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 | 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 | Apr 27, 2021 | Competition in rail freight transport
Désirée Baer, CEO of SBB Cargo, and Josef Dittli, Member of the Council of States and President of the VAP Swiss Rail Shippers Association, talk about the future of Swiss rail freight. They agree that digitalisation and automation should...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Apr 16, 2021 | Events, Member, Operations, Sustainability
A considerable potential for more sustainability in rail freight transport lies in noise abatement. Noise must be further reduced so that an increase in rail freight transport can be realised without significant increases in noise. This will then...
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