Un film documentaire de Nicolas Dattilesi - 52 minutes (2006) Co-Production Koala Prod & Voi Sénart avec le soutien de la Procirep et de l'Angoa Sélection officielle au Festival International du Film des Droits de l'Homme (Paris 2007) Diffusion LCP Résumé…
We start our exploration of the Øresund Region at Malmö: study the links to Denmark and examine the City Tunnel project and visit Kockums Industries, once ship builders now manufacturers of advanced rail wagons. We look at Malmö yard and the Continental Line, the freight line to Denmark,…
Switzerland is unique in Europe, as it has a single wagon rail-freight network linking every major community in the country, and important manufacturing centres. We examine this network with the help of MIGROS, one of the major supermarket chains in the country, and one of SBB Cargo’s biggest customers.…
The Gotthard railway (Gotthardbahn) is the main route for passenger trains between Germany and Lombardy, and one of the two freight routes across the Alps in Switzerland. Trains heading for the alpine crossing run alongside the Zuger See, through Schwyz, Brunnen and down to Erstfeld where the mountain…
The tunnel building contract for the Gotthard was let in 1872. It was won by a highly experienced railway engineer Loisis Favre. The construction period was set at eight years In fact the tunnel took an extra two years to build and cost the lives of 147 men including that of Favre. Work on the much longer…
This instalment of the Swiss Express series covers the busy but oft forgotten Central Switzerland – the industrial heartland with the Jura to the north and the Alps to the south. We range from Frenkendorf (almost suburban Basel) and Liestal in the north to the base of Lake Luzern in the south,…
Our exploration starts at Bellinzona - UNESCO town famed for its three castles. There is not much flat land in this part of Switzerland so the Ticino delta has developed into an industrial area with facilities for MIGROS, the Coop, MANOR, Holcim, and others- all are connected to the rail network. Two…
The Czech Republic, once part of the Austro Hungarian Empire then the Soviet Empire, became an independent country on the 1st January 1992. Just seven years later it was in the EU. Now separated from Slovakia the standard gauge rail network is nearly 9,550km in length, about a third is electrified. At…
We head south from Olomouc towards Austria – we start at Přerov an industrial town of 50,000 situated at the southern end of a triangular junction: west to Olomouc and Prague – east to Ostrava and Poland. This is Czech transit corridor 2 (TEN23): Sweden and Poland – to Austria and Italy…
Today we start in the Republic’s second city Brno. We approach from the south over the first steam powered railway of the Austro Hungarian Empire. In Brno we look at the extensive tram and trolleybus system, the main station Brno hl, and the suburban network before discussing the prospects, and…
A special tri-border edition where we spend time at one of those delightful locations where three railway administrations come together and cohabit. Břeclav is where Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia meet. We look at Břeclav then move steadily south- not over the Nordbahn to Vienna but over the…
The Betuweroute was part of a strategic plan to maintain the competitiveness of Rotterdam Port and release capacity on the classic passenger train network. Planning started in the 1980s, but construction was slow, because of complex planning regulations, difficult consultation exercises and environmental…
