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Focus on automation of wagonload traffic

Focus on automation of wagonload traffic

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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SBB Cargo Magazine: VAP President Josef Dittli in conversation

SBB Cargo Magazine: VAP President Josef Dittli in conversation

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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Noise reduction and automation make rail more attractive

Noise reduction and automation make rail more attractive

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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Progress for automation in rail freight transport

Progress for automation in rail freight transport

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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