Swiss Federal Railways
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Native name
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(German) Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (French) Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (Italian) Ferrovie federali svizzere (Romansh) Viafiers federalas svizras |
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| Fully state-owned limited company (AG) regulated by public law | |
| Industry | Rail Transport |
| Founded | 1 January 1902 |
| Headquarters | Bern, Switzerland |
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Key people
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Andreas Meyer, CEO |
| Revenue |
 CHF 8.319 billion (2013) |
 CHF 238 million (2013) |
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| Total assets | CHF 36.412 billion (2013) |
| Total equity | CHF 11.004 billion (2013) |
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Number of employees
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30,977 (2013) |
| Divisions | Passenger, SBB Cargo, Infrastructure, Real Estate |
| Website | sbb |
SBB network (for the whole Swiss railway network see: Rail transport in Switzerland)
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InterCity on the Gotthard Line
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| Dates of operation | 1 January 1902–present |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 15 kV, 16.7 Hz Overhead line |
| Length | 3,138 km (1,949.9 mi) |
Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF), Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere (FFS)) is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usually referred to by the initials of its German, French and Italian names, either concatenated as SBB CFF FFS, or used separately. The Romansh version of its name, Viafiers federalas svizras, is not officially used.
The company is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation whose shares are held by the Swiss Confederation or the Swiss cantons.
Swiss Federal Railways is divided into three divisions and two groups:
The corporation is led in an entrepreneurial manner. A performance agreement between Swiss Federal Railways and the Swiss Confederation defines the requirements and is updated every four years. At the same time the compensation rates per train and track-kilometre are defined.
Subsidiary SBB GmbH is responsible for passenger traffic in Germany. It operates the Wiesentalbahn and the Seehas services.
Further subsidiaries are Thurbo, RegionAlps, AlpTransit Gotthard AG, Cisalpino AG and TiLo (the latter in consortium with Italian authorities). The Swiss Federal Railways hold significant shares of the Zentralbahn and Lyria SAS.
To maintain heritage, the Stiftung Historisches Erbe der SBB ("SBB Historic") was founded in 2002. This foundation takes care of the historic rolling stock and runs a technical library in Bern, document and photographic archives, and the SBB poster collection. (TM)
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