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In the first half of the 2013 railway traffic goods through the Swiss Alps it has grown of 6.9%
the traffic for street way is diminished of 8.9%
September 12, 2013
In the first semester of this year the railway traffic goods through the Swiss Alps has grown of 6.9% attesting itself to beyond 12,7 million tons regarding 11,9 million tons in the first half of 2012, while the transalpine traffic for street way is diminished of 8.9% coming down to 6,5 million tons. In the second solo trimester of the 2013 railway traffic has totaled almost 6,6 million tons, in increase of 12.3% on the same period last year, and the road traffic 3,4 million tons (- 6.9%). The Federal Office of Transports (UFT) of the Switzerland Confederation has announced specifying that the recorded increment this year from the railway traffic has had partially to the smaller volumes recorded in 2012 because of the closing from on 5 June on 2 July of the railway axis of Saint Gottardo due to the landslide of Gurtnellen.
In the entirety - it has found the UFT - in spite of the resumption of the railway field, the volume of the transalpine traffic goods, than in the first six months of 2013 has been altogether of beyond 19 million tons (+0.9%), turns out inferior to that of the years precedence the crisis economic financial institution and (2006-2008).
Considering the single alpine passes, on the axis of Saint Gottardo the railway traffic goods has grown of 17.4% regarding first semester 2012. The railway axis of the Sempione, where during the closing to Saint Gottardo part of the traffic has moved, has marked a contraction of 5.5%.
The resumption has benefitted all the railway sections: the travelling freeway, interested last year from numerous abolitions of trains, anticipates greater increase (+15.5%); however, its quota in the transalpine traffic goods only piles to 5% (+0,6 points percentages). The quota the arranged traffic accompanied is not progressed of 2,5 points percentages (+7.2%) attesting itself to 42.7%.
In the street traffic goods the travels through the Alps have been 574 000, pairs to a decrease of 54.000 units (or 8.5%) regarding first semester 2012; the greater decrease is recorded to Saint Gottardo (- 43,000 travels). Their contraction has turned out slightly inferior to that of the volume of goods transported. The UFT has observed that also this year the travels through the Alps will exceed the limit of a million year established from intermediate objective the Helvetic law as that would have had to reach already in 2011.
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In the first semester of this year the railway traffic goods through the Swiss Alps has grown of 6.9% attesting itself to beyond 12,7 million tons regarding 11,9 million tons in the first half of 2012, while the transalpine traffic for street way is diminished of 8.9% coming down to 6,5 million tons. In the second solo trimester of the 2013 railway traffic has totaled almost 6,6 million tons, in increase of 12.3% on the same period last year, and the road traffic 3,4 million tons (- 6.9%). The Federal Office of Transports (UFT) of the Switzerland Confederation has announced specifying that the recorded increment this year from the railway traffic has had partially to the smaller volumes recorded in 2012 because of the closing from on 5 June on 2 July of the railway axis of Saint Gottardo due to the landslide of Gurtnellen.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
