FOT __ Federal OFFice OF TranspOrT

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5124km railway network

11,007km post bus routes

1774cableway installations

3754km normalgauge track2258

km by rail foreach residenteach year

160passenger ships

1370km narrowgauge track

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Public transport in Switzerland is of unique quality. Itis a role model for other countries. And this includesthe high proportion of rail in freight transport.

The success of the railways and other public trans-port companies is closely linked to the work of the Fed-eral Office of Transport (FOT). It is our goal to main-tain this outstanding system, and to adapt it to thegrowing mobility needs of both passenger and freighttransport in the future. Our commitment to environ-mentally friendly and efficient public transport canonly succeed if passengers can be sure of reachingtheir destination safely and on time. One of the FOT’skey goals is therefore to deliver a high, yet affordable,standard of safety for our railways, buses, ships andcableways.

As Director of the FOT, I have been mandated bythe Federal Council to implement and develop pub-lic transport and rail freight policy. Switzerland isonly able to fulfil its role as one of the most importanttransport hubs in Europe in close cooperation with ourneighbours and with the rest of the European Union.We are implementing the European Directives andStandards in a pragmatic way typical of our country.

As Director I take responsibility for every decisionmade by my Office. But I don’t make decisions alone.In accordance with my management philosophy, every

ediTOrial __ We are aT The hearT OF The besTpublic TranspOrT sysTem.

The Federal OFFiceOF TranspOrT

senior manager and every one of the 290 or so staffshould shoulder responsibility and exercise their de-cision-making authority. Only together we can do jus-tice to the high expectations of our work.

Peter Füglistaler

peter Füglistalerdirector of the Federal Office of Transport

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The Federal Office of Transport (FOT) is involved day today in the shaping and implementation of Swiss publictransport policy. It turns substantial parts of the transportpolicy, agreed by the Swiss people, Parliament and FederalCouncil, into reality.

safe cableways: an important factor for swiss tourism.

The Federal OFFice OF TranspOrT __ servingThe saFeTy and cOmFOrT OF all Travellers.

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The railways are highly valued in switzerland.

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Our managemenT Team __ The FOT cOnsisTsOF Five divisiOns – pOlicy, Financing, saFeTy,inFrasTrucTure, and business adminisTraTiOnand OrganisaTiOn.

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The Director, Peter Füglistaler, is assisted in the runningof the Office and the handling of all transport-policy-related issues by Pierre-André Meyrat, Toni Eder, PieterZeilstra, Christine Stoller-Gerber, Petra Breuer and GregorSaladin, and their respective section heads.

From left to right: information & iT: gregor saladin, head of section, business administration and Organisation:christine stoller-gerber, head of division, infrastructure: Toni eder, vice-director, director: peter Füglistaler policy:petra breuer, head of division Financing: pierre-andré meyrat, deputy director, safety: pieter Zeilstra, vice-director

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The Policy Division is headed by Petra Breuer. Hercore tasks include management affairs, special pro-jects and the development of strategies and concepts,for which the Management Affairs and Legal AffairsSections are primarily responsible. Their specialistssupport political and legal business at the Office, De-partment, Federal Council and Parliamentary levels.This also includes legal procedures in disputes involv-ing public transport.

The International Affairs Section follows the devel-opment of international transport policy and analysesits effects on Switzerland. It advises and supports theDirector and the Department in international negotia-tions and conferences on land transport, and coord-inates the Office’s activities on the international stage.The Information & IT Section informs the media and

the general public about the Office’s activities, dealswith internal communications, and is responsiblefor the Office’s IT resources. The staff of Safety RiskManagement monitor all the Office’s safety-related ac-tivities, and supervise risk analyses relating to publictransport.

From left to right: management affairs: markus liechti, policy: petra breuer, international affairs: Jean-claudeschneuwly, safety risk management: hannes meuli, information and iT: gregor saladin, legal affairs: peter König

pOlicy __ The pOlicy divisiOn is respOnsibleFOr pOlicy, laW and cOmmunicaTiOns, and issuesOF iT, and saFeTy risK managemenT.

