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Future of rail freight transport in the area

Future of rail freight transport in the area

Sha­ping rail freight trans­port for the future The Fede­ral Council’s report  Bericht «Future ori­en­ta­ti­on of rail freight trans­port in the area»[1] of March 2022 pro­vi­des a wel­co­me oppor­tu­ni­ty to rethink the Swiss rail freight trans­port sys­tem...
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Freight Transport Forum: the industry stands together for progress in rail freight transport

Freight Transport Forum: the industry stands together for progress in rail freight transport

On 3 May 2022, the popular Freight Transport Forum finally took place again after three years. The most important players and representatives from the shipping industry from all over Europe met to refresh their expertise and exchange ideas with colleagues across...
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25 years of the «Contract of Lugano» – a look into the future

25 years of the «Contract of Lugano» – a look into the future

Exact­ly 25 years after the sig­ning of the “Trea­ty of Luga­no”, the Ger­man rail­way sta­ti­on in the Swiss bor­der metro­po­lis of Basel took stock. For the VAP, in addi­ti­on to the expan­si­on of the line on the right bank of the Rhine, that of the line on the...
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IG WLV: Set goals, develop measures

IG WLV: Set goals, develop measures

On 9 June 2021, the annu­al can­to­nal con­fe­rence of the Wagon­load Trans­port Inte­rest Group (IG WLV) took place – unfort­u­na­te­ly again as a video con­fe­rence. In addi­ti­on to the foun­ding part­ners of IG WLV (VAP, Asso­cia­ti­on of Public Trans­port...
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