SBB Cargo transports goods for its customers by rail. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the company operates in Switzerland and beyond. Quality, reliability and safety are the hallmarks that enable SBB Cargo to successfully compete with other transport companies.

Accounting for 21 percent of all rail/road transport output, SBB Cargo is by far Switzerland’s largest freight transport company. Each day it transports 210,000 tonnes of freight. As a result, SBB Cargo is of vital importance to the Swiss economy and plays a part in the environmentally friendly transportation of freight.

Its portfolio comprises Wagonload services, traction services on the transalpine transit routes, block trains and intermodal transport (domestic and import/export operations). Its vehicle fleet includes 359 mainline locomotives, 141 shunting locomotives and tractors and around 6,805 freight wagons. SBB Cargo employs 2,995 staff.