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From left to right: railway network: markus giger, Freight Transport: arnold berndt,passenger Transport: regula herrmann, Financing: pierre-andré meyrat, deputy director

The Financing Division is headed by Pierre-AndréMeyrat and comprises the Railway Network, FreightTransport and Passenger Transport Sections. Financ-ing railway infrastructure is the focus of the RailwayNetwork Section, which is responsible for the pay-ments that the Confederation makes for the operation,maintenance and improvement of rail transport instal-lations, and financial controlling. The Section’s tasksalso include steering and planning the Fund for Large-scale Railway Projects (FinöV Fund), which financesprojects such as the New Rail Link through the Alps(NRLA).

The Passenger Transport Section is primarily con-cerned with ordering and financing regional publicpassenger transport. In cooperation with the cantons,the Section orders the necessary transport services

Financing __ The Financing divisiOn Oversees re-giOnal passenger TranspOrT, FreighT TranspOrT,and The Financing OF The railWay neTWOrK.

from the companies licensed for regional passengertransport. The subsidies needed are stipulated in ad-vance for each transport service ordered.

The Freight Transport Section helps the railwaycompanies, through investment contributions andsubsidies, to provide attractive freight transport ser-vices. This makes a substantial contribution to shift-ing transalpine freight transport from road to rail, andto continue developing Swiss rail freight.

The Financing Division also issues licences and au-thorisations for the companies active in public trans-port, and licences for freight and passenger transportby road. Its specialists also monitor whether the trans-port companies are using the funds as agreed and de-ploying them efficiently.

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Under the leadership of Pieter Zeilstra, the Environ-ment, Civil Engineering, Safety Engineering, Electric-al Installations, Vehicles, Railway Operations, SafetySupervision, Navigation and Cableway Systems Sec-tions support the Director and the other Divisionsand Sections of the Federal Office of Transport on allsafety-related matters. To ensure the continuing highsafety level of public transport, the Safety Divisiondraws up the necessary foundations and adapts themcontinually to new demands and technological pro-gress. It monitors whether the projects submitted to theFOT comply with safety regulations. It also monitorswhether transport companies observe the applicablesafety regulations. Should there be a case in whichsafety can no longer being ensured, the Division im-poses conditions and enforces additional safety meas-ures where necessary.

The main tasks of the Environment Section areto minimise risks that may result from the transportof dangerous goods, and to remediate contaminatedsites. The Vehicles Section evaluates the safety as-pects of railway vehicles and buses. The CablewaySystems Section ensures that the applicable safety

and operating requirements for cableways are met.The Civil Engineering, Electrical Installations andSafety Engineering Sections play an important role inFOT decisions concerning train control systems, tele-matics, high-voltage systems, and collision avoidancesystems.

Safety is not reserved to project planning for newinstallations or the construction of new vehicles: theSafety Supervision Section also supervises the trans-port companies during the operating phase. It moni-tors whether the required safety standards are beingobserved, and whether the companies are using tech-nical products that could endanger public transportsafety. The Railway Operations Section deals withoperative matters including the operating regulations,which are binding for all railway companies in publictransport. The Navigation Section ensures safe trans-port on water. It is also responsible for most interna-tional concerns of Rhine navigation.

saFeTy __ The saFeTy divisiOn deals WiTh allsaFeTy issues aFFecTing public TranspOrT.

From left to right: environment: markus ammann, cableway systems: laurent Queloz, railway Operations:bruno revelin, navigation: gerhard Kratzenberg, civil engineering: Thomas p. lang, electrical installations:hermann Willi, safety engineering: Wolfgang hüppi, safety supervision: gery balmer, safety: pieter Zeilstra,vice-director, vehicles: daniel Kiener

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The Infrastructure Division, headed by Toni Eder, ismade up of the Planning, Large-scale Projects, Au-thorisations I, Authorisations II, and Approvals andRules Sections.

The Planning Section is responsible for strategicservice and infrastructure planning for the develop-ment of the Swiss railway network, and coordinatesthis with spatial planning and the planning of the roadnetwork. The Large-scale Projects Section supervises,coordinates and monitors the implementation of themajor railway extension projects, such as the NewRail Link through the Alps (NRLA), the connection tothe European high-speed network, the future devel-opment of rail infrastructure (ZEB project), and noiseabatement along the railways. It represents the Con-federation as the purchaser of these large-scale pro-jects, and strives to keep them within deadlines andbudgets.

