London City Airport closed for two hours after engine explosion and fire Four people slightly injured GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Passengers safely evacuated Swiss flight LX437 from London City Airport Thursday around 15:00 after a fire broke out. The airport was closed for a little over an hour, according to City Airport, as a result of […]
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Giant yodelling fete planned for Davos
Largest ever event for the Graubuenden resort, 3-6 July BERN, SWITZERLAND – Start warming your yodel chords if you want to join the crowd this summer in Davos for the Swiss Federal Yodeling Festival, expected to draw some 9,000 yodellers, Alpine horn blowers and flag throwers. Plans for the festival were announced at a press […]
Ceva rail delayed 21 months
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 […]