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18.6 bn Passenger-kilometres
17.0 bn Net tonne-kilometres
182.3 m Train-path kilometres

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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Δ%
 
Passenger services – offer
 
Train-kilometres
vehicle-km m 147.2 148.6 151.8 150.6 147.5 -2.1

Train-kilometres

Including bus lines.
Long-Distance Services
vehicle-km m 67.9 68.5 68.9 67.6 66.2 -2.1

Long-Distance Services

Including bus lines.
Regional Services
vehicle-km m 79.3 80.1 82.9 83.0 81.3 -2.1

Regional Services

Including bus lines.
Rail services
train-km m 76.3 76.9 79.7 80.0 80.4 0.4

Rail services

Bus services
bus-km m 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.0 0.9 -70.4

Bus services

Issuance of several major bus traffic concessions as of the timetable change in December 2017.
Seat-kilometres offered
seat-km offered m 65,602 65,792 68,642 68,195 67,456 -1.1

Seat-kilometres offered

Seats offered on average per train
number 446 443 452 453 457 1.1

Seats offered on average per train

Long-Distance Services
number 636 626 640 650 651 0.1

Long-Distance Services

Regional Services
number 292 297 306 302 303 0.4

Regional Services

Passenger services – sales
 
SBB points of sale
number 718 720 721 720 719 -0.1

SBB points of sale

The number of points of sale within SBB cannot be considered in relation to the number of SBB train stations: sales points at stations whose infrastructure belongs to SBB may also be operated by transport companies other than SBB; in addition, SBB has points of sale that are not located in train stations (e.g. Genève Balexert) or in SBB stations (e.g. Konstanz). Retroactive correction of value for 2017: 720 instead of 719 points of sale.
Staffed by SBB employees
number 179 176 170 166 156 -6.0

Staffed by SBB employees

Retroactive correction of value for 2017: 166 instead of 165 points of sale (Renens EPFL).
Staffed by agencies
number 57 53 50 49 48 -2.0

Staffed by agencies

Migrolino, Valora, Swiss Post, station operator.
With self-service
number 482 491 501 505 515 2.0

With self-service

Ticket sales
Tickets m 85.0 87.6 92.4 98.9 107.4 8.6

Ticket sales

The total ticket sales also include sales via partner distribution.
Digital channels (sbb.ch and SBB Mobile)
Tickets m 13.1 18.0 24.4 32.4 44.3 36.8

Digital channels (sbb.ch and SBB Mobile)

Ticket machines
Tickets m 48.9 47.9 49.3 48.4 46.5 -3.9

Ticket machines

Automatic travelcard renewal
Tickets m [1.4] [1.3] 2.0 2.9 3.4 19.4

Automatic travelcard renewal

Counters
Tickets m 20.9 19.8 16.0 14.6 12.7 -13.2

Counters

Rail Service and GA Travelcard Helpdesk
Tickets m 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 -35.4

Rail Service and GA Travelcard Helpdesk

Self-service quota
% 74.7 76.8 82.1 84.8 87.9 3.2

Self-service quota

of which via digital channels
% 15.4 20.5 26.4 32.7 41.2 8.5

of which via digital channels

Regular customers (GA and Half-Fare travelcards)
Travelcards m 2.796 2.793 2.867 3.011 3.088 2.5

Regular customers (GA and Half-Fare travelcards)

GA travelcards (network season tickets)
Travelcards m 0.453 0.460 0.472 0.480 0.490 2.1

GA travelcards (network season tickets)

GA travelcard rate by canton
Proportion of the population with a GA travelcard.
Aargau
% 6.5 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.3 0.3

Aargau

Appenzell Ausserrhoden
% 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.4 0.0

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden
% 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 0.2

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Basel-Landschaft
% 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 -0.0

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Stadt
% 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 -0.0

Basel-Stadt

Bern / Berne
% 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.0 0.0

Bern / Berne

Fribourg / Freiburg
% 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 0.0

Fribourg / Freiburg

Genève
% 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 -0.0

Genève

Glarus
% 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 0.2

Glarus

Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun
% 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 0.1

Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun

Jura
% 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.9 0.0

Jura

Luzern
% 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 0.1

Luzern

Neuchâtel
% 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 0.1

Neuchâtel

Nidwalden
% 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.5 0.1

Nidwalden

Obwalden
% 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 0.1

Obwalden

Schaffhausen
% 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.7 0.3

Schaffhausen

Schwyz
% 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.5 0.2

Schwyz

Solothurn
% 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.7 0.1

Solothurn

St. Gallen
% 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.2 -0.0

St. Gallen

Thurgau
% 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 -0.0

Thurgau

Ticino
% 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.1

Ticino

Uri
% 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.3 -0.2

Uri

Valais / Wallis
% 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 0.0

Valais / Wallis

Vaud
% 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 -0.0

Vaud

Zug
% 6.6 6.6 6.9 7.2 7.2 0.0

Zug

Zürich
% 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 0.1

Zürich

Half-Fare travelcards
Travelcards m 2.344 2.332 2.395 2.531 2.598 2.6

Half-Fare travelcards

Half-Fare travelcard rate by canton
Proportion of the population with a Half-Fare travelcard.
Aargau
% 27.8 27.2 27.3 28.3 28.5 0.2

Aargau

Appenzell Ausserrhoden
% 28.5 28.5 31.2 32.3 32.8 0.5

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden
% 24.5 24.0 24.9 26.1 26.9 0.8

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Basel-Landschaft
% 28.0 27.0 26.9 27.8 27.7 -0.1

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Stadt
% 35.6 34.2 33.6 34.0 34.3 0.3

Basel-Stadt

Bern / Berne
% 34.6 34.4 34.8 36.0 36.4 0.4

Bern / Berne

Fribourg / Freiburg
% 19.0 18.9 19.2 20.2 20.5 0.3

Fribourg / Freiburg

Genève
% 15.6 14.9 15.2 16.1 16.3 0.2

Genève

Glarus
% 25.6 24.8 25.5 26.1 26.5 0.3

Glarus

Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun
% 28.7 28.4 28.8 30.0 30.6 0.6

Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun

Jura
% 17.8 17.5 18.1 19.4 19.5 0.1

Jura

Luzern
% 33.2 32.6 32.7 33.9 34.5 0.6

Luzern

Neuchâtel
% 19.7 19.6 19.9 20.8 21.3 0.5

Neuchâtel

Nidwalden
% 34.1 33.5 36.1 37.9 38.8 1.0

Nidwalden

Obwalden
% 31.3 30.9 33.1 34.8 35.9 1.2

Obwalden

Schaffhausen
% 30.3 29.6 29.6 30.3 30.5 0.2

Schaffhausen

Schwyz
% 29.6 29.4 30.5 32.2 33.1 0.9

Schwyz

Solothurn
% 27.7 27.3 27.6 28.8 29.1 0.3

Solothurn

St. Gallen
% 27.4 27.1 27.4 29.6 29.3 -0.2

St. Gallen

Thurgau
% 27.5 27.3 27.3 27.9 28.2 0.3

Thurgau

Ticino
% 10.2 9.9 10.3 11.2 11.9 0.7

Ticino

Uri
% 31.5 31.2 28.8 30.4 31.5 1.1

Uri

Valais / Wallis
% 25.5 25.6 26.1 27.4 28.0 0.6

Valais / Wallis

Vaud
% 24.4 24.0 24.5 25.6 26.0 0.4

Vaud

Zug
% 39.1 38.5 39.0 41.9 41.6 -0.3

Zug

Zürich
% 37.9 37.0 37.0 38.5 38.7 0.2

Zürich

Passenger services – demand
Passenger-traffic performance
Pkm m [18,231] [18,560] [18,960] 18,501 18,608 0.6

Passenger-traffic performance

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Long-Distance Services
Pkm m [13,348] [13,543] [13,742] 13,280 13,324 0.3

Long-Distance Services

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Regional Services
Pkm m 4,883 5,017 5,218 5,221 5,284 1.2

Regional Services

Rail services
Pkm m 4,861 4,995 5,194 5,197 5,254 1.1

Rail services

Bus services
Pkm m [22] [22] [24] [25] 30 22.9

Bus services

Taking into account passenger kilometres for rail replacement services from 2018 onwards.
Growth in demand during time of peak traffic
% 1.1 2.0 2.1 0.6 0.4 -0.2

Growth in demand during time of peak traffic

Long-Distance Services
% 0.8 1.6 1.3 0.9 0.2 -0.7

Long-Distance Services

Thanks in no small part to the success of the supersaver ticket, the weekend traffic performance of long-distance services has increased by approximately 2 per cent.
Regional Services
% 2.1 3.1 4.0 -0.1 1.0 1.1

