Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (short: SBB, German: [Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), French: [Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF)] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Italian: [Ferrovie federali svizzere (FFS)] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Romansh: [Viafiers federalas svizras (VFS)] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is also called SBB CFF FFS. The company was founded in 1902.
The company headquarters is in Bern.
In the Zurich-Bern-Basel triangle, travel times between the cities is under one hour.
SBB also operates international EuroCity and EuroNight trains in Switzerland.
Trains
SBB currently owns 15 Trains that are in service.
EC/IC operated trains
| Name | Top Speed |
|---|---|
| SBB Giruno | 250 km/h |
| Astoro | 250 km/h |
IC/IR operated trains
| Name | Top Speed |
|---|---|
| FV-Dosto | 200 km/h |
| ICN | 220 km/h |
| IC2000 | 200 km/h |
IR operated trains
| Name | Top Speed |
|---|---|
| New IR-Dosto | 160 km/h? |
| IR-Dosto | 160 km/h |
| Mouette | 120 - 200 km/h |
Swiss Federal Railways Media
Freight train on the Eglisau bridge
SBB RABDe 500 (ICN) between Zurich and Winterthur
Historic SBB push-pull train consisting of BDe 4/4, A, ABt near Hettlingen ZH
Example of integrated timetables between inter-regional and regional services on the Swiss network. The two trains are programmed to meet in the hub of Geneva at 15:30, sharing a platform, to minimise transfer times.
The inside of an IC 2000 train
Audio file of the SBB-CFF-FFS melody
SBB-CFF-FFS train arriving at Bern
Other websites
- The SBB website (in German)
- The SBB website (in English)
- The SBB cargo website Archived 2004-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- The CityNightLine website Archived 2004-08-24 at the Wayback Machine