Swiss CFF opens bids on St Gotthard tunnel trains for 2017
GenevaLunch News 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...
View ArticleWorker missing in rockslide, Gotthard train line closed for 3 days
GenevaLunch News CFF rail hotline for travellers, with 60-90 minutes longer due to detours on routes BERN, SWITZERLAND – The rockslide that occurred Tuesday morning near Gurtnellen in canton Uri has...
View ArticleTrain delays on Lausanne-Geneva line until mid-afternoon
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 300-metre stretch of electric railway line in Nyon is the source of train delays between Geneva and Morges and Geneva and Lausanne Thursday 16 August. A number...
View ArticleLausanne-Geneva commuters handed “2030″ rail expansion brochures
GenevaLunch News GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The relative quiet for commuters on the 07:48 RegioExpres train from Lausanne to Geneva was shattered Tuesday morning 9 October by a visit from two...
View ArticleTrain crimes on the rise: internal report
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The CFF rail company is reported by Sonntagsblick 11 November to be concerned about the sharp increase in crime on trains in Switzerland, notably theft and violence...
View ArticleTrain collision near Zurich puts 9 in hospital, causes delays (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 11:30 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – An early morning passenger train collision between Dachsen and Schaffhausen on the Winterthur-Schaffhausen rail line, near the border with Germany,...
View ArticleN Switzerland rail crash damage, CHF1.5 m
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The cause of the train crash early Thursday 10 January north of Zurich has not yet been determined, but the CFF said Friday that damage to the two trains that...
View ArticleTraffic alert: rail traffic via Fribourg diverted after cargo train derails
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Rail traffic in western Switzerland is being rerouted via Beil/Bienne after a cargo train derailment forced the closure of the line between Bern and Fribourg, says...
View ArticleTravel alert: minor train accident at Geneva airport cancels some trains...
GenevaLunch News Little or no impact on car show trains GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One in six trains between Geneva and Geneva airport are canceled Wednesday morning 13 March, following an incident at the...
View ArticleMeals on trains to get new menus
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss National Chefs Team will soon be feeding us on the Swiss trains. The CFF rail company said Tuesday 23 April that starting in July it will be working...
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