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The direct rail line between London and Switzerland wanted by the SBB by 2030 goes ahead. Transport Minister Albert Rösti and his British counterpart Heidi Alexander signed a declaration of intent on Thursday.
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09 May 2025 – 09:33
(Keystone-ATS) This document “laid the basics necessary to prepare the next steps together,” said the federal advisor in a statement published on Friday. “Such a connection would constitute a strong signal for international public transport and relations with the United Kingdom”.
This announcement comes when the Confederation intends to make cuts in the field of international rail transport, especially at night.
No state subsidy is planned for the exploitation of the London-Switzerland line, Keystone-ATS Franziska Ingold, Communication Head of the Federal Transport Department (DETEC) told Keystone. The project therefore does not contradict the government’s economy plan, it precist.
