Lausanne builds Switzerland's first metro
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Engineers have begun construction of Switzerland's first underground railway system in Lausanne, aimed at better connecting the north and south of the city.
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Metro opened its newest station yesterday amid hopes that it would spark more economic development in the city&#39;s Northeast commercial district along Florida and New York avenues while serving residents in the nearby, emerging neighborhoods.
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Swiss ISP will deliver pay-TV channels and video-on-demand service.
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BARDOLINO, Italy -- Swiss racer Karin Thurig won the women&#39;s world time trial title at the championships in Bardolino, to claim her first major international crown.
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Eighty years ago the Artouste train in the French Pyrenees transported workers and materiel to build a dam at 2000 meters (6500 feet) altitude, but today it ferries tourists for a sometimes hair-raising ride along one of Europe's highest rail lines.
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Germany comes up with the funds to build a high-speed, magnetic levitation, rail service in Munich.
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The first high-speed rail link between France and Germany began scheduled services Sunday, slashing travel times and marking a major step towards a truly pan-European rapid transit network.
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The first high-speed rail link between France and Germany began scheduled services Sunday, slashing travel times and marking a major step towards a truly pan-European rapid transit network. via Raw Story
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ARE, Sweden  - Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht made his first victory a world gold medal when he surprised the favorites to win the men's super-combined event at the Are championships on Thursday.
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Scientists in Zurich have developed a computer programme that could help preserve Switzerland's alpine landscape while at the same time promoting tourism.
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The first high-speed rail link between Madrid and Barcelona opens in Spain, after years of delay.
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French industrial giant Alstom Group has sold 16 complete subway trains to the city of Shanghai worth some 130 million Euros (160 million dollars), in another deal reached here during the visit of French President Jacques Chirac.
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Standing on the indoor tennis courts of the Park Hotel Waldhaus in Flims, it's hard to imagine you're looking at a future seat of the Swiss parliament.
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Atlantis shuttle astronauts were set to install a key new segment to the half-finished International Space Station on Tuesday in the first ISS construction work since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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Neutral Switzerland, home to   humanitarian agencies and the International Committee of the   Red Cross, voted by a big majority on Sunday to make it harder   for asylum-seekers to gain entry to the rich Alpine state.
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WENGEN, Switzerland  - Austrian technical  specialist Benjamin Raich skied to his first World Cup combined  victory on Friday.
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The city that was among the first to be wired for electricity in the 19th century wants to become one of the first to go wireless in the 21st.