{"id":130818,"date":"2022-03-19T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T11:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/le-ferrovie-svizzere-compiono-175-anni\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T11:59:29","slug":"swiss-railways-celebrates-175-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/swiss-railways-celebrates-175-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Railways celebrates 175 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swiss Railways celebrates 175 years<\/span><\/h1>\n

Swiss Federal Railways, a model of efficiency in terms of passengers, punctuality and safety are considered the best in Europe\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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An SBB CFF SBB EuroCity train in Singen bound for Stuttgart<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A bit of history<\/span><\/h2>\n

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On August 9, 1847, the first Swiss railway line was inaugurated, the “Spanisch-Br\u00f6tli-Bahn<\/strong>” between Zurich and Baden, marking the beginning of the railway era in Switzerland.Its name seems to be linked to the fact that the Zurich nobility sent their messengers to pick up pastries from a well-known cook and master baker in Baden.This route was operated by the Schweizerische Nordbahn and helped to reduce travel time compared to the traditional carriage: from 3 hours to 45 minutes for a journey of 22.5 km.The first railways were built by private individuals under a concession granted by the cantons. The Confederation provided directives only on matters of a technical nature.In the popular vote of 1898, under the motto “Swiss Railways for the Swiss People”, the supporters of the state-owned railway won with 68% of votes in favor, so from 1902 the newly founded SBB began to take over the railways and to nationalize them.Switzerland is one of the countries with the densest railway network in the world with well-coordinated connections between railways, buses, streetcars, boats and cable cars in all regions of Switzerland and in no other European country do people use the train so much.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company today<\/span><\/h2>\n

The company called Ferrovie Federali Svizzere<\/em> (FFS) in Italian, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen<\/em> (SBB) in German, Chemins de Fer F\u00e9d\u00e9raux suisses<\/em> (CFF) in French, Viafiers Federalas Svizras<\/em> (VFS) in Romansh, with its head office in Bern, operates the Swiss railway network whose capital share is held entirely by the Swiss Confederation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A train at Glarus station in the snow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Infographic 175 years Swiss Railway (in German)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Infographic 175 years Swiss Railway (in French)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Railways also hold direct or indirect interests in subsidiaries controlled by them (Group companies) including:<\/span><\/p>\n