1000 boxes almost in one go

SBB's calls for bids for commuter newspaper kiosks in Zurich and Basel are currently underway.

Distribution In Basel, Berne and Zurich, SBB and other transport companies offer around 1000 newspaper boxes.
Commuter newspaper boxes in Zurich and Basel are underway, the submission deadline
runs until September 20. In Bern, on the other hand, the procedure will end in mid
August has been completed. This is confirmed by Beat-Gaudenz Schwarz, at
SBB Real Estate is responsible for the tenders. Which or how many
interested parties have submitted an offer in Berne, it was not possible to
experience.
However, it is clear from the published documents that the SBB in the
350 to 400 stand spaces in the catchment area of the Zurich S-Bahn, which
Regio S-Bahn Basel has 75 to 100 stand spaces to offer, and in Bern
there are 200 to 250 seats, plus around 50 locations in Postbuses.
After all, SBB is not the sole provider in Berne: as was the case five
years, six regional transport companies joined forces there,
including Postauto Schweiz AG and the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway
(BLS), have formed a working group. Only Bern has left the group
Mobil, the transportation company of the city of Berne. The company made for
around 200 dispenser boxes in all vehicles have their own
invitation to tender, "because the transportation companies involved have
could not agree on the distribution of income," says Martin Enz,
Head of Marketing at Bern Mobil.
The situation is quite different in Basel and Zurich: Tacitly
a few months ago, the Zurich transport company extended the
contract with 20 minutes for pits in the vehicles, while the Basler
years ago from the streetcars and trolleybuses, and the
banned buses and are now not making a new offer. The Baselland
Transport AG (BLT) in Liestal, on the other hand, is once again requesting quotations.
but unlike five years ago, it no longer has exclusive rights to boxes
awarded. "The Basel staff can also come forward again," says Director
Andreas Büttiker, alluding to the media policy waves that
the BLT exclusive surcharge in favor of 20 Minuten:
Matthias Hagemann, publisher of Basler Stab and Basler Zeitung, had
in person to the Director of Construction in Basel, Elsbeth Schneider
intervened, but in vain.
That leaves the municipal authorities, which do not issue tenders,
However, permits for stall locations have been issued. The figures are
available neither in Basel nor in Zurich, but at least in Basel
to find out the price: The city charges 550 francs per location and
Year.

Markus Knöpfli

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