The purposes of this Act are:

A.

Increase capacity and increase performance in the traffic of goods and in the traffic of long-distance travellers;

B.

Increase the number of complete rail nodes;

C.

Reduce transit times on the east-east axis;

D.

Eliminate bottlenecks on the north-south axis.

This Law regulates the implementation and financing of measures for the major rail projects NLFA and RAIL 2000.

For the purposes of this Law:

A.

Increase in performance Measures to increase the density of traffic on a particular section or in a rail node;

B.

Capacity building Measures to remove a bottleneck and increase performance;

C.

Acceleration measures Measures to reduce the transit time of a train between two stations;

D.

Increased circulation : the reduction of the interval between two trains travelling on the same line in the same direction;

E.

Disentanglement : measures taken in a rail node that permit the movement of trains without crossing and increase the capacity of the railway nodes.

The measures include:

A.

On the basic lines of the new railway line across the Alps (NLFA):

1.

Basel-Saint Gotthard North: increased traffic on the Basle-Brugg-Altdorf Rynächt section,

2. ¹

Saint-Gothard sud-Chiasso: increase in yield in the rail nodes of Bellinzona, Lugano and Chiasso, intensification of traffic on the Biasca-Bellinzona-Chiasso section,

3.

Bellinzone-Luino: performance increase and capacity building,

4.

Zoug-Arth-Goldau: an increase in performance in the Arth-Goldau rail node and increased capacity,

5.

Bern region: increase in the yield of the Berne-Thoune section,

6.

Loetschberg and Saint Gotthard axes: in case of increased traffic, measures to guarantee traction power and noise protection measures on access routes to the base tunnels of the Gotthard and Lötschberg tunnels;

B.

On other lines:

1.

Geneva region: performance increase,

2. ²

Lausanne region: increasing capacity (4 ^E Road) on the segment Lausanne-Renens, disenfranchisement at Renens, increasing capacity and increasing efficiency in the rail node of Lausanne,

3. ³

Lausanne-Brigue-Iselle: increasing capacity and increasing performance,

4. ⁴

Lausanne-Bienne-Olten: increasing capacity and increasing efficiency,

5. ⁵

Lausanne-Berne: capacity building and performance increase,

6.

Bern region: disentanglement of the Wylerfeld, capacity building in the Bern railway,

7.

Thoune-Interlaken: increasing capacity and increasing efficiency, guaranteeing the quality of correspondence in Thun,

8. ⁶

Bienne-Delémont-Porrentruy: increasing capacity,

9.

Basel-Olten-Lucerne: disentanglement of Liestal, increase in performance at Basel passenger station, increase in yield on the Basle-Lucerne segment,

10.

Olten region: disenfranchement of Olten north and Olten is, an increase in performance in the Olten rail node,

11.

Olten-Aarau: capacity building on the Olten-Aarau section (4 ^E Continuing), capacity building (4 ^E Track) on the Dulliken-Däniken section, Eppenberg tunnel,

12. ⁷

...

13. ⁸

Region of Zurich: part of the large traffic lines of the diameter line,

14.

Thalwil-Lucerne: increasing capacity on the Cham-Rotkreuz section, increasing the yield in the Thalwil node,

15.

Zurich-Winterthur: disentanglement of the Dorfnest area, including increased capacity; Hürlistein disentanglement, increased capacity in the rail node of Effretikon, increase in yield on the segment Bassersdorf-Effretikon-Winterthur,

16.

Winterthur region: increased capacity on the Tössmühle-Winterthour; increase in performance in the Winterthur rail system,

17.

Winterthur-St-Gall: acceleration measures and increase in yield,

18.

Winterthour-Weinfelden: acceleration measures and increase in yield,

19.

Bellinzone-Locarno: increase in performance and increase capacity,

20.

Rhine Valley: capacity building,

21.

Neuhausen-Schaffhausen: performance increase,

22.

In case of increased traffic: measures to guarantee the supply of traction current, protective measures against noise and construction of sidings.

For measures concerning other sections of the Swiss railway network, the Federal Transport Office carries out plans to obtain information on their implementation and costs.

If the measures provided for in Art. 4 entail disadvantages for regional traffic, and construction measures will be taken to remedy the situation.

¹ Infrastructure managers plan and implement rail infrastructure development measures.

² The Confederation enters into agreements with infrastructure managers. These conventions define in detail the objectives for the capabilities to be provided, the lines, the benefits, the costs, the deadlines, the allocation of funds and the organisation.

³ Conventions are subject to approval by the Federal Council.

Infrastructure managers accept mandates for the provision, provision of services and construction in accordance with federal government procurement legislation.

The planning and implementation of the work continuously integrate, on the basis of micro-and macro-economic optimization, the progress of railway technology, improvements in the organisation and the evolution of passenger traffic, and Goods.

The Federal Assembly allocates by way of federal order the commitment appropriations necessary for the implementation of the measures provided for in Art. 4 to 6.

¹ The Confederation makes available the means allocated to the financing of the measures by charging them on the railway infrastructure fund within the meaning of the law of 21 June 2013 on the railway infrastructure fund ¹ , in the form of conditionally repayable variable interest loans and lost-fund contributions. ²

² ... ³

³ Infrastructure managers may, subject to the approval of the Federal Transport Office, enter into agreements with the cantons concerned or with third parties (public-private partnerships) to pre-finance the measures decided upon and Funded by the Federal Assembly referred to in s. 4.

The Federal Council ensures the monitoring and control of the development of railway infrastructure.

¹ Each year, the Federal Council reports to the Federal Assembly:

A.

The progress of the work on the development of railway infrastructure;

B.

Expenditure incurred under the commitment appropriations allocated;

C.

Investments previously made for measures under s. 4 to 6, and planned investments for the next four years.

² The Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication sets out the implementing provisions for the control of benefits, costs, finances and time limits for authorised measures.

The procedures and powers relating to the planning, construction and operation of buildings and installations are governed by the Federal Railways Act of 20 December 1957 ¹ .

The Federal Council shall issue the implementing provisions.

The amendment to the existing law is set out in the Annex.

¹ This Law shall be subject to the referendum.

² The Federal Council shall fix the date of entry into force.