by blaettler_redaktion | Nov 28, 2024 | Operations
In August 2024, the National Council’s Transport and Telecommunications Committee submitted motion 24.3823 ‘Revision of the risk liability of owners of freight wagons’ by 13 votes to 8 with 4 abstentions. The motion aims to introduce strict...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Aug 28, 2024 | Operations
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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by blaettler_redaktion | Mar 11, 2024 | Innovation
The fixed train control systems for goods trains and their rolling stock are constantly being refined. The digital control system Wayside Intelligence (WIN) not only increases safety in rail freight transport, but also helps wagon keepers to plan...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Nov 16, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations
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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by blaettler_redaktion | Oct 6, 2023 | Operations
On 28 September 2023, the Swiss Safety Investigation Authority (Sust) published its interim report on the derailment of the freight train in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. It documents the course of the accident and makes initial safety...
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