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Back to the future: development of Swiss rail freight transport

Back to the future: development of Swiss rail freight transport

In this tri­bu­te, you will learn how rail freight trans­port in Switz­er­land is moving per­sis­t­ent­ly towards the future. For many years, inno­va­ti­on was a for­eign word for the «brown wagons». But this era is passé. The freight rail­ways are ready for the age...
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Modal shift: In transit on the right track

Modal shift: In transit on the right track

The Fede­ral Council’s “Modal shift report July 2019 – June 2021” pres­ents the deve­lo­p­ment of tran­sal­pi­ne freight traf­fic and envi­ron­men­tal pol­lu­ti­on on the tran­sal­pi­ne tran­sit axes. It then exami­nes the sta­tus of imple­men­ta­ti­on of the modal...
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Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

The back­ground in advance Various fac­tors have an impact on the Sec­to­ral Plan for Transport/Programme sec­tion and thus on the future of rail freight trans­port (cf. Figu­re 1). The Swiss Spa­ti­al Deve­lo­p­ment Per­spec­ti­ve, the Trans­port Per­spec­ti­ves and...
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Combined transport and multimodality (Part 2)

Combined transport and multimodality (Part 2)

In addi­ti­on to the federal government, the can­tons and large Swiss cities are also incre­a­singly defi­ning holistic freight trans­port con­cepts for their effi­ci­ent, safe and envi­ron­ment­al­ly friend­ly sup­ply and dis­po­sal of goods. The freight trans­port...
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Combined transport and multimodality (Part 1)

Combined transport and multimodality (Part 1)

The trans­port com­pa­nies on road and rail as well as the ship­ping indus­try take their eco­no­mic, eco­lo­gi­cal and social respon­si­bi­li­ty serious­ly and rely on cross-modal solu­ti­ons. They com­bi­ne the Rhine, road, rail, inland water­ways, pipe­lines and...
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