The Authorisations I and II Sections issue planningpermission for railway infrastructure, cableways, andlanding stages for public navigation. The two Sec-tions also issue operating licences and infrastructureconcessions.

inFrasTrucTure __ The inFrasTrucTure divisiOnplans expansiOns and large-scale prOJecTs,and issues auThOrisaTiOns FOr public TranspOrT.

The Approvals and Rules Section coordinates networkaccess for the rail transport companies. It issues ap-provals for rolling stock, installations and personnelentrusted with safety-related tasks. It also keeps thetechnical and operating regulations up to date and en-sures specialist contacts at an international level.

From left to right: authorisations i: Franziska sarott-rindlisbacher, authorisations ii: pierre-andrépianzola, infrastructure: Toni eder, vice-director, planning: hauke Fehlberg, approvals and rules:Jürg lütscher, large-scale projects: rudolf sperlich

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The Business Administration and Organisation Divi-sion, headed by Christine Stoller-Gerber, is responsiblefor the numerous internal services that are necessaryto keep the Office running smoothly. These include re-source management and human resources, as well ascontinuing education and training and the supervisionof trainees in commercial apprenticeship or media-matics. The Division is also responsible for budgetingand financial planning, material supplies, safety andorganisation within the Office and for translations oftexts produced by the Office. The Business Admin-istration and Organisation Division is divided intoHuman Resources, Accounting & Controlling, Logis-tics and Language Services.

The Auditing Unit reports directly to the Director, andis an independent unit within the Federal Office. Rob-ert Gugger and his team monitor whether the FOT isoperating effectively and in full accordance with thelaw, and whether the available funds are being de-ployed economically. In the case of subsidised trans-port companies, the Auditing Unit monitors whetherpublic money is being used properly.

business administration and Organisation:christine stoller-gerber, head of division

auditing:robert gugger

business adminisTraTiOnand OrganisaTiOn __This divisiOn dealsWiTh human resOurces,Finance, maTerials,saFeTyand TranslaTiOns.

audiTing __ This uniTchecKs WheTher FederalFunds are being usedprOperly, inTernallyand exTernally.

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PolicyPetra Breuer *

Business Administra-tion & OrganisationChristine Stoller-Gerber *

FinancingPierre-André Meyrat **

SafetyPieter Zeilstra *

InfrastructureToni Eder *

Information & ITGregor Saladin *

Human ResourcesRailway NetworkDr Markus Giger

EnvironmentDr Markus Ammann

PlanningHauke Fehlberg

Management AffairsDr Markus Liechti

Accounting& Controlling

Freight TransportDr Arnold Berndt

Civil EngineeringThomas P. Lang

Large-scale ProjectsDr Rudolf Sperlich

International AffairsJean-Claude Schneuwly

LogisticsPassenger TransportRegula Herrmann

Safety EngineeringWolfgang Hüppi

Authorisations IFranziska Sarott-Rindlisbacher

AuditingRobert Gugger

Legal AffairsPeter König

Language ServicesElectricalInstallationsHermann Willi

Authorisations IIPierre-André Pianzola

Safety RiskManagementHannes Meuli

Approvals & RulesJürg Lütscher

VehiclesDaniel Kiener

Railway OperationsBruno Revelin

Safety SupervisionGery Balmer

NavigationGerhard Kratzenberg

Cableway SystemsLaurent Queloz

* Member of the Management Team** Deputy Director

DirectorDr Peter Füglistaler *

OrganisaTiOn charT

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public TranspOrTin swiTzerland

The Federal Office of Transport and its partners havethe task of ensuring that the basic public transport ser-vice policy is implemented. The Federal Constitutionstipulates that the public transport network should beavailable to all sections of the population and regionsof the country according to the same principles andat reasonable prices. Within this mandate, the Con-federation, cantons and communes order the neces-sary services from licensed transport companies. TheConfederation also makes a substantial contributiontowards the maintenance and extension of Swiss railinfrastructure. In total, the Confederation, cantonsand communes spend about CHF 8.2 billion on publictransport. Bearing in mind the wide-ranging tasks car-ried out, these funds are relatively small. It is thereforeall the more important to deploy them in a targetedand economical way, and that is what the FOT strivesto do.

