In preparation for the start of test operations of the complete tunnel system in autumn 2015, over 650 test runs were carried out on a 13km section of the Gotthard base tunnel in a six-month pilot scheme which ended in June. Anitra Green reports from Switzerland on progress to date.
BASLE Transport Authority (BVB) celebrated the start of testing on the cross-border extension of tram Line 8 on September 29, when the first BVB tram reached the town of Weil-am-Rhein, Germany.
SWITZERLAND's Federal Transport Office (BAV) announced on September 18 that it has concluded negotiations with Italian infrastructure manager Italian Railway Network (RFI) on the financing, planning, and implementation of gauge enhancement works the Luino Ranzo – Gallarate/Novara line in northern Italy.
RAILFREIGHT volumes on the major transalpine routes across Switzerland continued to recover in the first half of 2014, according to the latest statistics from the Swiss Federal Transport Ministry (BAV).
BASLE Transport Authority celebrated a milestone in its largest-ever procurement of new vehicles on September 4 with the delivery of the first of 60 Flexity low-floor LRVs from Bombardier's Bautzen plant in eastern Germany.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) published its first half results on September 1, revealing a 3% rise in daily passenger traffic, which increased to 1.002 million, and 27% year-on-year growth in freight traffic, which reached 7.6 billion net tonne-km.
SWISS Federal Railways has awarded ABB Switzerland a contract worth around SFr 69.2m ($US 75.4m) to supply new traction equipment for its fleet of 119 Re460 electric locomotives as part of a SFr 230m mid-life refurbishment programme.
On-rail competition has transformed the railfreight landscape in Europe over the last 20 years, but in wagonload - a sector competing directly with road for nearly every load - operators increasingly see cooperation as the key to maintaining and growing the business. Keith Barrow looks at how an alliance between wagonload operators is working to deliver service standards comparable with road.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) will spend around SFr 1.5bn ($US 1.66bn) on revamping stations, modernising infrastructure and acquiring new rolling stock for Ticino, Switzerland's southernmost canton by 2020.
SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has exercised options with Stadler for 19 additional Kiss double-deck EMUs for the Zürich S-Bahn network and six single-deck Flirt EMUs, which will be used on regional services in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland.
