People vow to move to Switzerland after seeing unusual way workers commute - The Mirror

People vow to move to Switzerland after seeing unusual way workers commute - The Mirror

People have been left baffled after a Swiss woman shared the unusual way the people of Bern in Switzerland travel around the city in the summer, with many saying it looks 'relaxing'

Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants

A Swiss start-up’s system to install and remove solar panels between train tracks is now being tested. The technology is attracting interest from other countries.

Switzerland and our country are comparable countries in Europe in terms of size, population and kilometres of track. Yet, more than twice as many Swiss appear to use public transport in their country. What can our country do to get more people on the train, tram and bus? In other words: how can you make our public transport better and more attractive so that more people will use it? We consulted a few experts.

Switzerland Pilots First Solar Power Plant on Active Railway Tracks

In Switzerland, a solar technology startup is making use of open spaces between railway tracks to place solar panels. The panels can collect solar power, even with trains using the railway throughout the day. Sunways, a photovoltaic inverter manufacturer, is piloting a new solar project on active railway tracks in Switzerland’s canton of Neuchâtel. The company was just given the green light from the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) to begin dep…

This is reportedly the first project in which solar panels were installed on an actively used section of track.

In Western Switzerland, on a 100-meter track, we are testing how well solar current can be obtained on railway sleepers.