect the personal data of our members and partners. For this reason we undertake to comply with both the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP/DSG) and the European Union’s new...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Jun 15, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry, Innovation
In this tribute, you will learn how rail freight transport in Switzerland is moving persistently towards the future. For many years, innovation was a foreign word for the «brown wagons». But this era is passé. The freight railways are ready for the age...
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18.09.2022 |
by blaettler_redaktion | Sep 18, 2022
SITES Under “sites” – or multimodal logistics hubs – we group together topics on sites with highly efficient rail and road connections and infrastructure for logistics functions. This also includes free loading, terminals or sidings with warehouse...
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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.
by blaettler_redaktion | Oct 3, 2022 | Financing, Network, Politics
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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by blaettler_redaktion | Mar 23, 2021 | Innovation, Interoperability, Politics
The Councils adopted the motion «Transporting more efficiently by rail through automation» by VAP President and Councillor of States Josef Dittli in the autumn or winter session 2020. The Europe-wide introduction of digital automatic...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Dec 15, 2023 | Financing, Innovation, Politics
Without digital automatic coupling (DAC) there is no digitalisation and without digitalisation there is no competitiveness. This is how the modernisation of the rail freight sector could be described. However, it’s not quite that simple....
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by cargorail-admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry
On 10 August 2023, a freight train derailed in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. A few minutes before entering the tunnel through the south portal, the train was inspected by automatic wayside train monitoring systems (WTMSs). According to the monitoring...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Dec 9, 2022 | Interoperability, Network, Politics
On 6 December 2022, the Council of States adopted two motions in the second instance. They are important for modal shift in transit, but also concern the Basel-North ports route, which is central for import and export traffic. We at the VAP support both...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Sep 30, 2021 | Events, Innovation, Politics
Together with the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) and the Association of Public Transport (VÖV), the VAP Association of the Loading Industry has signed a declaration of intent to automate Swiss rail freight transport. The long-term major project...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Feb 27, 2023 | Innovation, Operations
In step with Europe and with substantial à fonds perdu financing, the migration to DAK will succeed. We at the VAP are joining forces with the BAV, VöV, partner companies and coordinated with European institutions to develop the project for the...
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