10.07.2026

Welcome Maria Jose Hernandez Guevara

We are delighted to welcome Maria as a new member of the R+R staff and wish her every success in her new role.

Maria holds an MSc in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering/Construction and Maintenance Management) from ETH Zurich, as well as a BSc in Civil Engineering (Honours, cum laude) from the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

Thanks to her many years’ experience in client representation, tunneling and underground construction, procurement, and operational and strategic project management, she is an excellent addition to our R+R-Team’s consultancy and technical expertise.

12.06.2026

N11/60, N01/42 UPlaNS – ZH-Ost–Kloten Süd Interchange (ZOK), Completion of the Maintenance Concept (EK) Phase

Renato Käppeli / Stefan Isler

Over the past two years, we have supported the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) as project-owner support unit in the development of the maintenance concept (EK) for the ZOK project.

In addition to renewal work, smaller, targeted improvements to enhance traffic safety and traffic flow were also examined.

A particular challenge in this demanding project was the dense population and high traffic volume in the vicinity of Zurich Airport.

Approval for the EK has been granted, and we look forward to supporting the next project phases.

19.05.2026

N06.32 EP Muri – Rubigen

On April 23rd, 2026, the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications issued planning approval for the "N06.32 EP Muri – Rubigen" maintenance project on the A6 motorway to FEDRO’s Thun branch. If no objections are received, the next phase of the planning process can be started. Actual maintenance work on this section of the motorway as well as on the Worb feeder road will be carried out from 2029 onwards.

05.02.2026

N08 EP Sarnen South – Hergiswil

On the northernmost section of the N8, which forms part of the important transit axis between Central Switzerland and the Bernese Oberland, extensive renovation work is planned for the coming years on the route, engineering structures, and operational and safety facilities. We are delighted to be supporting the Zofingen branch of ASTRA as the client's representative in this project.

News
10.07.2026
Welcome Maria Jose Hernandez Guevara
12.06.2026
N11/60, N01/42 UPlaNS – ZH-Ost–Kloten Süd Interchange (ZOK), Completion of the Maintenance Concept (EK) Phase
19.05.2026
N06.32 EP Muri – Rubigen
05.02.2026
N08 EP Sarnen South – Hergiswil
Swiss Federal Railways SBB

VALIDATION SMARTRAIL SR40 BUSINESS CASE

With the implementation of the smartrail 4.0 program, railways in Switzerland are striving for future-oriented planning, management and automation of traffic services. R+R has examined the expected costs and cost savings.

Important and essential systems of the railways technical infrastructure will reach the end of their service life in the next few years: interlockings, control technology, trackside systems, radio data transmission and the Traffic Management System (TMS). In addition, there are fundamentally new possibilities due to technological developments, such as reliable and exact localization or Automatic Train Operation (ATO), which off er new possibilities for further automation and optimization for the production of railway services. In August 2017, the FOT commissioned the SBB to start the “smartrail 4.0” (SR40) program together with the industry, in order to design an overall architecture for the holistic development of the automation and optimization potential. A business case was created for this in 2019. Together with Emch+Berger, R+R validated the business case in two iterations. R+R examined above all the costs and cost savings.

Key data

Client
Swiss Federal Railways SBB

Processing period
2019 – 2020

Project costs
approx. 5 billion CHF

Project type
Rail

Services
Consulting

Fields of expertise
Project Evaluation
Benchmarking
Comparative Market Studies

Downloads
Project sheet

Contact

Dr. Jost Lüking

Consultant economics, chairman of the board of directors