Adopting the latest Traffic Transfer Report today transalpine goods, the Swiss Federal Council has announced New measures to promote the transfer of goods from road to the rail, which has been stopped in the last two years, which will mainly consist of the construction of modern and suitably expanded access to the Base Tunnels of the new Alptransit rail through the Alps entered into service five years ago ( of 31 August 2020). In addition, further measures are envisaged, including financial incentives to mitigate termination of service of rolling highway that will be suspended in the middle of next month ( of 5 May 2025).

By the end of 2024, the share of rail in freight traffic The French market stood at 70.3%, with a reduction of 2.6 percentage points compared to 2022, and for 2025 a further decline. In the period 2022–2024, however, it is The number of trucks transited increased by +3.5%: in 2023 there were 916,000 transalpine truck transits were recorded and last year year 960,000, once again missing the goal of transfer enshrined in the law for 2018 which is set at only 650,000 transalpine truck transits per year.

In adopting the report, the Federal Council highlighted that, five years after entry into service, the potential of Alptransit with the base tunnels through the Gotthard, the Lötschberg and the Ceneri is not yet fully utilized and noted whereas the transfer of traffic from road to is hampered above all by the slow progress of the the modernisation of the northern access routes to Alptransit and infrastructure makes operation impossible reliable and does not yet meet the requirements for a transport of efficient rail freight.

It should also be noted that in the regions where the routes are modernized, the numerous construction sites and the lack of capacity on alternative rail routes reduce the quality and productivity of rail freight transport, the Council has announced that the Confederation will promote therefore, rapid modernization in the coming years railway infrastructure of neighbouring countries and will be activated for effective coordination of construction work at the international so that a sufficient number of efficient diversion options for transporting goods on rail.

In view of the termination of the motorway service (Rola), the Council plans to introduce additional financial incentives with the aim of ensuring that transport carried out so far with Rola are transferred as far as possible possible for unaccompanied combined transport. In addition, the Federal Council has specified that it is examining the possibility of to extend financial support to non-non- currently limited until 2030.

The financing methods have also been renewed national rail freight traffic and freight transport for waterway and it was planned to grant in the near future contributions for transhipment and loading activities to the managers of sidings and loading facilities for the combined traffic. For each loaded railway wagon received or A flat rate of CHF 40 will be paid and the total resources available for this purpose amount to to 50 million francs per year. For each connecting track, the Federal Council has set a ceiling of 8,000 floats per year beyond which the additional floats will not benefit of the incentive. The refund of the heavy vehicle charge commensurate with the performance currently enjoyed by the on the initial and final route to the load will be abolished and integrated into these contributions.

Finally, as part of the initiatives for the digitalisation of the rail freight traffic, it was decided to encourage the introduction of digital automatic coupling and, for the equip railway wagons and locomotives with this system, the Confederation will pay a flat-rate contribution for each vehicle, for a total maximum of CHF 180 million. The Federal Council specified that, following the feedback received during the consultation phase, decided to ensure that the railway wagons a contribution of 8,000 francs independently by the age of the rolling stock.