In order to ease congestion during the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, and the women’s Euro 2025 contest, the Swiss Federal Railways is planning on adding 1,600 new trains across the country.
Increased trains to accommodate tourists
The reason for the drastic increase in number of trains planned on the Swiss rail network is to accommodate the 900,000 extra tourists expected across the country during these feature events. Eurovision itself is expected to be responsible for 250,000 of those visitors. In addition to the train services themselves, the Swiss Federal Railways also plans to add an additional 2,000 members of staff to assist on the railways.
Exact plans for the extra services have not been announced specifically, nor has it been stated if any of the services will be cross border to accommodate Eurofans staying in France and Germany over the events.
All About Eurovision 2025
Switzerland will be hosting the 69th edition of the competition following Nemo’s historic win at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. A few weeks after their win, Reto Peritz, and Moritz Stadler, was announced as the Executive Producers, with the other roles revealed in July 2024.
Basel, Bern & Biel/Bienne, Geneva, and Zurich submitted bids to host next year’s competition, with Basel and Geneva being shortlisted as the final two cities. After the shortlist, it was revealed that Basel will host Eurovision 2025, at St. Jakobshalle with the shows taking place on May 13, 15 and 17.
The visual identity for this year’s contest is “Unity Shapes Love”, which was developed by Art Director Artur Deyneuve, and was inspired by the Swiss tradition of direct democracy, with the message conveyed visually through the iconic Eurovision heart symbol.
Meanwhile, the tickets for Eurovision 2025 will be sold on ticketcorner.ch, and a pre-registration process for the tickets ran until January 10. The tickets will be available to purchase from January 29, 2025. One day after the Semi-Final allocation draw.
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Source: Swiss Info
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