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Hansjörg Hess

 

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The continued development of Switzerland’s rail network

Overall mobility in Switzerland is forecast to grow by 15-30%…

30 July 2007 | By Hansjörg Hess, Head of SBB Infrastructure and Member of the Management Board

Overall mobility in Switzerland is forecast to grow by 15-30% between 2000 and 2030. Public transport is set to grow even faster, increasing its market share at the expense of car travel. For its part, SBB is forecasting an increase of 45% in passenger traffic in the same period. There…

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Swiss ETCS implementation

ETCS has now become fully operational on one of Switzerland’s…

28 July 2006 | By Hansjörg Hess, Head of SBB Infrastructure and member of the Management Board of SBB AG

ETCS has now become fully operational on one of Switzerland’s main lines. Since July 2006, ETCS Level 2 has been activated during the evenings to ensure the safe operation of revenue-earning services on the newly built Mattstetten–Rothrist route. At present, therefore, approximately 20 trains a day are being controlled by…

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Intensified focus on network maintenance

SBB Infrastructure has started an extensive programme to improve the…

31 May 2005 | By Hansjörg Hess, Head of Infrastructure and Member of Management Board, SBB

SBB Infrastructure has started an extensive programme to improve the availability and reliability of its network in order to guarantee the service level after the substantial expansion of the train schedule.