A medium voltage switching apparatus comprising: - one or more electric poles, each electrically coupleable with a corresponding electric line; - for each electric pole, a fixed contact and a movable contact, said movable contact being reversibly movable between a decoupled position from said fixed contact and a coupled position with said fixed contact, said movable contact moving from said decoupled position to said coupled position during a closing manoeuvre of the switching apparatus and moving from said coupled position to said decoupled position during an opening manoeuvre of the switching apparatus; - actuating means adapted to actuate the movable contacts of said one or more electric poles; wherein said switching apparatus is operatively coupled with or comprises a control unit to control said actuating means, wherein said control unit comprises a plurality of input arrangements (I1, I2, I3, I4), at which said control unit can receive input signals (C1, C2, C3, C4) provided by one or more devices operatively coupled with or included in said control unit, characterised in that said control unit is adapted to carry out a plurality of different selectable control routines (R1, R2, R3, R4) to control said actuating means during a manoeuvre of said switching apparatus, so that said actuating means operate according to different operating modes, each implementing a different motion law (L1, L2, L3, L4) for the movable contacts of said electric poles, wherein said control unit is adapted to select and carry out a selectable control routine (R1, R2, R3, R4) in response to receiving an input signal (C1, C2, C3, C4) at an input arrangement (I1, I2, I3, I4) corresponding to said selectable routine, wherein, when said control unit carries out a selectable control routine (R1, R2, R3, R4) to control said actuating means during a manoeuvre of said switching apparatus, said actuating means actuate the movable contacts of said electric poles in such a way to implement a motion law (L1, L2, L3, L4) for said movable contacts, which corresponds to the executed control routine. - one or more electric poles, each electrically coupleable with a corresponding electric line; - for each electric pole, a fixed contact and a movable contact, said movable contact being reversibly movable between a decoupled position from said fixed contact and a coupled position with said fixed contact, said movable contact moving from said decoupled position to said coupled position during a closing manoeuvre of the switching apparatus and moving from said coupled position to said decoupled position during an opening manoeuvre of the switching apparatus; - actuating means adapted to actuate the movable contacts of said one or more electric poles; wherein said switching apparatus is operatively coupled with or comprises a control unit to control said actuating means, wherein said control unit comprises a plurality of input arrangements (I1, I2, I3, I4), at which said control unit can receive input signals (C1, C2, C3, C4) provided by one or more devices operatively coupled with or included in said control unit, characterised in that said control unit is adapted to carry out a plurality of different selectable control routines (R1, R2, R3, R4) to control said actuating means during a manoeuvre of said switching apparatus, so that said actuating means operate according to different operating modes, each implementing a different motion law (L1, L2, L3, L4) for the movable contacts of said electric poles, wherein said control unit is adapted to select and carry out a selectable control routine (R1, R2, R3, R4) in response to receiving an input signal (C1, C2, C3, C4) at an input arrangement (I1, I2, I3, I4) corresponding to said selectable routine, wherein, when said control unit carries out a selectable control routine (R1, R2, R3, R4) to control said actuating means during a manoeuvre of said switching apparatus, said actuating means actuate the movable contacts of said electric poles in such a way to implement a motion law (L1, L2, L3, L4) for said movable contacts, which corresponds to the executed control routine. wherein said switching apparatus is operatively coupled with or comprises a control unit to control said actuating means, wherein said control unit comprises a plurality of input arrangements (I1, I2, I3, I4), at which said control unit can receive input signals (C1, C2, C3, C4) provided by one or more devices operatively coupled with or included in said control unit, characterised in that said control unit is adapted to carry out a plurality of different selectable control routines (R1, R2, R3, R4) to control said actuating means during a manoeuvre of said switching apparatus, so that said actuating means operate according to different operating modes, each implementing a different motion law (L1, L2, L3, L4) for the movable contacts of said electric poles, wherein said control unit is adapted to select and carry out a selectable control routine (R1, R2, R3, R4) in response to receiving an input signal (C1, C2, C3, C4) at an input arrangement (I1, I2, I3, I4) corresponding to said selectable routine, wherein, when said control unit carries out a selectable control routine (R1, R2, R3, R4) to control said actuating means during a manoeuvre of said switching apparatus, said actuating means actuate the movable contacts of said electric poles in such a way to implement a motion law (L1, L2, L3, L4) for said movable contacts, which corresponds to the executed control routine.