The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed New Swiss trains ‘do not meet needs of disabled passengers’ The new double-decker Bombardier trains ordered by Swiss federal railways (SBB) in 2010 at a cost of nearly two billion francs do not meet the needs of disabled people, according to an umbrella organization for the disabled in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180131/new-swiss-trains-do-not-meet-needs-of-disabled-passengers Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:09:56 +0100 new-swiss-trains-do-not-meet-needs-of-disabled-passengers Youths nabbed for theft of disabled MP’s chair Police in the canton of Thurgau have collared the young thieves of an electric wheelchair belonging to a disabled member of the Swiss parliament. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140311/youths-arrested-for-stealing-disabled-mps-wheelchair Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:40:00 +0100 youths-arrested-for-stealing-disabled-mps-wheelchair