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DB Schenker Rail entrusts to SBB CFF FFS Cargo the rail shipments between Germany and Italy through Switzerland
Draft of thousands of trains per year. The galleries of base of Saint Gottardo and Ashes are to good point
April 3, 2013
Beginning from the change of timetable 2013-14 railway society Helvetic SBB CFF FFS Cargo will manage on behalf of German DB Schenker Rail a meaningful part of the transports between Germany and the Italy that journey on the Swiss territory.
In particular it is previewed that, on behalf of DB Schenker Rail, SBB CFF FFS Cargo it supplies performances of exercise and traction on the drafts Basel/Singen-Gallarate/Chiasso and Basel-Domodossola. According to the forecasts of the Helvetic company, draft of a volume of several thousands of trains per year.
SBB CFF FFS Cargo has evidenced that thanks to this mandate the society will be able to take advantage of at best the existing resources and to create occasionally new places of work. In the next weeks the details and the production processes together with DB Schenker Rail will be planned.
While Alptransit, the society of entire property of the railway group Swiss SBB CFF FSS that is outsourcer of the alpine railway cross-sectional new on the axis of Saint Gottardo with the galleries of base of Saint Gottardo and Ashes, has announced that the work for the realization of these two galleries of base is to good point. In the gallery of base of Saint Gottardo - Alptransit has explained - between Erstfeld and Sedrun the railroads without ballasted are put down in both canes and altogether it is installed more of 40% of the railway technique. As by program, in December 2013 will be put in exercise the draft of test between Faido and the portal south to Bodio, an important goal - it has emphasized the company - in sight of the mass in exercise of the longer gallery of world in December 2016. Moreover in the gallery of base of Ashes it is dug beyond 60% of total the 40 kilometers of system of gallery and Alptransit considers that the mass in exercise of the tunnel will be able to happen in 2019.
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Beginning from the change of timetable 2013-14 railway society Helvetic SBB CFF FFS Cargo will manage on behalf of German DB Schenker Rail a meaningful part of the transports between Germany and the Italy that journey on the Swiss territory. 
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