by blaettler_redaktion | Mar 11, 2024 | Innovation
The fixed train control systems for goods trains and their rolling stock are constantly being refined. The digital control system Wayside Intelligence (WIN) not only increases safety in rail freight transport, but also helps wagon keepers to plan...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Nov 20, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Politics
The goods train derailment on 10 August 2023 caused serious damage to the Gotthard Base Tunnel. SBB therefore intends to massively reduce the capacity of sustainable rail freight transport in favour of leisure traffic at weekends with the...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Nov 16, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations
The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (Sust) names a broken wheel disc as the cause of the goods train accident in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. In the news report from 19 October 2023, Swiss television SRF took a close look at the...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Oct 6, 2023 | Operations
On 28 September 2023, the Swiss Safety Investigation Authority (Sust) published its interim report on the derailment of the goods train in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. In it, it documents the course of the accident and makes initial safety...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Sep 7, 2023 | Financing, Operations
After the freight train accident in the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) is promoting rail freight transport with gripping measures: The tunnel may only be used for goods trains. The compensation per train driven in...
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