The company.
Let’s start with some figures: Every year, SBB transports 357 million passengers and 50 million net tonnes of freight. Its 3000 route kilometres are actually fairly modest by comparison with the 24,500 km that make up Switzerland’s public transport network as a whole.
With the exception of Herisau and Appenzell, all of Switzerland’s cantonal capitals are on the SBB network. Over 800 stations have hourly or half-hourly train services. Two-thirds of all freight passing through the Swiss Alps goes by train. SBB Cargo transports 195,000 tonnes of freight by rail every day for its customers.
Over 28,000 railway employees work round the clock to keep trains running safely and punctually. So SBB isn’t just the largest travel and transport company in Switzerland, it’s also one of the biggest employers.
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Organisation
The SBB Corporation is made up of the four divisions Passenger, Freight (SBB Cargo) Infrastructure and Real Estate. In addition to these are the Central Services, which include Corporate Finance and Personnel.
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SBB Brand
In Switzerland and elsewhere it is synonymous with punctuality, reliability and comfort – all of them attributes which are a credit to SBB. For the SBB brand to be cultivated and preserved, it is vital that the Corporate Identity (CI) and Corporate Design (CD) be handled with great care and that the images, publications and products intended for the SBB Online Shop be selected with circumspection.
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Facts and figures
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Projects
SBB is constantly working on the improvement of its infrastructure for both customers and partners alike – whether by modernising its stations, adding new track, upgrading its regional stations or building important new high-speed lines. The SBB network is growing all the time; and as if that were not challenge enough, it also has some 3000 kilometres of track and more than 520 Swiss stations to maintain, repair and modernise in the interests of your safety and comfort.
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SBB – moving Switzerland
SBB is not only Switzerland’s largest transport company. Through its business activities, it also does a great deal for the people who live in this country, benefiting industry, tourism and thousands of employers and employees. These benefits also accrue to nature, the environment and the Swiss population – not least of all the 27,978 people who work for SBB.
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Environment
The railway is an extremely environment-friendly means of transport. Trains are very energy-efficient. The high proportion of power that SBB obtains from hydroelectric sources makes our services particularly environmentally friendly.
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History
The event-packed history of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) began in 1902. Although Schweizerische Centralbahn (SCB) had been operating trains since 1 January 1901 on behalf of the Swiss goverment, the statutory framework for the establishment of SBB had yet to be created.
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SBB for schools
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