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 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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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 goods train in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. In it, it documents the course of the accident and makes initial safety...
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by cargorail-admin | Aug 25, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry, Interoperability
The publicly published information on the freight train derailment in the Gotthard Base Tunnel indicates a broken wheel on the derailed train. Overloading or material defects are under consideration as possible causes of the failure. What...
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by cargorail-admin | Aug 24, 2023 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics
The freight train accident in the Gotthard Base Tunnel has brought up liability questions that were already on the agenda of the Federal Council. In its session on 21 June 2023, the Federal Council issued a report on possible actions to intensify...
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