More than 400 coMpaniesMore than 400 companies, employing around 91,000people, provide public transport services in Switzer-land. Switzerland aims to create even better servicesin both passenger and rail freight transport, and overthe last decade has therefore gradually opened up toforeign transport companies, particularly in rail freight.

Beyond national BordersSwiss transport policy must be coordinated at inter-national level, and contractually secured. The FOTis therefore in regular contact with the EU and othercountries, and is a member of various internationalbodies. The implementation and continual updating ofthe Annexes to the Land Transport Agreement withthe EU is one important example here.

nO OTher cOunTry has such a dense prOvisiOnOF public TranspOrT. Where necessary, The FOTensures FurTher imprOvemenTs.

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The cenTral rOle OF The railWays __ 5200 KmOF TracK: The sWiss have The densesT railWayneTWOrK in eurOpe. nO One else enJOys railTravel as much, Or Travels as OFTen.

The railway is greatly valued in Switzerland. TheSwiss travel by rail on average 50 times a year. Currentforecasts predict that the trend towards ever greatermobility of people and freight will continue. The possi-bilities of further growth in road traffic are limited dueto our topography and environmental pollution. Swit-zerland is therefore promoting the modernisation andextension of the railways as the alternative to cars.

the railway reforMs create good fraMeworkconditions for the railwaysThe Railways Act (RailA) revised in 1996 and RailwayReform 1 in 1999 modified the legislative conditionsfor railway operations. More economic autonomy aswell as clear performance agreements made Swiss railcompanies more productive and efficient. Rail freighttransport was liberalised, and various freight compa-nies have since became active in Switzerland. Rail-way Reform 2 was divided into packages. The revisionof public transport legislation paved the way for theequal treatment from 2010 of all transport companiesparticularly concerning finances, and railway policelegislation was also adapted to current requirements.The second step was to improve the legal provisionsfor tendering in the rail and bus sector. The third pack-

age will improve the organisation of public transportinfrastructure, which has evolved over the years.

further extension and funding as part ofModal shift policyTo satisfy the growing demand for transport, servicesmust be extended. Switzerland is investing where thegreatest impact can be expected. Large-scale infra-structure projects include the New Rail Link throughthe Alps (NRLA), the acoustic treatment of rollingstock and track, and Switzerland’s connection to theEuropean high-speed rail network, and the «Zukünf-tige Entwicklung der Bahninfrastruktur» (ZEB – Futuredevelopment of railway infrastructure). The FederalCouncil’s proposal on the financing and expansion ofrail infrastructure (FABI) lays the foundation for thefinancing and expansion of rail infrastructure in thecoming decades.

A further objective of Swiss transport policy is toreduce the number of lorry journeys through the Alpsand transfer freight transport to the more environmen-tally friendly railways. The Confederation has takenvarious measures to provide the railways with themeans to do so, including the Distance-Related HeavyVehicle Fee (HVF).

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The st adrian bridge at Walchwil on the sbb route Zurich–arth-goldau.

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Cableways have a long tradition in Switzerland. With-out them, various attractive tourist services in moun-tain regions would be impossible. There are currentlyabout 1800 installations operating in Switzerland. TheFOT is responsible for the approximately 650 federallylicensed facilities. For draglifts, small cable cars, andcable cars that do not carry passengers commercially,responsibility lies with the cantons.

To remain competitive in the fiercely contestedtourism market, new facilities are continuously beingconstructed and existing ones modernised. The FOT isresponsible for concessions and construction permits,and it also issues operating licences and approvesthe technical directors of cableways. Throughout thetesting procedures, and subsequently in operation,the technical safety and environmental soundness ofa cableway are crucial. As for other public transport

companies, the FOT also ensures that cableway oper-ators observe the applicable regulations and standards.If the FOT discovers defects, it can require the com-pany to take measures to ensure system safety and thesafe operation of its facilities.

The Key rOle OF The cableWays __ cableWays playan impOrTanT rOle in TOurism. The FOT ensuresThaT They are saFe and envirOnmenTally Friendly.

cableways have a long tradition in switzerland.

