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Basis for operations: the schedule

SBB's train schedule is established for each year, for a period running from June to May. We'll look at the role of the schedule in the following pages:

Developing the schedule
Tradeoffs between the schedule and fixed plant
Work projects in the schedule
Operations preparation at the Zurich dispatching center
Operations preparation at the Altstetten traffic control center:
  Schedule and routing entry
  Transfer to routing system


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