These extra long trams are dwarfed by record-length trains. In 2022, a Swiss railway company set a record for the world’s longest passenger train which was made up of 100 coaches and 25 engines ...

“They have difficulty to enter the trams with their high floors.” To address this problem, Ukraine approached Switzerland, which finances sustainable urban-development projects in the country ...

Hundreds of people have been hit by Swiss trams since 2010; some died of their injuries. While most of the accidents occur in Zurich, the most accident-prone tram stops are in Basel.

Switzerland and Germany are sending more than 100 used trams to Ukraine to help the embattled country improve its public transport. Tens of thousands of people have moved to the western city of ...