The Swiss Federal Railways will not be operating the problem-riddled double-decker FV-Dosto train abroad. The aim of the procurement was to keep all options open, said the spokeswoman for Swiss Federal Railways on Swiss public radio SRF. "In the meantime, we have seen that there are other trains that are more suitable for use on longer routes abroad," she said, referring to the Astoro, which operates cross-border services. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The FV-Dosto is more suitable for use on domestic routes, especially on the east-west and north-south axis, the spokeswoman continued. She described the controversial double-decker train as the "backbone of Swiss long-distance transport". The rail company owns a total of 62 such trains built by Bombardier. "Not the train we ordered" Around a year ago, the company's CEO Vincent Ducrot admitted mistakes in the procurement of the FV-Dosto. "The train we got is not the train we ordered," said Ducrot at the ...
