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Long-distance traffic will be fully run at the end of operations, he said. However, SBB had to reduce the schedule on regional traffic, as it wrote. It installed a shuttle concept on the Erstfeld-Bellinzona, Bellinzona-Locarno and Giubiasco-Chiasso routes. This ensures that travelers get from A to B. This concept should be applied initially until the end of operations.
In the course of the afternoon and on Friday evening, up to one meter of snow fell locally in Ticino and the southern valleys of Graubünden. The federal government issued the second highest level of avalanche warning due to the snow masses in parts of Ticino and Graubünden. According to SRF Meteo, the heaviest snowfall was expected at night from Friday to Saturday. Locally, up to a meter and a half of fresh snow is possible.
A2 partially closed to trucks
The constant snowfall also led to poor road conditions south of the Alps. According to Viasuisse and TCS, the A2 in Ticino was closed to trucks in both directions in the afternoon. Several main roads in Ticino had to be closed, as did the section of the motorway between the Bellinzona-Süd service area and the Monte Ceneri tunnel.
Occasionally sections of the road were interrupted due to landslides or downed trees. In Lugano, snow chains were mandatory in some places.
In the evening, the A2 between Lugano-Nord and the Giornico waiting room rest area was closed to heavy traffic, until 5 am on Saturday morning, as announced by the TCS.
The onset of winter also caused disruptions to rail traffic in western Switzerland. There were route interruptions in the Val de Joux and in Rochers-de-Naye in the canton of Vaud and in the Jura. However, the snowfalls in French-speaking Switzerland were much less powerful than in Ticino.
Stunning south facing position
According to the Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology (Meteo-Switzerland), there has been a striking congestion in the south since Thursday night. This caused heavy snowfall in Ticino and the southern valleys of Graubünden, on the northern side of the Alps, the foehn blowing with wind peaks expected of up to 150 km / h until Friday evening.
The Leventina and the Sottoceneri were particularly affected by the snowfall in Ticino. According to Meteo-Switzerland, precipitation should turn into rain on Friday night below 800 meters above sea level.
In southeastern Switzerland, the Meteonews weather service expected more than a meter of fresh snow by Sunday. Even in the lowlands on the north side of the Alps, there could be some snow on Saturday night.
