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SBB has received the authorisation for test operations in the Ceneri Base Tunnel. SBB will run passenger and freight services from September.
The German Ministry of Transport has launched a project to test and certify digital automatic coupling. A DB-led consortium will run it.
BLS will begin its refurbishment of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in September following water and sand ingress earlier this year.
The Swiss Federal Office of Transport has confirmed that it will be able to issue the operating licence for the Ceneri Base Tunnel on time.
ProRail and Alstom will test ATO GoA4 operations on a shunting locomotive starting in 2021. The tests will use a Lineas locomotive.
The Sense Valley Line will become operational in April 2021. That's three months later than originally planned, due to approval delays etc.
The New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), which consists of two north-south axes through Switzerland, will open fully in December.
SBB has installed solar panels to produce traction electricity. They can produce enough electricity for 1.4 million passenger kilometres.
Passenger services in Switzerland can resume fully in June following an easing of restrictions put in place because of coronavirus.
Switzerland’s largest travel and transport company has installed more than 50 Daktronics LED display installations at nearly 20 locations.
The Ceneri Base Tunnel opening ceremony is to go ahead as planned in September though on a smaller scale due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Network of European Railways (NEE) expressed alarm over a potential pause to the HGV toll in Germany until 2023.
The first test at 275km/h has taken place in the Ceneri Base Tunnel with the ICE-S from Germany. The tunnel will go to SBB on 1 September.
With coronavirus restrictions on public life and businesses in Switzerland being relaxed, rail services will increase again as well.
Amberg Technologies was commissioned to carry out the geomonitoring during the construction phase of the modernisation.