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 sys­tem often beco­mes a com­pli­ca­ted sub­ject, the freight rail sys­tem even more so. We pre­sent the topics, their back­grounds and inter­re­la­ti­onships in a simp­le and under­stan­da­ble way for you. You can read about the focal points curr­ent­ly on our radar and what we are doing about them in the Focal Topics sec­tion.

«The current monopolistic market environment should evolve into a market-oriented freight rail system.»

Consulting

You are plan­ning an infra­struc­tu­re rene­wal, are about to enter into a coope­ra­ti­on with a trac­tion equip­ment manu­fac­tu­rer or need to draw up a main­ten­an­ce con­tract. These and simi­lar tasks are best pla­ced in the expe­ri­en­ced hands of our (legal) experts. As a VAP mem­ber, they will actively sup­port you. The basis for this coope­ra­ti­on is your trust in the VAP and a simp­le con­sul­tancy man­da­te agreement.

Con­sul­tancy cate­go­ries: Legal advice, advice on tech­ni­cal issues, pro­duc­tion pro­ces­ses, con­s­truc­tion pro­jects, main­ten­an­ce and finan­cial plan­ning, audit, sub­si­dies, stra­te­gic advice (e.g. for cantons).

Auxiliary means

Con­tracts are as good as the way they are drawn up. That is why we pro­vi­de you as a VAP mem­ber with a range of tools. In this way, you can ensu­re that your ver­bal hand­shake also stands up to legal pressure.

Con­tract templates

Forms and directories

Your mem­ber­ship fee is based on the num­ber of sidings and freight wagons you have. That is why you should report your stock to us annu­al­ly. In this chap­ter you will find this and other useful forms.

Over­view of rele­vant laws

The trans­port and freight indus­try is high­ly regu­la­ted. To help you keep an over­view of the legal pro­vi­si­ons, we have depo­si­ted the most important laws, ordi­nan­ces, stan­dards and cir­cu­lars here for you – where available with the num­ber of the Sys­te­ma­tic Coll­ec­tion of Laws.

Information

We pro­vi­de you with up-to-date and high-class pro­fes­sio­nal infor­ma­ti­on as well as recom­men­da­ti­ons from our experts and (inter­na­tio­nal) part­ners on various channels:

• Events
• Blog
• Publi­ca­ti­ons on spe­ci­fic topics
• Media releases
• VAP News­let­ter (elec­tro­nic)
• Rail­pe­dia (coming soon)
• Social net­work: Lin­ke­dIn, Xing, Twit­ter

You will also find infor­ma­ti­on, links and useful docu­ments on the topics:

Representation of interests