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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 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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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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Driving service regulations: Please simplify and harmonise internationally

Driving service regulations: Please simplify and harmonise internationally

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) is fur­ther deve­lo­ping the Swiss Dri­ving Ser­vice Regu­la­ti­ons (FDV2024) as part of the 2024 amend­ment cycle. Sys­te­ma­tic chan­ges are cen­tral. Here is a state­ment from the per­spec­ti­ve of the ship­ping industry....
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