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03.09.2020

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Road and rail equally hit by corona crisis


Freight traffic crossing the Swiss Alps decreased significantly in H1/2020 due to the corona pandemic. Both the number of truck journeys and railfreight transports dropped by around 12%.

 

The rail's share in the total volume of transalpine freight traffic remains unchanged at 71%, the Swiss federal office of transport (FOT) reported.

 

As the FOT's most recent survey shows, the volume of transalpine transports began to show a sharp decline as from mid-March, particularly in the Italian trade. After a hesitant recovery in May and June, road and rail transports at least rose to prior-year levels in the second half of June. (ben)

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