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Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

We com­ment on the Fede­ral Council’s con­sul­ta­ti­on draft “Fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of the frame­work con­di­ti­ons for Swiss freight trans­port”. We cri­ti­cal­ly assess the pro­po­sals from the point of view of freight rail cus­to­mers and demons­tra­te the...
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Consultation on surface rail freight transport: two variants, many question marks

Consultation on surface rail freight transport: two variants, many question marks

The Fede­ral Council’s report on the «Future ori­en­ta­ti­on of rail freight trans­port in the area» was sent out for con­sul­ta­ti­on. In it, the eco­no­mic via­bi­li­ty of sin­gle wagon­load trans­port is pre­sen­ted as impos­si­ble wit­hout any evi­dence. As...
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Power shortage (Part 4): Emergency measures are concretised

Power shortage (Part 4): Emergency measures are concretised

Ener­gy secu­ri­ty is and remains one of our top issues. The Fede­ral Coun­cil is curr­ent­ly con­cre­ti­sing the manage­ment mea­su­res in the event of an elec­tri­ci­ty shorta­ge in the form of pre­pared ordi­nan­ces. Spe­cial pro­vi­si­ons are envi­sa­ged for...
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ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE (PART 3): SHARE SAVINGS APPEALS

ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE (PART 3): SHARE SAVINGS APPEALS

The elec­tri­ci­ty shorta­ge is an urgent poli­ti­cal and eco­no­mic issue. That is why we are keen to ensu­re that our mem­bers are kept up to date. In this third blog epi­so­de, we dis­cuss how the rail­way indus­try can respond to the Fede­ral Council’s calls for savings by taking vol­un­t­a­ry ener­gy-saving measures.

The elec­tri­ci­ty shorta­ge is an urgent poli­ti­cal and eco­no­mic issue. That is why we are keen to ensu­re that our mem­bers are kept up to date. In this third blog epi­so­de, we dis­cuss how the rail­way indus­try can respond to the Fede­ral Council’s calls for savings by taking vol­un­t­a­ry ener­gy-saving measures.

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VAP General Assembly of 19 August 2022

VAP General Assembly of 19 August 2022

Our Gene­ral Assem­bly made it clear: 2050 is fast approa­ching. On site and vir­tual­ly, num­e­rous VAP mem­bers and guests fol­lo­wed the sta­tu­to­ry part with a memo­rable ope­ning speech by Pre­si­dent Josef Ditt­li. A spe­cial high­light was the speech by Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Simo­net­ta Som­ma­ru­ga on the importance of rail freight trans­port for Switzerland.

Our Gene­ral Assem­bly made it clear: 2050 is fast approa­ching. On site and vir­tual­ly, num­e­rous VAP mem­bers and guests fol­lo­wed the sta­tu­to­ry part with a memo­rable ope­ning speech by Pre­si­dent Josef Ditt­li. A spe­cial high­light was the speech by Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Simo­net­ta Som­ma­ru­ga on the importance of rail freight trans­port for Switzerland.

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