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Rail freight transport in the territory: the industry develops a joint solution
The freight railways of the umbrella organisation of public transport (VöV) and we at the VAP are holding intensive talks on the upcoming reorganisation and modernisation of rail freight transport in the territory and its sustainable...
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Future of rail freight transport in the area
26.06.2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Operations, PoliticsTags: Confederation, Digitisation, IG WLV, SBB Cargo, Wagonload traffic
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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DAC: Uniform coupling head design selected throughout Europe
Scharfenberg design to win the race On 21 September 2021, the EDDP Supervisory Board made its choice of the future Europe-wide standard designs of the digital automatic coupler (DAC) for European rail freight. With this, the body has taken a big...
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VAP signs letter of intent on automation
30.09.2021 | Events, Innovation, PoliticsTags: Automation, Digitisation, FOT, SBB Cargo, Traffic shift, Wagonload traffic
Together with the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) and the Association of Public Transport (VÖV), the VAP Association of the Loading Industry has signed a declaration of intent to automate Swiss rail freight transport. The long-term major project...
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