Regional Services

Growth in demand during off-peak periods
% 1.0 1.9 2.5 0.1 0.4 0.3

Growth in demand during off-peak periods

Long-Distance Services
% 0.1 1.8 1.7 -0.2 0.0 0.2

Long-Distance Services

Thanks in no small part to the success of the supersaver ticket, the weekend traffic performance of long-distance services has increased by approximately 2 per cent.
Regional Services
% 4.4 2.3 5.2 1.2 1.8 0.6

Regional Services

Average load factor
% [28.1] [28.6] [28.0] 27.5 27.9 0.4

Average load factor

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Long-Distance Services
% [30.9] [31.6] [31.1] 30.2 30.9 0.7

Long-Distance Services

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Regional Services
% 22.5 22.7 22.1 22.4 22.4 -0.0

Regional Services

Passenger volume in terms of journeys
PJ m [430.4] [441.8] [458.4] 452.4 455.9 0.8

Passenger volume in terms of journeys

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Average number of passengers per day
m PJ/day [1.18] [1.21] [1.25] 1.24 1.25 0.8

Average number of passengers per day

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Average passengers per train
number [127] [128] [128] 125 127 1.2

Average passengers per train

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Average length of journey
km [41.1] [40.8] [40.2] 39.7 39.8 0.1

Average length of journey

Periodic adjustment of extrapolation parameters leads to a method-related reduction in passenger kilometres and passenger journeys for long-distance services; including retroactive adjustment of the figures for 2017.
Modal split of passenger traffic
% 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.3 — —

Modal split of passenger traffic

Percentage of all public transport of motorised passenger traffic by rail and road; in terms of transport performance in Switzerland in passenger-kilometres, excluding human-powered mobility. Source: Federal Statistical Office – Mobility and Transport. Latest reference year: 2017.
of which railway
% 16.6 16.7 16.7 16.5 — —

of which railway

Railway’s share of motorised passenger traffic by rail and road; in terms of transport performance in Switzerland in passenger- kilometres, excluding human-powered mobility. Source: Federal Statistical Office – Mobility and Transport. Latest reference year: 2017.
Passengers boarding and alighting at stations
This only takes rail passengers into consideration.
Zürich HB
JL/working day 441,400 — 466,800 — — —

Zürich HB

This also comprises ZLOE, ZMUS and ZUSZ, but not the SZU Uetliberg line.
Bern
JL/working day 202,600 — 210,000 — — —

Bern

Without RBS.
Basel SBB
JL/working day 112,900 — 114,200 — — —

Basel SBB

Without SNCF.
Lausanne
JL/working day 107,100 — 108,900 — — —

Lausanne

Winterthur
JL/working day 105,200 — 108,000 — — —

Winterthur

Luzern
JL/working day 91,800 — 96,200 — — —

Luzern

Zürich Oerlikon
JL/working day 84,500 — 85,700 — — —

Zürich Oerlikon

Zürich Stadelhofen
JL/working day 81,100 — 83,300 — — —

Zürich Stadelhofen

Without Forchbahn.
Olten
JL/working day 78,100 — 81,300 — — —

Olten

Genève
JL/working day 70,700 — 73,700 — — —

Genève

Without SNCF.
 
Freight services
 
Volume of freight traffic
net tonnes m 53.1 51.1 53.5 53.2 51.9 -2.4

Volume of freight traffic

Consolidated figures for SBB Cargo Ltd and SBB Cargo International Ltd. The categorisation into wagonload freight and intermodal transport is performed in the same way as the traffic volume, i.e. by FSO (Federal Statistical Office) traffic type, based on the NHM codes of the wagons rather than on SBB Cargo’s product lines.
Wagonload freight
net tonnes m 34.9 33.0 32.1 30.8 31.1 0.9

Wagonload freight

Includes wagonload freight block trains.
Intermodal transport
net tonnes m 18.2 18.1 21.4 22.4 20.8 -7.0

Intermodal transport

Lorry shuttle
net tonnes m 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.2 -10.8

Lorry shuttle

Unaccompanied intermodal transport
net tonnes m 14.5 14.5 18.0 18.8 17.6 -6.3

Unaccompanied intermodal transport

Average volume of freight traffic per day
net tonnes/day 210,000 205,000 210,000 210,000 205,000 -2.4

Average volume of freight traffic per day

Freight-traffic performance
net tonne-km m 14,478 15,065 16,559 16,699 16,974 1.7

Freight-traffic performance

Consolidated figures for SBB Cargo Ltd and SBB Cargo International Ltd.
SBB Cargo Ltd
net tonne-km m 6,562 6,334 6,539 6,534 6,616 1.3

