07.02.2024

N01.22 Motorway section Schönbühl – Kirchberg, Lindenrain rest area upgrade

The service building at the Lindenrain motorway rest area has been equipped with a new toilet module made of chrome steel; construction was completed at the end of 2023. The new toilet module offers better protection against vandalism, and it will be possible to continue its use in the event of a future replacement of the service building. R+R supported the Federal Road Office’s overall project manager in project planning and execution.

12.01.2024

ERTMS Netherlands

Other countries, same problems: Modern railway technology requires time and money to implement. Jost Lüking was member of a team of six European experts on the ETCS train control system who assessed the status of the national ETCS program for the Dutch Parliament in mid-2023. Our Second Opinion formulated recommendations on program governance and management, on the technical, spatial and temporal scope of the program, on system integration and integration management, and last but not least on program costs and their current forecast. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Waterways published the Second Opinion at the beginning of November.

01.11.2023

EP Hagnau – Augst N02

Within the Hagnau – Augst motorway maintenance project, structural changes to the western tunnel portal (direction Basel/Germany) have to be carried out to enable longitudinal ventilation in both traffic directions. We are pleased that the plans for the extension of the western portal of Schweizerhalle tunnel have officially been approved. This allows us to finalise the detailed design and approach the contractor submission process according to our project schedule.

07.07.2023

N06.28 NEB EM Lyss Süd – Schönbühl

We are pleased to provide managenent support and construction site management for the N06.28 NEB EM Lyss Süd - Schönbühl motorway maintenance project on behalf of the Federal Road Authority’s Thun branch. The project includes replacement of the pavement as well as extensive measures on the engineering structures. The construction work is scheduled to be carried out between 2025 and 2027.

News
07.02.2024
N01.22 Motorway section Schönbühl – Kirchberg, Lindenrain rest area upgrade
12.01.2024
ERTMS Netherlands
01.11.2023
EP Hagnau – Augst N02
07.07.2023
N06.28 NEB EM Lyss Süd – Schönbühl
Federal Office of Transport (FOT)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE LANDSCAPE – REVIEW OF THESES

Performance agreements exist between the Swiss federal government and the approximately 40 railway infrastructure operators (ROIs) in Switzerland to finance the planned, unfunded costs of operations and infrastructure maintenance. Against this backdrop, the Federal Office of Transport surmises the existence of unutilised potential for optimisation in today‘s decentralised organisational structure.

This potential for optimisation is specified through three theses:

I : Standardisation increases productivity
II : Differentiated standards and local knowledge can lower costs
III : Cooperation and professionalisation can increase efficiency and quality

The FOT mandated R+R and INFRAS with the task of reviewing these theses for selected RIOs with respect to cost efficiency and quality of construction projects, operational management, trackway and security installations.

The experiences of the selected RIOs were evaluated and the quantitative data analysed and compared via a benchmarking process.

It is not possible to summarily verify or reject the theses in question. All three theses are justifiable, but sometimes in different categories. A high level of standardisation, for instance, may be beneficial to the efficiency of both an individual RIO as well as between RIOs in the case of large or tightly connected organisations. For small and more independent RIOs the standards may be too expensive, however. How efficiency is attained largely depends on the specific requirements of the individual RIOs.

Key data

Client
Federal Office of Transport (FOT)

Processing period
2018

Project type
Rail

Services
Consulting

Fields of expertise
Benchmarking

Downloads
Project sheet

Contact

Dr. Jost Lüking

Consultant economics, chairman of the board of directors