How will the SBB Passenger rolling stock fleet change in the future?

Together with its subsidiaries Thurbo and RegionAlps, SBB is to procure 286 new single-deck multiple units for use in regional services. Stadler has been awarded the contract. Its offer was the best in terms of both cost and quality.

With a mind to the expected increase in demand on the Gotthard route, SBB ordered 29 Giruno multiple unit trains from Stadler. The fleet is now complete.

SBB is procuring 62 double-deck trains for long-distance traffic from Bombardier for around CHF 1.9 billion. The new trains will constitute SBB’s largest fleet. With up to 1,300 seats and measuring up to 400 metres, they will boost capacity on the busy west-east axis.

At 57 kilometres, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is the longest railway tunnel in the world and represents the centrepiece of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA).

SBB's mobile telecommunications strategy is centred on maximising customer benefits: on board trains we are using repeaters, and at railway stations we are focusing on free Internet access.

Our mobility is changing and so is Switzerland. Technological and social developments will greatly influence the way in which we travel and use space in Switzerland. 

Rail travel is environmentally friendly: around 10 per cent of Switzerland’s CO₂ emissions can be avoided through the modal shift to rail.