SBB Cargo Ltd

SBB Cargo International Ltd
net tonne-km m 9,054 9,952 11,163 11,374 11,659 2.5

SBB Cargo International Ltd

by FSO traffic type
In the categorisation by FSO (Federal Statistical Office) traffic type, the differentiation between wagonload freight and intermodal transport is based on the NHM codes of the wagons rather than on SBB Cargo’s product lines.
Wagonload freight
net tonne-km m 6,367 6,188 5,918 5,871 5,952 1.4

Wagonload freight

Includes wagonload freight block trains.
Intermodal transport
net tonne-km m 8,111 8,877 10,641 10,827 11,022 1.8

Intermodal transport

Lorry shuttle
net tonne-km m 585 605 551 561 495 -11.8

Lorry shuttle

Unaccompanied intermodal transport
net tonne-km m 7,526 8,272 10,090 10,266 10,527 2.5

Unaccompanied intermodal transport

Loaded wagons of SBB Cargo Ltd (Switzerland)
Traffic of SBB Cargo Ltd only (Switzerland). It is not possible to make a comparison with the figures published for the volume of freight traffic and freight tonne-kilometres.
– System wagonload freight
Wagons — — — 569,360 573,101 0.7

– System wagonload freight

2017 and 2018 figures adjusted for traffic linked to sugar beet harvesting.
– Single wagonload freight
Wagons — — — 69,370 68,370 -1.4

– Single wagonload freight

2017 and 2018 figures adjusted for traffic linked to sugar beet harvesting.
– Block trains
Wagons — — — 217,695 225,107 3.4

– Block trains

Modal split of freight traffic
% 37.8 38.4 39.0 36.9 — —

Modal split of freight traffic

Railway’s share of total freight traffic by rail and road; in terms of transport performance in Switzerland in net-net tonne-kilometres. Source: Federal Statistical Office – Mobility and Transport. Latest reference year: 2017.
Trans-alpine freight SBB Cargo
net tonnes m 17.6 18.4 20.3 20.8 20.2 -3.0

Trans-alpine freight SBB Cargo

Consolidated figures for SBB Cargo Ltd and SBB Cargo International Ltd. The categorisation into wagonload freight and intermodal transport is performed in the same way as the traffic volume, i.e. by FSO (Federal Statistical Office) traffic type, based on the NHM codes of the wagons rather than on SBB Cargo’s product lines.
by transit route
 
Gotthard
net tonnes m 14.6 13.7 14.7 12.8 13.9 8.4

Gotthard

Wagonload freight
net tonnes m 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.9 2.9

Wagonload freight

Includes wagonload freight block trains.
Lorry shuttle
net tonnes m 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 -21.7

Lorry shuttle

Unaccompanied intermodal transport
net tonnes m 8.6 7.7 8.4 6.7 7.7 14.5

Unaccompanied intermodal transport

Simplon
net tonnes m 3.1 4.7 5.6 8.0 6.3 -21.2

Simplon

Wagonload freight
net tonnes m 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.0 1.1 7.5

Wagonload freight

Includes wagonload freight block trains.
Unaccompanied intermodal transport
net tonnes m 1.2 3.0 4.0 7.0 5.2 -25.4

Unaccompanied intermodal transport

by FSO traffic type
In the categorisation by FSO (Federal Statistical Office) traffic type, the differentiation between wagonload freight and intermodal transport is based on the NHM codes of the wagons rather than on SBB Cargo’s product lines.
Wagonload freight
net tonnes m 7.5 7.5 7.6 6.8 7.0 3.6

Wagonload freight

Includes wagonload freight block trains.
Lorry shuttle
net tonnes m 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 -21.8

Lorry shuttle

Unaccompanied intermodal transport
net tonnes m 9.8 10.6 12.4 13.7 12.9 -5.9

Unaccompanied intermodal transport

SBB market share of trans-alpine railway freight
% 58.1 59.0 64.6 68.0 64.9 -3.1

SBB market share of trans-alpine railway freight

Intramodal market share, measured by traffic volume in net-net tonnes. Source: Federal Office of Transport – shift of freight from road to rail. Latest reference year: 2017.
SBB Cargo Ltd
% 28.9 27.6 29.8 26.2 26.8 0.6

SBB Cargo Ltd

SBB Cargo International Ltd
% 29.2 31.4 34.8 41.8 38.1 -3.7

SBB Cargo International Ltd