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Lavaux wine tourism gets train day pass (update)

03/07/2014 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux and its vineyards are getting a tourism boost in the form of a new day pass (carte journalière) that allows visitors to use several different trains, buses and funicular cars freely throughout the day and to reach all the area’s tourism sites via train. The Mobilis Lavaux Riviera Pass can be […]

Filed Under: News, Travels Tagged With: bus, CFF, day pass, Lavaux, Mobilis passes, rail, tourism, train, wine

Swiss trains: yes, do watch your luggage

21/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It seems no matter how often the police say it or the CFF rail company cautions travelers, foreigns are anxious to hold onto the image of clean, tidy, crime-free Switzerland, a place that exists mainly in the imagination. The latest dire warning to travelers comes from a writer in the UK’s Daily […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: CFF, foreigners, railway, stolen, Switzerland, theft, trains

Clockwork Apple: Swiss trains share their favourite timepiece

12/10/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Licensing fee is the solution to the Swiss train clock vs Apple iPad, iPhone ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The famous Swiss train station clock designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker will stay on Apple iPhones and iPads, after Apple and the SBB/CFF Swiss rail company settled on licensing terms 12 October, the two companies announced Friday […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Apple, CFF, iPad, iPhone, legal case settled, licensing agreement, SBB, Swiss train station clock

Get long trains and you have to get long buildings, Zurich learns

20/03/2012 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The first shovel of dirt was lifted 16 March for the new Herdern train storage shed in Zurich, a visible sign of how growing rail traffic is affecting Switzerland. The CFF rail company today carries 40 percent more passengers than in 2004 and one of the solutions to handle the continual growth […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bombardier double-decker trains, CFF, handicapped access, new train shed, Swiss rail, Switzerland, trains, Zurich

Swiss train trial for hybrid locomotives succeeds

18/10/2011 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A 4,000 ton annual reduction in CO2 and a significant improvement in maintenance costs: Swiss cargo trains will have 30 hybrid locomotives starting in 2013, the CFF rail company has announced. The new engines are made by Stadler Winterthur, whose director, Hartmut Dietrich, calls them “the most modern and most innovative on the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: cargo, CFF, CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, hybrid locomotives, Swiss rail, trains

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