The Alpine Initiative participated in the consultation on the Swiss government’s draft of the “2030/2035 Rail Infrastructure Expansion Phase (Ausbauschritt der Bahninfrastruktur 2030/35)” and demanded the completion of the Lötschberg base tunnel. Moreover, it demanded that the tracks be secured for freight traffic in the long term, and that the strategic development programme for rail infrastructure (STEP) 2030/2035 should take more account of freight traffic.