Topic: Underground rail

Drilling tests for novel subterranean cargo rail starts in Switzerland

Cargo Sous Terrain (CST), the Swiss company working on underground rail freight transport, will start tunnel boring-related activities for the first time. Test drilling and geophysical measurements of the subsoil along the first section of...Read more

26-01-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Groundbreaking Swiss subterranean rail freight project gets legal basis

The Swiss Federal Council has approved the law on underground goods transport, which will come into force on 1 August. The law provides the legal grounds the implementation of a ‘futuristic yet realistic’ project: the...Read more

27-06-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Photo: Port of Rotterdam / Danny Cornelissen

Underground rail freight line ‘best option for the Netherlands’

An underground freight railway near the port area of Rotterdam is considered the best long-term solution in terms of safely and urban development, a preliminary study commissioned by the nearby municipalities of Dordrecht and Zwijndrecht...Read more

17-02-2022|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel