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Gotthard Base Tunnel (#10): Europe presents the final report

Gotthard Base Tunnel (#10): Europe presents the final report

In mid-July 2024, the Joint Net­work Secre­ta­ri­at (JNS) of the Euro­pean Union Agen­cy for Rail­ways (ERA) published its final report on the acci­dent in the Gott­hard Base Tun­nel on 10 August 2023. This con­ta­ins an exten­ded scope of appli­ca­ti­on, an increased...
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Gotthard Base Tunnel (#8): Safety and control tasks clearly distributed

Gotthard Base Tunnel (#8): Safety and control tasks clearly distributed

The Swiss Safe­ty Inves­ti­ga­ti­on Aut­ho­ri­ty (Sust) names a bro­ken wheel disc as the cause of the freight train acci­dent in the Gott­hard Base Tun­nel. In the news report from 19 Octo­ber 2023, Swiss tele­vi­si­on SRF took a close look at the main­ten­an­ce of...
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Gotthard Base Tunnel (#5): Too early to assign blame and liability

Gotthard Base Tunnel (#5): Too early to assign blame and liability

Accor­ding to the main edi­ti­on of the SRF Tages­schau news pro­gram­me from 27 August 2023, the Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (BAV) views SBB Cargo as sole­ly lia­ble for the con­se­quen­ces of the freight train acci­dent in the Gott­hard Base Tun­nel. The...
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