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The approximately 170 ships of the federally licensedpassenger ship companies carry around 13 millionpassengers every year on Swiss lakes and boundarywaters. Navigation plays an important role in tour-ism and excursion traffic. But not just that: about 260cargo ships carry about 4 million tonnes annually onSwiss waters. Rhine navigation is particularly signifi-cant: more than 10 % of Swiss exports are carried onthe Rhine. The Swiss Rhine ports tranship around 7million tonnes of freight and about 100,000 containersevery year.

At European level, the Rhine has become the mostimportant waterway. This development was favouredby the revised Convention for Rhine Navigation of 17October 1868 (the Mannheim Convention). This agree-ment guarantees Switzerland a route to the North Seaunder international law. The Central Commission for

shipping in sWiTZerland __ The rhine is The mOsTimpOrTanT WaTerWay in eurOpe. navigaTiOn alsOplays a Key rOle in excursiOn TraFFic and TOurism.

Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) is responsible forsafeguarding free shipping on the Rhine and promot-ing Rhine navigation. The CCNR consists of five mem-ber states: Switzerland, Germany, France, the Nether-lands, and Belgium.

All matters regarding shipbuilding, ship transport,and licensing of maritime personnel are regulated bythe FOT in national legislation on shipping. The Of-fice oversees federally licensed shipping companiesand checks whether they observe the applicable rulesand standards. Other shipping is supervised by can-tonal agencies. The FOT is also active in the inter-national shipping committees for Lake Geneva, LakeConstance and the lakes of Ticino, whether adaptingexisting agreements or drawing up new ones.

every year, 13 million passengers travel on swiss ships.

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Safety is a core task for the Federal Office of Transport.The FOT supervises all federally licensed transportcompanies active in public transport. These includerailway, shipping, cableway and bus companies. TheFOT draws up safety-related laws and ordinances andensures that these transport companies observe theseregulations.

Higher speeds, shorter headways and more com-plex technical systems must not be allowed to compro-mise safety. On the other hand, the safety standard towhich public transport aspires must be affordable andeconomic.

Responsibility for safety rests primarily with thevarious transport operators. In exercising its super-visory role here, the FOT makes a key contribution toensuring that any deficiencies in the operators’ safetymanagement are swiftly identified and immediatelyrectified where necessary. This safety supervision pro-ceeds in three phases:

1. preventionBefore an installation or vehicle can enter into opera-tion, the FOT’s licensing procedure will include risk-oriented safety testing, and only then will a decisionon the issue of an operating licence be taken.

2. MonitoringOnce the installation or vehicle is in operation, theFOT supervises the transport companies to check thatthey are observing all the relevant regulations – in-cluding audits and operational inspections. The FOT’smarket surveillance also aims to prevent any techni-cal products coming into circulation that might impairsafety in public transport.

3. adapting the safety regulationsThe FOT uses incident reports, the results of auditsand operating inspections, and new technologicalfindings as a basis for improving existing safety stand-ards. It adapts them in a practical way both to growingdemands and to developments in technology.

saFeTy in public TranspOrT __ public TranspOrTshOuld nOT JusT be cOmFOrTable and reliable;abOve all iT shOuld be saFe.

The FOT carries out on-site inspections to ensure safe rail freight.

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The ‘Zukünftige Entwicklung der Bahninfrastruktur’project (ZEB – Future development of railway infra-structure), approved by Parliament in 2009, comprisesinvestments of around CHF 5.4 billion, for example inthe 3 km Eppenberg Tunnel, which is being built aspart of the four-track extension to the line betweenAarau and Olten. The planned extensions will be madeby 2025. They will improve the passenger transportservice and increase the productivity of rail freighttransport.

In 2012 the Federal Council submitted its proposalon the financing and expansion of rail infrastructure toParliament. FABI contains the strategic developmentprogramme for rail infrastructure (STEP), which con-tinues the planning of railway infrastructure up to themiddle of the century. The first expansion of STEP hasthe same time horizon as the ZEB investments – 2025.Its primary focus is to expand the Lausanne, Basel andBern rail hubs. The Confederation is investing a totalof around CHF 10 billion up to 2025 in the expansion ofrail infrastructure.

