by blaettler_redaktion | Jul 14, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Sustainability
Freight transport plays a crucial role for the national economy as it enables the exchange of goods and services. In view of the challenges such as limited road capacity and climate change, the shift of freight transport to rail is becoming...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Apr 13, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics
The Federal Council’s “Modal shift report July 2019 – June 2021” presents the development of transalpine freight traffic and environmental pollution on the transalpine transit axes. It then examines the status of implementation of the modal...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Apr 6, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Politics
According to the modal shift report of November 2021, the Federal Council is considering a consultation on a ban on the transport of dangerous goods at the Simplon. In doing so, it is revising its assessment submitted to parliament in 2015,...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Mar 24, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Politics
The background in advance Various factors have an impact on the Sectoral Plan for Transport/Programme section and thus on the future of rail freight transport (cf. Figure 1). The Swiss Spatial Development Perspective, the Transport Perspectives and...
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by blaettler_redaktion | Dec 2, 2021 | Innovation, Member
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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