New developments in wagon technology and a growing awareness of the need for digitalisation should help rail freight operators become more competitive, as Anitra Green discovered at the recent Transport Logistics exhibition in Munich.
SWISS rail freight operator SBB Cargo is planning to retrofit 2000 freight wagons with sensors by the end of 2018, having successfully completed trials with 150 wagons since October 2015.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has launched a new strategy which aims to combine its existing strengths with new technology to enable it to increase capacity, offer door-to-door journeys, and develop digital stations and smart freight wagons.
SBB Cargo is prioritising the growth and competitiveness of wagonload freight by utilising the latest technologies, as CEO Mr Nicolas Perrin explains to Anitra Green.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has begun work on an SFr 100m ($US 101m) project to expand SBB Cargo’s San Paolo marshalling yard at Bellinzona to increase capacity as part of the broader upgrading of the Gotthard corridor.
SIEMENS has concluded two further contracts for Vectron electric locomotives with customers in Austria and Switzerland.
WITH just weeks to go before the start of full commercial operations, Switzerland’s Federal Transport Office (BAV) has approved the use of Bombardier Traxx locomotives in the Gotthard Base Tunnel following the installation of an ETCS software update.
SWISS rail freight operator SBB Cargo is equipping its entire fleet of freight wagons with RFID technology in a bid to meet future market demand.
SWISS Federal Railways’ freight subsidiary SBB Cargo plans to introduce a synchronised timetable for its single wagonload traffic sector at the timetable change on December 11, with up to three daily shifts at its main marshalling yards instead of just one.
INCREASING passenger and freight traffic helped boost Swiss Federal Railways’ (SBB) first half by 2.4% to SFr 4.36bn ($US 4.48bn), according to the company’s latest financial results, which were published on September 13.