Zeb and Fabi __ The Zeb and Fabi prOgrammesWill FurTher exTend rail inFrasTrucTure OverThe cOming years and decades.

FABI is also intended to ensure the funding of rail in-frastructure in the long term, setting up a new Railinfrastructure fund (BIF) to replace the FinöV Fund,which has been used so far only to finance large-scaleprojects such as the NRLA.

parliament makes decisions on the expansion of public transport.

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TransFer OF FreighT TraFFic and The nrla __The FOT is implemenTing iTs mandaTe TO shiFTTransalpine FreighT TranspOrT TO The rails:The nrla plays an impOrTanT rOle here.

The transfer of freight transport from road to rail isan important cornerstone of Swiss transport policy.Thanks to the distance-related heavy vehicle fee(HVF) for lorries and the promotion of rail freight, about600,000 transalpine lorry journeys have been avoidedevery year. Nevertheless, in 2011 the number of trans-alpine lorry journeys remained significantly above theinterim target of 1 million. Current predictions showthat the target of 650,000 transalpine lorry journeysin 2018 will not be achieved. The Federal Council istherefore planning further measures to advance itsmodal shift policy. For example, the Gotthard routewill be adapted to be able to carry semitrailers with acorner height of 4 metres on trains. In addition, newterminal capacities for combined transport will be cre-ated south of the Alps.

The New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA) iscrucial for implementing the modal shift policy. Bothnationally and internationally, the NRLA is seen as apioneering project for freight and passenger transport.The three new Alpine tunnels through the Lötschberg,the Gotthard and Monte Ceneri are among the larg-est building projects in the world. While the Lötsch-berg base tunnel has been in operation since 2007, theGotthard base tunnel will only come into operation at

the end of 2016. At 57 km it will be the longest rail-way tunnel in the world. The NRLA is conceived as alevel-track route through three base tunnels. Togetherwith the Ceneri base tunnel, which is planned to comeinto operation in 2019, the Gotthard base tunnel willshorten the route from Basel to Chiasso by 40 km. TheNRLA will thus increase the competitivity of rail com-pared to roads, in terms of both transport capacitiesand of journey times. The NRLA enables both higherspeeds and the use of heavier goods trains, with fewerlocomotives.

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an intercity train at the lötschberg base tunnel.

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As part of the high-speed rail connection project,various stretches of track in Switzerland are being ex-panded, and new stretches supported abroad. The aimis to provide faster connections between Switzerlandand neighbouring countries. One example is the east-ern axis of the Rhine – Rhône TGV route, which Swit-zerland has co-financed to the tune of CHF 10 million.Since coming into operation at the end of 2011 it hasshortened journey times from Zurich and Basel to Parisby half an hour. In addition to Paris, other destinationssuch as Munich, Ulm, Stuttgart, Lyon and the Southof France will be made more rapidly accessible by railonce the programme is complete. These high-speedconnections will strengthen Switzerland economicallyand also in terms of tourism. In addition, they help en-sure the greatest possible proportion of internationaltraffic goes by rail.

cOnnecTiOn TO The high-speed neTWOrK __ ThisprOJecT Will imprOve The cOnnecTiOns OF ThesWiss railWay neTWOrK and The eurOpean high-speed rail rOuTes.

Thanks to investments at home and abroad, passengers can travel more quickly to paris and munich.

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In 1998 Switzerland introduced a comprehensive pro-gramme to protect its residents from the noise of rail-way traffic. The principal elements are the moderni-sation of rolling stock – for example by fitting quieterbrake blocks – as well as sound insulating walls andwindows. The original noise abatement programme isalready well advanced and will be completed in 2015,by which time the entire Swiss rolling stock will havebeen modernised. In 2012 the Federal Council pro-posed a follow-up programme that would focus on set-ting threshold values; so by 2020 foreign goods wagonswith the old grey cast iron brake blocks may no longertravel through Switzerland. The Federal Council hasalso taken up noise abatement measures for tracks,further noise protection walls, and the remediation ofsteel bridges in the follow-up programme.

nOise abaTemenT __ leading in prOTecTiOnagainsT railWay nOise: QuieT Trains and nOiseprOTecTiOn Walls enable residenTs TO sleepmOre peaceFully.

modernising the rolling stock reduces railway noise.

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