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The digitalisation of rail freight transport is picking up speed

The digitalisation of rail freight transport is picking up speed

Poli­ti­ci­ans are adap­ting the frame­work con­di­ti­ons for the migra­ti­on to digi­tal auto­ma­tic cou­pling (DAK) and the tech­no­lo­gy for the future stan­dard is being defi­ned step by step. Switz­er­land is har­mo­ni­s­ing its intro­duc­tion pro­cess with that...
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Data ecosystems: Industry round table with Federal Councillor Rösti

Data ecosystems: Industry round table with Federal Councillor Rösti

On 24 June 2024, Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Albert Rösti brought tog­e­ther repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from the public sec­tor and the logi­stics indus­try at a round table to dis­cuss the importance of a natio­nal data infra­struc­tu­re for the exch­an­ge of infor­ma­ti­on. We...
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RailCom: Promoting a competitive railway system through innovation and transparency

RailCom: Promoting a competitive railway system through innovation and transparency

Patri­zia Danioth is a lawy­er and nota­ry and has been Pre­si­dent of Rail­Com since 2013. In this inter­view, she gives us an over­view of RailCom’s tasks, her posi­ti­on on the draft legis­la­ti­on for freight trans­port and talks about the future mobi­li­ty...
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Ready for the next level of digitalisation

Ready for the next level of digitalisation

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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Data ecosystems: Sharing data to double its added value

Data ecosystems: Sharing data to double its added value

We at the VAP have been working more inten­si­ve­ly on the topic of data eco­sys­tems for some time. In 2022, we initia­ted the deve­lo­p­ment of a data plat­form at the Coor­di­na­ti­on Unit for Sus­tainable Mobi­li­ty (KOMO) and are pushing ahead with the fur­ther...
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