GenevaLunch » Swiss trains http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swiss CFF opens bids on St Gotthard tunnel trains for 2017http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/16/swiss-cff-opens-bids-on-st-gotthard-tunnel-trains-for-2017/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/16/swiss-cff-opens-bids-on-st-gotthard-tunnel-trains-for-2017/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:11:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69052 GenevaLunch.com New trains linking German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino will cut travel time ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The CFF Swiss rail company 16 April put out for tender at least 29 new trains, a CHF800 million project to put wheels on the tracks of the new St Gotthard and Ceneri tunnels in 2017. Traffic will double on the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/16/swiss-cff-opens-bids-on-st-gotthard-tunnel-trains-for-2017/feed/ 0 Extra trains, seats to handle Switzerland’s Easter weekend travellershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/extra-trains-seats-to-handle-switzerlands-easter-weekend-travellers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/extra-trains-seats-to-handle-switzerlands-easter-weekend-travellers/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:09:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68664 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The CFF is putting on 13 extra trains and adding cars to a number of trains between Thursday 5 April and Monday 9 April to handle the long Easter weekend traffic. The additions will create some 30,000 extra seats, with the CFF noting that it wants to encourage travelers to avoid clogging [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/04/extra-trains-seats-to-handle-switzerlands-easter-weekend-travellers/feed/ 0 Steep price hike for rail travel with no ticket as of Decemberhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/16/steep-price-hike-for-rail-travel-with-no-ticket-as-of-december/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/16/steep-price-hike-for-rail-travel-with-no-ticket-as-of-december/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:07:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58883 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The luxury of hopping on a Swiss train without a ticket, knowing that you can either buy one from the train conductor for CHF10 extra or hoping he won’t reach you before you get off, will end in December. The change will accompany the new 2011 rail timetable and prices when these [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/16/steep-price-hike-for-rail-travel-with-no-ticket-as-of-december/feed/ 0 Public gets its say on 2012-13 public transport timetablehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/public-gets-its-say-on-2012-public-transport-timetable/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/public-gets-its-say-on-2012-public-transport-timetable/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:18:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58402 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Every two years the Swiss public transport system gets a timetable shakedown, where communes, cantons and other interested groups have their say, and schedules are adjusted to correct problems. The changes to buses are now up, and the revised train table will be published later in the year. The public also has [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/public-gets-its-say-on-2012-public-transport-timetable/feed/ 0 Lake Geneva region to get more trainshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/23/lake-geneva-region-to-get-more-trains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/23/lake-geneva-region-to-get-more-trains/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:47:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54432 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerlamd (GenevaLunch) – Train travel between Geneva and Lausanne should start to improve, especially during rush-hour, starting at the end of 2011. The CFF rail company will add 13 double-decker trains, one a month, to increase capacity on the line by 33 percent by 2013. The new regional trains will travel faster, cutting four [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/23/lake-geneva-region-to-get-more-trains/feed/ 0 Glacier Express deadly accident was due to driver blackouthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/08/glacier-express-deadly-accident-was-due-to-driver-blackout/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/08/glacier-express-deadly-accident-was-due-to-driver-blackout/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:25:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49598 GenevaLunch.com Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The 23 July 2010 accident on one of Switzerland’s most popular tourist attractions, the Glacier Express, was due entirely to the driver having an inexplicable blackout, the federal public transport specialist who has overseen the investigation told Sonntags Blick magazine. There was no pressure on him to accelerate too soon to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/08/glacier-express-deadly-accident-was-due-to-driver-blackout/feed/ 1 Train strike affects Switzerland-France-Belgium connectionshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/24/train-strike-affects-switzerland-france-belgium-connections/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/24/train-strike-affects-switzerland-france-belgium-connections/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:01:30 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=44037 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The French train strike has forced the cancellation of all TGV Lausanne-Paris trains, five Geneva-Paris connections and several Zurich- and Basel-Brussels trains. The Swiss national railway, CFF, says about 60 percent of trains between France and Switzerland have been canceled and the service will not resume normal operation until after 25 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/24/train-strike-affects-switzerland-france-belgium-connections/feed/ 0 Swiss rail profits up, 88.2 % passengers arrive on timehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/16/swiss-rail-profits-up-88-2-passengers-arrive-on-time/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/16/swiss-rail-profits-up-88-2-passengers-arrive-on-time/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:05:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40319 GenevaLunch.com CFF points to major challenges in near future Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The present looks rosy, but the future less so, Switzerland’s CFF rail company indicated Friday oring 16 April in its annual report. Traffic rose in 2009, more passengers arrived on time, and profits were up, but the company says heavy investments are necessary [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/16/swiss-rail-profits-up-88-2-passengers-arrive-on-time/feed/ 1 French SNCF strike: plan ahead for the weekendhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/09/frnech-sncf-strike-plan-ahead-for-the-weekend/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/09/frnech-sncf-strike-plan-ahead-for-the-weekend/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:42:43 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=39960 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The French rail strike is not expected to affect trains between Switzerland and France this weekend 9 to 11 April, but if you’re traveling to France, plan ahead. “The situation is getting better,” says a spokesperson for the SNCF, the French rail company The Swiss rail system, the CFF, posts latest [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/09/frnech-sncf-strike-plan-ahead-for-the-weekend/feed/ 0 Swiss militia to be policed on trainshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/06/swiss-militia-to-be-policed-on-trains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/06/swiss-militia-to-be-policed-on-trains/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:15:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=39834 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Army will be sending its police into train stations and onto Swiss trains regularly, to keep a closer eye on its soldiers, most of whom are part of the citizen militia. The military police, who will not intervene with civilians unless there is an imminent danger, will work closely [...]

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