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KVF‑N strengthens rail freight transport with more competition and transparency

KVF‑N strengthens rail freight transport with more competition and transparency

The Natio­nal Council’s Preli­mi­na­ry Con­sul­ta­ti­on Com­mit­tee (KVF‑N) is pro­po­sing that the Coun­cil appro­ve the cre­dits for the intro­duc­tion of digi­tal auto­ma­tic cou­pling (DAK) and the tem­po­ra­ry com­pen­sa­ti­on for sin­gle wagon­load trans­port...
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«MODERATE» ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRACK ACCESS CHARGE: A FATAL BURDEN FOR RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT

«MODERATE» ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRACK ACCESS CHARGE: A FATAL BURDEN FOR RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) has announ­ced that it will increase the train path price for rail trans­port by 2.1 per cent from the begin­ning of 2025. This mea­su­re is aimed at mee­ting the legal requi­re­ments for cost reco­very, but car­ri­es the risk...
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«An excellent neutral negotiation partner»

«An excellent neutral negotiation partner»

The Vetro­pack Group is a lis­ted and fami­ly-run glass pack­a­ging manu­fac­tu­rer in Switz­er­land. We at the VAP accom­pa­nied Vetro­pack during the nego­tia­ti­ons on the new siding con­tract and the rene­wal of the sidings. We talk about this coope­ra­ti­on and the future of rail freight trans­port with Phil­ip­pe Clerc, Head of the Vetro­pack site in St-Prex.

The Vetro­pack Group is a lis­ted and fami­ly-run glass pack­a­ging manu­fac­tu­rer in Switz­er­land. We at the VAP accom­pa­nied Vetro­pack during the nego­tia­ti­ons on the new siding con­tract and the rene­wal of the sidings. We talk about this coope­ra­ti­on and the future of rail freight trans­port with Phil­ip­pe Clerc, Head of the Vetro­pack site in St-Prex.

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The rail sector must reinvent itself

The rail sector must reinvent itself

Rail is not exact­ly famous for its wil­ling­ness to inno­va­te. This must and will chan­ge if it wants to remain sus­tainable as a trans­port mode. At the 7th Inter­na­tio­nal Rail­way Forum IRFC 2022, the experts pre­sen­ted a wide range of initia­ti­ves,...
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