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Last year the volume of goods transported through the Swiss Alps has grown of +1.8%
the transport on road has totaled 12,9 million tons (- 5.7%) and that transported on track 25,2 million tons (+6.2%)
March 6, 2014
Last year the volume of goods transported through the Swiss Alps is piled to 38,1 million tons, with an increment of +1.8% regarding the 2012 (year in which era recorded a bending of the -6,7%). The volume of goods transported on road has totaled 12,9 million tons (- 5.7%) and that transported for railway way 25,2 million tons (+6.2%).
the Helvetic federal Office of the transports has explained that the total increase of the volumes is from above all leading back to the economic situation in Europe and in particular to the resumption of the commerce of Italy with Germany and the remainder of the EU. Moreover the Office has specified that the greater resource to the railroad regarding the road is motivated by the operators of the rail shipment and arranged with the fact that the railway exercise has been carried out mostly without perturbations, that has strengthened the confidence of the market in the track; moreover the income on the market of new operators and the offer of new relations has increased the competitiveness and the attraction of the railroad and assured conditions of market in the transalpine traffic goods. The quota the railroad in this field so is increased by 63.4% to 66.1%, the most elevated from 2006.
the federal office of the transports has specified that in the 2013 increase of the rail shipment, also prescinding from the extraordinary events happened in the 2012 (landslide of Gurtnellen and reorganization of the gallery of the Sempione), has exceeded however +4%. Moreover, with 962 000 shipments, the traffic arranged co-financed from the Confederation (arranged transport not accompanied and travelling road ROLA) has made to record the highest values than always.
In the road traffic the past year heavy vehicles have crossed the Swiss Alps 1,143 million goods, pairs to a decrease of 65.000 travels (- 5.4%) regarding 2012 and of 115.000 regarding 2011. With this the number of the travels has been attested on the levels of years 1996-1997. The Helvetic federal Office has found that in 2013 also the alpine passes of the adjacent nations (Brenner, Monte Bianco, Fréjus) has made to mark a decrease of the transports on road, even though in different measures.
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Last year the volume of goods transported through the Swiss Alps is piled to 38,1 million tons, with an increment of +1.8% regarding the 2012 (year in which era recorded a bending of the -6,7%). The volume of goods transported on road has totaled 12,9 million tons (- 5.7%) and that transported for railway way 25,2 million tons (+6.2%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
