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Run french -speaking switzerland face:
While rail traffic is always more popular in Switzerland. In addition, frustration rises in French -speaking Switzerland in the face of the lack of development of an offer of international trains at night lines.
In mid-July. Moreover, the Federal Office of Transport (OFT) and the CFF announced the project of a new night line between Basel and Sweden for April 2026.
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But while the attraction for night trains is strengthening. Moreover, French -speaking Switzerland, which hopes in vain for the development of new connections to the south, now expresses its dissatisfaction. Consequently, And for good reason: when we look at the map of the current offer. we see that all the night trains are leaving either Basel or Zurich, and all spin north or east.
The announcement of the new line run french -speaking switzerland face to Sweden. which should cost 47 million until 2030 at Confederation, therefore made a few teeth cringe. “What we see is that basically. the accent is still placed on German -speaking Switzerland and that French -speaking Switzerland is still the poor parent of international links today”, criticizes the Green Green Councilor Delphine Klopfenstein Broggin.
Privileged day links – Run french -speaking switzerland face
“It’s true that the destination [Malmö en Suède] May seem surprising. “abounds his colleague from the Transport Commission of the National Council Marie-France Roth Pasquier.” We had never talked about it, especially in our committee work. We had asked for other international lines. “For the centrist Friborg deputy. it is above all the lack of capacity towards the south of Europe which poses problem.
It must be said that many Romandes. Romands have long been waiting for links for Rome or Barcelona, in particular. However, CFFs judge that these destinations are not “not judicious” for the run french -speaking switzerland face time being. “For destinations that are well served by high speed. such as Italy, Spain or France, we will bet more on day trains, because we can arrive at a large half-day,” defends their spokesperson.
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