Swiss Federal Railways
national railway company of Switzerland
Swiss Federal Railways (short: SBB, German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF), Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere (FFS), Romansh: Viafiers federalas svizras (VFS)) 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
changeSBB currently owns 15 Trains that are in service.
EC/IC operated trains
change| Name | Top Speed |
|---|---|
| SBB Giruno | 250 km/h |
| Astoro | 250 km/h |
IC/IR operated trains
change| Name | Top Speed |
|---|---|
| FV-Dosto | 200 km/h |
| ICN | 220 km/h |
| IC2000 | 200 km/h |
IR operated trains
change| Name | Top Speed |
|---|---|
| New IR-Dosto | 160 km/h? |
| IR-Dosto | 160 km/h |
| Mouette | 120 - 200 km/h |
Other websites
change- 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
