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Vincent Ducrot
Vincent Ducrot (born 7 September 1962) is a Swiss public transport executive. The electrical engineer specialised in information technology was the managing director of Transports publics Fribourgeois (TPF) from 2011 to 2020, before being named as the new CEO of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in December 2019. He took up the position on 1 April 2020. The engineer with expertise in project management spent most of his career (from 1993 to 2011) at SBB, before becoming its CEO in 2020. Biography Early life and education Vincent Ducrot was born in 1962 in Châtel-Saint-Denis in the canton of Fribourg, as the eldest of three children. After a baccalaureate (Latin-languages) at Bulle College, he obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering (specialising in computer science) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne in 1987. He completed this training with a postgraduate diploma in industrial organization from the Center for industrial management (BWI) of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Industry
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer faciliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navya SAS
Navya is a French company specialized in the design and construction of autonomous and electric vehicles. History In June 2014, Christophe Sapet, co-founder of the companies Infogrames and Infonie, joined the investment fund Robolution Capital to take over the assets of the company Induct, then in liquidation. Induct launched Navia, a self-driving electric van. This prototype was demonstrated at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and was tested on the site of the Civaux Nuclear Power Plant in June 2015 . Six engineers remained in the new structure renamed Navya, based between Paris and Lyon. One year after the company's takeover, the new company launched Arma, the first standalone production vehicle. In 2016 in Lyon, an experimental service of electric and autonomous minibus service was launched in the Confluence district. A Navya driverless shuttle is operating in downtown Las Vegas. The city of Las Vegas and Keolis initially partnered on a short term deploy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givisiez
Givisiez (; frp, Gevesiér ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was formerly known in German as ''Siebenzach'', but this usage is no longer common. History Givisiez is first mentioned in 1142 as ''Juvinsie''. Until the beginning of the 19th century it was known as ''Juvisy''. Geography Givisiez has an area, , of . Of this area, or 34.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 23.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 40.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data . Retrieved 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.7% of the total area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montbovon
Haut-Intyamon ( frp, Hôt-Enque-amont) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipalities of Albeuve, Lessoc, Montbovon and Neirivue formed it on 1 January 2002.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 19 July 2011 Geography 
Haut-Intyamon has an area, , of . Of this area, or 49.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.8% is either rivers or lak ...
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Belfaux
Belfaux (; frp, Bélfox, locally ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its former German name was ''Gumschen'', but this is no longer in use. History Belfaux is first mentioned in 12th century as ''Bellofago''. In 1229 it was mentioned as ''Bellfozen''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Gumschen'', however, that name is no longer used. On 1 January 2016, Belfaux annexed the neighboring municipality of Autafond. Geography Belfaux has an area, , of . Of this area, or 53.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 31.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.5% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bossonnens
Bossonnens (; frp, Bossonens, locally ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Veveyse (district), Veveyse in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Fribourg (canton), Fribourg in Switzerland. History Bossonnens is first mentioned about 1000 as ''Bucenens''. Geography Bossonnens has an area of . Of this area, or 71.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 15.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.2%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 2008
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It took place in Austria and Switzerland (both hosting the tournament for the first time) from 7 to 29 June 2008. The tournament was won by Spain, who defeated Germany 1–0 in the final. Spain were only the second nation to win all their group stage fixtures and then the European Championship itself, matching France's achievement from 1984. Spain were also the first team since Germany in 1996 to win the tournament undefeated. Greece were the defending champions going into the tournament, having won UEFA Euro 2004. They recorded the worst finish in Euro 2008, losing their three group fixtures and collecting the least prize money. Throughout 31 matches, the participating nations totalled 77 goals, the same as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS), Saint-Louis (FR-68), Weil am Rhein (DE-BW) , twintowns = Shanghai, Miami Beach , website = www.bs.ch Basel ( , ), also known as Basle ( ),french: Bâle ; it, Basilea ; rm, label= Sutsilvan, Basileia; other rm, Basilea . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva) with about 175,000 inhabitants. The official language of Basel is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect. Basel is commonly considered to be the cultural capital of Switzerland and the city is famous for its many museums, including the Kunstmuseum, which is the first collection of art accessibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGV Est
The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Est européenne (East European High Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Est, is a French high-speed rail line that connects Vaires-sur-Marne (near Paris) and Vendenheim (near Strasbourg). The line halved the travel time between Paris and Strasbourg and provides fast services between Paris and the principal cities of Eastern France as well as Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland. The LGV Est is a segment of the Main Line for Europe project to connect Paris with Budapest with high-speed rail service. The line was built in two phases. Construction on the from Vaires-sur-Marne to Baudrecourt (near Metz and Nancy) began in 2004; the first phase entered into service in June 2007. Construction on the second phase from Baudrecourt to Vendenheim began in June 2010; the second phase opened to commercial service on 3 July 2016. Opening of the second phase was delayed after a train derailed near Eckwersheim during commissioning trials, resulting in 11 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TGV Lyria
TGV Lyria is the brand name used for TGV railway lines connecting France and Switzerland. Lyria is also a corporation that runs the service using the staff of the SNCF in France and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) in Switzerland – the staff consists of one French and one Swiss train manager on the whole journey. Corporate status Initially, the corporation was a ''groupement d'intérêt économique'' (GIE: "group of (shared) economic interest") between SNCF and SBB CFF FFS whose goal was the creation of a TGV service between Gare de Lyon (Paris) and Lausanne/Bern. Today, the corporation is officially a limited company according to French law (''Société par actions simplifiée'' / SAS). SNCF owns 74% of the capital and SBB CFF FFS the remaining 26%. History Starting in mid-1961, the route between Paris and Lausanne was operated by the Trans Europ Express ''Cisalpin'' trains, which continued on to Milan. On 22 January 1984 this service was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lötschberg Tunnel
, line = Lötschberg Line , location = Circumventing the Lötschen Pass in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland(Canton of Bern, canton of Valais) , coordinates = – , system = BLS, SBB CFF FFS , status = , start = Kandersteg, canton of Bern, , end = Goppenstein, canton of Valais, , stations = , startwork = 7 March 1907 , opened = 15 July 1913 , closed = , owner = BLS NETZ AG , operator = BLS , traffic = Railway , character = Passenger, Freight, Car Transport , length = , linelength = , tracklength = , notrack = One double-track , gauge = (standard gauge) , el = 15 kV 16.7 Hz , speed = , hielevation = , lowelevation = (north portal) , height = , grade = 3–7 ‰ , map = The Lötschberg Tunnel is a long railway tunnel on the Lötschberg Line, which connects Spiez and Brig at the northern end of the Simplon Tunnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
