Various types of work are carried out:

1. Regular maintenance work on facilities (e.g. changing broken track, repairing components).
2. Renewal or remediation work, which involves replacing systems that are reaching the end of their service life and whose function will not change (e.g. replacing points or a contact line at the end of their service life).
3. Development or modernisation work, which involves making improvements, bringing installations into line with certain standards, installing new functions and developing our installations (e.g. constructing a new underpass, extending a platform or building a new platform etc.).

One of the major challenges facing SBB is meeting simultaneous operational, maintenance and construction requirements. Trains can still run in all the areas where construction sites are planned. This means that rail services will continue to operate.

However, there may be some changes during the various phases of the work. That’s why we recommend that you check the timetable on sbb.ch or the SBB Mobile app before starting your journey.

Accessible travel is essential for enjoying an active social life. By 2023, they should be able to use all of SBB’s services without discrimination and travel as independently as possible. That means SBB is making lots of adjustments to trains, stations and passenger information to ensure its customers can travel independently.

Travellers with reduced mobility can request assistance:

Tel.: 0800 007 102 (toll-free in Switzerland, 6am to 10pm)
From abroad: 0041 51 225 78 44
Email: mobil@sbb.chLink opens in new window.

Buy a Point-to-Point Ticket for your bike, a Bike Day Pass or an annual bike pass and you can load your own bicycle onto services on most public transport routes in Switzerland.

We can also arrange for the transport of bikes from station to station and provide bike hire on site.

By visiting SBB Real Estate’s website.

SBB is working hard to reduce noise levels from rail and shunting operations and stabled trains. It’s implementing noise remediation measures for the rolling stock fleet.

Whenever possible, SBB tackles noise directly at source. With the support of the Swiss Confederation, all coaches and wagons have been upgraded and equipped with brake blocks made from composite materials.

Our work must be carried out in accordance with a Federal directive on construction site noise. This directive does not specify specific limits for the noise level but sets out a number of measures intended to reduce the disruption. With this in mind, we aim to keep construction site noise to the lowest level that is reasonable and economically viable.

Depending on the type of work being carried out, dust pollution may be generated. The Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC) states that 200mg of dust per m² and per day is excessive. Where construction work could generate a significant quantity of dust, appropriate measures are taken by a specialist agency commissioned by SBB.

To provide additional protection for residents against noise pollution, SBB erects noise barriers in densely populated areas at the request of the Federal Office of Transport.

If noise thresholds are exceeded despite the above measures, sound-insulating windows are installed. The cantons ensure this is done on a consistent basis.

The loudspeakers at the stations inform passengers about long-distance train arrivals. In the event of an incident or disruption, we will also inform you about the current status of your train. The volume of announcements depends on the size of the station and the timetable. SBB staff must be notified of any technical faults.

The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) and the cantons of Vaud and Geneva are working together to develop services and infrastructure on the Lausanne–Geneva Airport line to provide a sustainable rail solution for the region’s mobility requirements. The Léman 2030 programme was born out of this collaboration.

Passenger numbers in the Lake Geneva region will exceed 100,000 by 2030. That’s why we are doubling our seating capacity on services between Lausanne and Geneva and increasing train frequency to every 15 minutes on the RER Vaud (Cully–Cossonay) and the Léman Express (Coppet–Genève–Annemasse / Evian-les-Bains / Annecy / St-Gervais-les-Bains–Le-Fayet / La Plaine / Bellegarde).

To run more and longer trains, the line’s infrastructure needs to be upgraded.

The developments associated with Léman 2030 will enable us to provide the following benefits between Lausanne and Geneva:

• More frequent services
• More seating
• More comfortable stations
• Improved freight services

View all our services on the following page.

SBB is working with the municipalities, cities and cantons of Vaud and Geneva as well as with the Federal Office of Transport (FOT).

Full information about our partners can be found on their dedicated pages.

The following forms can be used to contact the customer service team:

Léman 2030 will be pleased to help you:

Léman 2030 – SBB AG
Rue de la Gare de Triage 7, 1020 Renens
Email: leman2030@cff.chLink opens in new window.

Simply contact leman2030@cff.chLink opens in new window. or visit the dedicated booking page.

In order to launch new services and to provide improved travel comfort and safety for passengers at Geneva-Cornavin, we are building two underground tracks to/from Lausanne which will provide access to a central underground platform beneath the current Cornavin station.

Today, the number of passengers travelling between Lausanne and Geneva every day is in the process of doubling. Faced with this increase in numbers, Geneva station is showing signs of saturation. To meet current and future needs, SBB is building an underground station in Geneva.

The four planned stages aim to improve railway facilities at Geneva station and to maintain services and the quality of trains while work on the underground station is being carried out.

140 trains run on the line between Geneva and La Plaine every day. Over the next 20 years – and with the integration of the Léman Express network – we expect to see a sharp rise in passenger numbers. This is why we need to increase capacity on this line so that we can provide more seating, greater travel comfort and improved access.

The safety and traffic management systems (interlocking systems, the ‘brain’ behind rail services) between Lausanne and Geneva have reached the end of their service lives and need to be replaced.

These installations need to be renewed before Lausanne, Renens and Geneva railway stations can be extended. The safety and signalling systems will be completely renewed.

These measures are a top priority for improving national and regional rail services.

Morges station is approaching capacity. In the near future, the facilities and platforms will no longer be able to accommodate the high number of passengers who stop there every day. The infrastructure needs to be upgraded and better access provided for the new districts.

The project will be implemented in two stages: the first will prioritise platform 1, while the second concerns the entire station, including the MBC facilities.

