Closed roads will nevertheless be re-opened this summer GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Champel tunnel that is a key part of the new regional Ceva rail system in Geneva has run up against unexpected geological problems that will delay the project by 21 months. The 2017 deadline for the opening of the Cornavin-Eaux-Vive-Annemass line thus won’t […]
Villeneuve bridge over A1 demolished, video
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The old bridge over the A9 autoroute at the Vennes junction was destroyed this week in less than 36 hours, all while the 7,300 users per hour continued to drive on the road. Watch a time lapse video of the demolition. The demolition used a technique called “croquage” in French, where machines […]
Swiss trains a tad less punctual with 1 million a day
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss trains were a tad less punctual in 2013, says CFF, running on time 87.5 percent of the time, down from 88 percent in 2012. CFF rail travel accounts for 25 percent of all travel in Switzerland. The national rail company says that for the first time ever the group carried more […]
Three things about Scotland, learned this week
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – You carry a name like Wallace and you’re bound to be interested in all things Scottish, so when you’re Wallace, the wine writer, and you see that someone north of Edinburgh is planting grapes, you’re all ears. Bloomberg reports that Christopher Trotter, a food writer and chef, has planted 200 vines that […]
Time to crack down on “unruly passsengers”
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Airline companies’ organization IATA called Tuesday on governments “to close legal loopholes that allow unruly passengers to escape law enforcement for serious offences committed on board aircraft.” The group is calling for action on the eve of governments holding a diplomatic meeting in Montreal to revise the Tokyo Convention to make it […]