Swiss railway company BLS now estimates that renovation works in the Lötschberg tunnel will cost 180 million Swiss franc (183,4 million euro). This represents a cost overrun of 75 million franc over the original 2018...Read more
A new train service with the name GoldenPass Express starts service this week in Switzerland. The train features a novelty: it switches from metric to standard gauge, as the first in the world. Read more
Swiss operators BLS, Schweizerische Südwestbah and PostAuto have joined forces under the ÖV42 project with the Canton of St. Gallen and the climate cooperative 42hacks. Together, they will explore the possibilities of using artificial intelligence...Read more
Nokia and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have accomplished the joint tests to define radio frequency for the new Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) standard. As a result, Nokia will provide LTE 1900MHz TDD (Time...Read more
Swiss railway companies are working together on the development and implementation of the smartrail 4.0 traffic management system. The new solution will integrate interlocking, control technology, trackside installations, data transmission systems and traffic control systems...Read more
Swiss railway company BLS AG accepts the concession decision from the Swiss Federal Transport Office (BAV), the company announced on Thursday. From December 2019 BLS will serve for the long-distance lines Bern-Biel and Bern-Burgdorf-Olten. BLS...Read more