This project will enable freight trains to enter and leave Lausanne marshalling yard without disrupting passenger services.

We have upgraded Renens station, making it a modern public transport hub. Its improved accessibility will provide people with reduced mobility as well as those with pushchairs or suitcases easy access to the platforms and trains. The station will become a key interchange hub between trains, the metro, the future tram line (T1) and buses. The new station also takes account of human-powered mobility with the ‘Rayon Vert’ footbridge spanning the tracks.

We’ve added a fourth track between Lausanne and Renens. This will enable us to increase the level of services between Lausanne and Renens, the busiest section in French-speaking Switzerland. Commissioned in 2022, it also plays a key role in improving the services of RER Vaud (Cully–Cossonay).

The flyover is a railway viaduct between Renens and Prilly-Malley that will allow trains to pass over other railway tracks avoiding crossing conflicts with other services. This new structure, opened in 2022, will enable us to develop national services (St-Gallen–Genève-Aéroport) and regional services (RER Vaud).

We’re upgrading Lausanne station and turning it into a real travel services hub.

Providing services and shops, Lausanne station will be more welcoming, comfortable and accessible – for all passengers and users. All your means of transport will be located at the same site, providing attractive modern facilities.

We are extending the parking area at Paleyres by adding two new tracks and lengthening another. These three new tracks will enable long-distance trains of greater lengths (400m) to be parked there.

This measure is a priority because it is essential for improving national and international services.

All projects that contribute to the improvement of travel services in the Lake Geneva region – whether it’s the development, upgrading or maintenance of the track network between Geneva and Lausanne – are of interest for Léman 2030.

SBB does not provide copies of public consultation documents to third parties. If you wish to obtain these documents, please contact the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), which is the federal authority for matters concerning construction permits, or the canton or municipality where the project is taking place.

In some projects, the felling of trees is unavoidable (for safety, spatial or project-specific reasons). Our environment service is responsible for compensating for and replanting the trees in accordance with the relevant environmental legislation.

When work is carried out at night or at weekends, you will be informed by post.

To obtain information about works being carried out at night in your region, you can also sign up for our newsletter at sbb.ch/bauarbeiten.

You can select the region(s) of interest to you to sign up for direct e-mail notifications about upcoming engineering works.

If the damage concerns work carried out by SBB, please notify us as soon as possible by emailing leman2030@cff.chLink opens in new window.. Please provide us with the following information:

• Date the damage was discovered
• Date(s) on which the construction work was carried out by SBB
• Photo of the damage
• Contact details (full name, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number)

SBB has a construction permit from the Federal Office of Transport and from the relevant cantons for the construction work that it is carrying out. This permit includes authorisation to generate noise emissions within the limits set out in the consultation documentation. This means SBB cannot consider compensation claims relating to noise from its construction work.

Under the jurisprudence of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, homeowners or tenants must generally tolerate temporary disruptions caused by construction work on SBB’s infrastructure installations, as well as the noise generated by the operation of the railway, without entitlement to compensation.

We take great care to ensure that everyone working on our sites conducts themselves in an appropriate way. Each company is notified about the code of conduct.

Any incidents of inappropriate behaviour can be reported by email to leman2030@cff.chLink opens in new window..

We sometimes use an alarm horn or alarm system to warn of approaching trains while work is being carried out. These alarms are mandatory for safety reasons. They warn workers that a train is approaching. They must be available at all active construction sites while trains are in operation (with the trains running alongside the construction site).

We would like to assure you that we are taking all the necessary steps to limit noise from the alarms on our construction sites where the applicable safety regulations allow us to do so.

Wherever possible, SBB aims to avoid taking up parking spaces for construction-related use. Where local conditions require, SBB may use part of a P+Rail area for installing its construction site. In such cases, SBB will look for a solution to make up for the parking spaces that are no longer available. Information is available on a case-by-case basis.

As part of a redevelopment contract from the Confederation, SBB has installed noise barriers to protect residents from railway noise. Moreover, when required, noise barriers have been, and continue to be installed when expansion projects are carried out. Where noise limits are still exceeded, sound-insulating windows have also been installed on the affected houses.

Today, SBB is considered to have achieved reduced noise as per the Noise Abatement Ordinance, which is authoritative for SBB. This means that additional noise protection measures along the existing infrastructure only need to be considered if, for example, an additional track, more trains or other changes to the infrastructure result in a considerable increase in noise.

SBB’s environmental specialists will assess this on a case-by-case basis during the building permission process, in line with the requirements of federal law. As part of the permit process, this assessment is reviewed by bodies such as the environmental authorities of the Confederation and the cantons concerned.

As part of their track maintenance activities, SBB network teams have to carry out certain tasks such as grinding work on the tracks which can cause them to make a whistling sound for a few weeks. This can also be caused by a change in temperature.

During track work (change of track), the newly laid tracks are connected (fixed together without welding). Before the tracks are welded, trains have to pass over them to ensure they are in the correct position. This process can take up to two weeks. Once the welding work on the tracks has been completed, no more noise is made.

Readjustments (e.g. grinding) may have to be made.

We take great care to ensure that everyone working on our sites conducts themselves in an appropriate way. Each company is notified about the code of conduct. Any inappropriate behaviour can be reported to leman2030@cff.chLink opens in new window..

The lighting systems are needed to guarantee the smooth running of sites and to ensure the safety of personnel.

The permanent systems must comply with federal and cantonal regulations on their power and direction.

The temporary ones are installed in line with site requirements. If you have any concerns about them, please contact us at leman2030@cff.chLink opens in new window. so that the project team can assess whether they need to be redirected.