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Swiss rail

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

The next time your Swiss train is late, consider this

21/10/2011 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – The main reaction was somber silence when the train conductor announced that the train from Lucerne would be arriving 14 minutes late in Bern. In German and French he said that the lateness was due to a “person incident” rail-speak for an accident that is most likely a suicide, someone jumping or […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Bern, lateness, Lucerne, person incidents, suicide, Swiss rail, trains, Zofingen

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

Public transport hike lower than expected in 2011

04/08/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Public transport costs for consumers will rise by 2.4 percent rather than 3.4 percent in 2011, “Mr Price”, Switzerland’s consumer watchdog, announced Wednesday 4 August. Lengthy negotiations between the office of Stefan Meierhans and public transport unions succeeded in getting price hikes down. Another bit of good news for consumers is […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: communes, consumer protection, day passes, increases, Mr Price, public transport, Swiss rail, Switzerland, train prices

Court backs fines for no-ticket train riders

23/12/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern and Bellinzona, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Train passengers without tickets or sitting in first class when they have only second class tickets will be treated alike by Switzerland’s CFF rail company, following a decision by a Swiss court: subject to CHF80 fines plus the missing fare or the difference between classes. Travelers should be aware […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: administrative high court, Bellinzona, CFF, fines, first class, rail, second class, Swiss rail, Swiss Transport Office, ticketless, trains, traveling without a ticket

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