Cargo sous terrain is helping
to rethink freight transport
With its concept for a supplementary transport route, CST is making a contribution that can improve logistics in Switzerland and beyond.
As a privately funded, automated logistics system, CST is designed to deliver goods in a sustainable manner. This helps relieve congestion in cities and along transport routes, reduce CO₂ emissions and preserve valuable land. CST represents a new generation of privately financed infrastructure that can contribute to capacity, resilience and climate targets without requiring subsidies.
A project of this scale is developed through constant dialogue with those who support and use it. CST engages in dialogue with shippers, logistics companies, public authorities and the academic community. This creates an ecosystem of partnerships that works together reliably in day-to-day operations. Switzerland is leading the way in this regard for other markets.
CST is not conceived as a construction project, but as a systemic concept comprising logistics, technology and infrastructure. Today, Swiss freight transport is fragmented across different areas of responsibility, systems and practices that have evolved over time. This is no longer sufficient to address the challenges relating to transport, climate and spatial planning. Planning for roads, railways, individual companies and public authorities tends to take place in isolation from one another. CST is an alternative to this: an initiative that deliberately challenges boundaries and unites stakeholders from business, politics and academia who would otherwise rarely sit around the same table. Only by breaking down silos can we create a logistics system that serves Switzerland as a whole, collaborating across sectors and ultimately improving the quality of life for its people.
Our purpose
We are improving the integration of transport systems to ensure that freight transport runs smoothly.
Our vision
With CST, security of supply, quality of life and economic momentum are not mutually exclusive.
