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swissinfo - Alpine Initiative demands more rail transport (600 words) |
 | The group said on Thursday that the government’s transport policy lacked courage and that the authorities needed to strive more to move transalpine freight transport off road and onto rail. |
| The others are the modernisation of the country’s railway infrastructure, the reform of how the railways are managed, and a land transport agreement with the European Union as well as a variety of intermediary measures to encourage the use of rail transport. |
| The environmental group, Alpine Initiative, is calling for freight to be transferred from road to rail as well as a stop to new roads being built in the Alps. |
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European Commission - Rail Transport and Interoperability - Overview (0 words) |
| Rail transport in Europe has seen a worrying decline for more than thirty years now, especially in the area of freight transport. |
| The share of freight transport by rail for all land transport modes (road, inland waterways, rail and pipelines) dropped from 30 % in 1970 to 13.2 % in 2004. |
| Passenger transport by rail also declined, though less dramatically: in 1970, the modal share of rail was 10,2 % and fell to 6.3 % in 2003 in the EU15. |
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