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region were again heavily disrupted for over a month following another landslide that temporarily closed the Middle Rhine Valley line. In early 2023, SBB Cargo
International joined with several other railway logistics companies to publicly advocated for infrastructure owners to facilitate alternative
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In March 2017, it was reported that a record amount of freight traffic carried across the Swiss
Federal Railways during the previous year 2016, and that much of the freight success has been down to international movements as opposed to the domestic sector. The boost is partially attributable to the
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outfitted for cross-border operations. The company has pursued various rolling stock changes, including the introduction of longer 740-metre trains and lobbying for infrastructure owners to upgrade their networks to facilitate the expansion of 740-metre compatibility in order to expand freight
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In July 2019, SBB Cargo international announced that it had ordered 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives from
Siemens Mobility along with an option for 20 more locomotives; these were primarily intended for use on the busy Rhine-Alpine Corridor and would be delivered prior to the opening of the
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rail freight routes along the left bank of the Rhine river in response to a lack of free capacity along the main line. Other measures recommended included repealing the ban on night rail traffic, a greater use of bilingual staff, and the better provision of diversion routes into France.
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segment by optimising resources on selected routes and halving structural costs. The new company’s customers will primarily comprise intermodal operators, who will account for about 80% of the forecast total sales of CHF 300 million. The new company's headquarters were established at
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International had demonstrated superior growth on its cross-border services in comparison to traditional domestic routes. The opening of the
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528:"SBB Cargo enlarges locomotive fleet to push freight expansion"
484:"Germany speeds up 740-metre freight train network upgrades"
499:"SBB Cargo orders 20 locomotives for Rhine-Alpine Corridor"
513:"SBB Cargo leases 20 Vectrons for Rhine-Alpine Corridor"
446:"Major rail freight players send aid trains to Ukraine"
417:"SBB Cargo Nederland a new player on Dutch rail market"
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Kunz, Bernhard; Perrin, Nicholas (26 September 2010).
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461:"SBB Cargo International founded Hupac"
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372:"DB Netz CEO regrets Rastatt effects"
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497:Zasiadko, Mykola (23 July 2019).
400:Raimondi, Marco (13 April 2023).
355:Weedy, Simon (20 February 2018).
196:from SBB Cargo; 59 of these were
548:Railway companies of Switzerland
526:Ramsay, Malcolm (12 July 2022).
482:Weedy, Simon (10 January 2018).
385:Raimondi, Marco (9 April 2021).
370:Weedy, Simon (8 December 2017).
321:. Railway Gazette International
299:. Railway Gazette International
340:Weedy, Simon (24 March 2017).
62:www.sbbcargo-international.com
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433:. oevz.com. 5 December 2019.
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