Seven towns and cities in western Switzerland, including Geneva and Neuchâtel, have joined forces to protest a “two-speed” national railway network. Changes to the new 2025 train timetable announced by Swiss Federal Railways (CFF/SBB) on Friday, which include cutting the Jura-Geneva direct service, have caused consternation among officials in parts of western Switzerland. In an official appeal made on Monday, seven towns and cities, including Yverdon, Neuchâtel, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Geneva, Biel, Delémont and Morges, have written to the federal authorities to revise their plans. The hourly direct train journey from Neuchâtel to Geneva currently takes 1 hour 9 minutes; another route with a change in Lausanne takes 1 hour 36 minutes. The new timetable, which will be effective from December 2023, proposes to cancel the direct route for a ten-year period due to construction work. + Swiss claim record for the world's longest passenger train The towns and cities denounce a “two-speed”...
