After years of delay, the double-decker train named ‘FV-Dosto’ completed its first rail journey on Monday. The fate of the rest of the 62-train fleet still pends on a court decision following a legal challenge by disabled groups. “There was no delay, everything ran smoothly”, Swiss Federal Railways spokesperson Christian Ginsig told the Swiss News Agency, after the first of the new trains travelled from Zurich to Bern and back, a route on which the ‘FV-Dosto’ will carry passengers from Monday onwards. The new fleet, produced by Bombardier, was originally ordered in 2010. The long wait was caused by delivery problems, software issues and by a recent lawsuit of a Swiss disability group. The association Inclusion Handicap filed a legal complaint in January claiming that access to the new trains was not autonomous for wheel-chair users. Accessibility problems Ten days ago, the Federal Administrative Court ruled that for the time being, six of the new trains would be allowed to go ...
