The changeover to a new Federal Railways timetable went smoothly for Swiss commuters on Monday morning. Trains were punctual and no overcrowding was observed, say officials. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Our assessment after a day and a half of commissioning is very positive. It's mission accomplished for the first day," Federal Railways Regional Director David Fattebert told reporters at the Renens operations centre in canton Vaud on Monday. On average, trains on the French-speaking Switzerland network were 13 seconds behind schedule. "This punctuality has not been achieved in French-speaking Switzerland for several years," said Fattebert. Some problems were observed on the Broye line in southwestern Switzerland, however. "We still face major infrastructure challenges in this region," he added. Better staggering targeted Customer assistants present in main stations were not used very often. "On the whole, commuters were very well informed," said ...
