Accounting for almost a quarter of all freight traffic, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) is the leading company in Swiss freight transport. SBB Cargo AG, which is the backbone of the Swiss economy and connects major economic regions, accounts for almost 16% of this. Each year, SBB Cargo AG transports around 29.8 million net tonnes of goods within Switzerland via wagonload, block train and combined transport – the equivalent of almost 10,000 lorry journeys per day. SBB Cargo International AG is the leading provider of trans-Alpine rail freight transport through Switzerland, with a market share of 38.1 percent.
In 2018, SBB Cargo AG recorded a revenue of CHF 742 million. Their fleet comprises 5,324 freight wagons, 313 mainline locomotives and 76 shunting locomotives. SBB Cargo AG was founded as a subsidiary of SBB in 1999 in the form of an ‘Aktiengesellschaft’ (comparable to a stock corporation) and employed 2,275 staff members in Switzerland by the end of 2018. Its headquarters are in Olten.