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Switzerland has approved billions of francs for the improvement of its public transportation infrastructure. The modal split for public transportation is one of the highest in Europe, standing at 21.3% in 2010. [3] In many cities with a population above 100,000, the modal split for public transportation lies above 50%.
Urban rail transit in Switzerland includes trams and light rail in several cities, commuter rail systems centered around cities (known as S-Bahn), a single, small metro system and funiculars. Plans for a rapid transit in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, were discontinued after a referendum.
The National Maps of Switzerland, also referred to as the Swisstopo maps, are a set of official map series designed, edited and distributed by Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. Each map series is based on an oblique, conformal , cylindrical projection ( Mercator projection ), with a Swiss Coordinate system ( CH1903 + ).
List of towns and cities [ edit ] This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition ( German : Statistische Städte 2012 , French : Villes statistiques 2012 ), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market ...
Map of Switzerland. This is a list of municipalities in Switzerland which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Map of the Swiss autobahn network. The Swiss autobahn/autoroute network has a total length (as of April 2012) of 1,763.6 kilometres (1,095.9 miles), of the planned 1,893.5 kilometres (1,176.6 miles), and has, by an area of 41,290 km 2, also one of the highest motorway densities in the world with many tunnels. There are 200 tunnels with a total ...
The Swiss InterCity network of 1982 materialized the introduction of the cadenced timetable in Switzerland and the beginnings of the InterCity network as it is known today. It has five lines served once an hour or once every two hours (some lines could be served at certain times by other types of train such as ICE, EuroCity or TGV but keeping ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]