Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) plans to equip around 100 train stations in Switzerland with free internet access over the next three years while improving mobile telecom services on its major routes.
A regional rail line linking Lausanne and Payerne in the canton of Vaud will be closed until next Sunday following a derailment caused by a mudslide, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) says.
Switzerland’s fast and efficient rail service may be the envy of the world but while the trains still run to time they are no longer as safe as they once were. Foreign visitors are being warned to mind their bags.
Switzerland's main north-south rail link will stay closed for days after a landslide on Wednesday near the site of a similar incident in June, the national train operator says.
US tech giant Apple has forked out 20 million francs ($21 million) to compensate Swiss national rail operator SBB for using its famous clock without permission, a Swiss daily reported on Saturday.
Swiss national train operator SBB said Friday it had resolved a dispute with Apple after the tech giant used its famous
clock design without permission on a new iPad and iPhone application.
Swiss national train operator SBB said on Friday it is to meet Apple representatives after the tech giant used its famous clock design on a new application for iPad and iPhone without prior agreement.
<p>A vast array of weird and wonderful items from the Swiss rail network's lost-and-found department is now on sale, including butt plugs, dildos and worn underwear.</p>
<p>A Swiss Post employee was severely injured when a regional train dragged him for three kilometres after his arm became stuck between the sliding doors of a carriage.</p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Swiss rail operator SBB has said it will begin fining passengers who take up seats in full carriages with their jackets or bags. </span><strong></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;" lang="EN-GB">Swiss Federal Railways has agree to put measures in place to protect employees working in an alley below the tracks from faeces and urine dumped by older model train carriages. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;" lang="EN-US">Swiss Federal Railways has offered to pay 2,500 francs ($2,800) to staff members who recommend their friends and acquaintances for job interviews in a move aimed at tackling a shortage of qualified staff.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Construction workers at the main railway station in Zurich have issued an ultimatum to rail operator SBB, threatening to stop working if excrement continues to fall from </span><span lang="EN-GB">the ceiling of an alleyway they are building.</span></p>
<p>Security officers patrolling Swiss trains will carry firearms from the summer of 2012 in a bid to halt rising violence against ticket controllers, the rail service SBB said Thursday.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;">All Swiss railway police will carry guns from October 1st after the Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) said it wants to take preventative action against an alleged increase in the willingness of passengers to use violence.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is planning to ban football hooligans from boarding Swiss trains. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Train operator SBB had announced it would no longer allow ticket sales on board its long-distance trains after a journey had started, but after vocal criticism, it appears to have changed its mind.</span></p>
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