[Culturechat] A few facts about the SBB

[Vance Roy]

Passengers per year (2003 and all stats below are for 2003)=250 million

Freight carried=54.8 million tons

Employees=28,700

Full passes= 270,000 (year round travel; about 3000 CHF for 2nd class)

Half fare cards=1.9 million (half fare on all modes of transport)

Lokomotives=2400

Passenger cars=3883

Seats=299,000 (20 % first class)

Freight cars=12,171 SBB and 6000 privately owned)

Train stations=765 (not all manned)

Earnings=25 million CHF

The Swiss train schedule book is the largest in the world.

The rail network is the larhest in the world.

New track laid since 1987=160 kilometer at a cost of 5.9 billion CHF

When the new Gotthard Tunnel is opened at 57 kilometers in 2014, it 
will be the longest rail tunnel in the world.

SBB track= 3008 kilometer with 2033 kilometer additional for private 
lines.

The standard is for there to 95% of all trains arriving on time. Five 
minutes is the margin allowed to meet this. Italian train goal is 80 % 
in 10 minutes.

Each Swiss travels 47.4 kilometers per year. Luxemburg is 2nd with 34.5 
and Norway is last with 11.1.

All you rail fans, digest that!

Vance Roy
gigli.saw@dplanet.ch
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