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48-682: The company is headed by Désirée Baer. SBB Cargo is mandated by its owner, the Swiss Confederation, to contribute to the modal shift from road to rail. In the "Cargo Switzerland" business area, it is required – as system leader – to operate a wagonload freight network both within Switzerland and on the import/export routes. This network must be aligned to the needs of Swiss business and cover its own costs. The "Cargo International" business area focuses on providing competitive and profitable traction services for intermodal and block trains on

96-491: A day is processed at these locations. Of the very poorly utilised points, 128 have no longer been in operation since the timetable change in December 2012. The current services of SBB Cargo and the other railways in Switzerland regularly run to over 300 service points for wagonload freight. Despite this, over 98% of the existing freight volume will continue to be carried by rail. As their locomotives will no longer have to scale

144-417: A decade earlier. These cuts had a limited effect of freight traffic, reducing freight by only 13%. Introduction of unit train type merry-go-round services and Freightliner intermodal services introduced from the 1960s onwards also shifted rail freight transport away from the wagonload workings, but could not total replace it; the economic future of wagonload services remained uncertain in the 1970s, despite

192-438: A loss of £40 million (from a £54million loss in 1961). No improvement in profitability had been achieved by 1966, despite the economies, and in part exacerbated by the cuts. In 1967 wagonload freight produced two thirds of British Rail 's freight revenue. Further reductions of the systems were made, 4,000 miles of line were closed between 1965 and 1973. By 1972 the number of marshalling yards had been reduced to 124 from over 600

240-409: A master plan for the future of rail freight across the country. The Federal Council did this in mid-April 2013. The draft is expected to be submitted to Parliament in spring 2015. Because a referendum is still possible, the new legislative package will enter into force in 2016 at the earliest and include a restructuring of railfreight's general operating conditions. At the same time, SBB Cargo is pursuing

288-544: A new terminal for transshipment between ships, rail and lorries is being constructed in northern Basel in close proximity to the Rhine port at Basel-Kleinhüningen. An initial step for transshipment between rail and road is planned for completion by the end of 2016. However, plans for the Limmattal Gateway near Zurich – a new large-scale terminal for trains of up to 750 metres in length – have been postponed. No action

336-808: A recognized training organization since October 30, 2007. SBB Cargo Italia was founded in 2003 and has its operational base in Gallarate. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SBB Cargo International , operating as its Italian production company and plans, schedules and operates freight trains in Italy. It also provides training for locomotive drivers. The destinations/departure points for wagon groups or block trains in Italy are Gallarate, Novara, Milano, Melzo, Trecate, Turin-Orbassano, Fossano, Poggio Rusco and Sant'Ilario. Centres for rail-to-road transshipment in Italy are operated in Desio and Turin. ChemOil Logistics AG

384-464: A scheduled train with refrigerated containers for Migros between Neuendorf (Canton Solothurn) and Gossau (Canton St. Gallen). In June 2013 the north–south shuttle between Dietikon and Cadenazzo started running on workdays, connecting the economic centre of Zurich with the Ticino region, with an extension to Lugano Vedeggio. In order to manage growing volumes of container traffic for imports and exports,

432-764: A three-pronged strategy: At 5.2 billion net tonne-kilometres, SBB Cargo’s traffic performance in 2013 was slightly higher than the previous year’s figure (5.0 billion). With the realignment of production networks, fleet and administration, the cost structure has also seen significant improvements, and SBB Cargo has won new customers despite a slimmed-down network of service points. Two new routes for intermodal transport were opened and preliminary work began on one more. To keep wagonload freight in Switzerland profitable and sustainable, solutions for restructuring poorly utilised service points have been devised over recent years. Overall, SBB Cargo looked into restructuring 155 very poorly utilised service points. On average, less than one wagon

480-507: Is a diminishing sector of rail freight transport in the EU; the percentage of rail freight transported as wagonload diminished from 45% to 35% from the late 1980s to 90s. The relative extent of wagon load traffic within the Europe varies considerably; in the 1990s within the EU an EFTA wagonload traffic accounted for approximately 40% of rail freight, whilst in eastern European counties the percentage

528-711: Is a wholly owned subsidiary of SBB Cargo International , operating as its German production company. As a registered railway company for freight services, it plans, schedules and operates block trains in Germany to and from Duisburg, Rheinhausen, Siegen, Cologne, Aachen, Ludwigshafen/Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Freiburg im Breisgau, Singen, Lübeck, Bremerhaven/Bremen, Hamburg, Kehl, Gelsenkirchen, Ingolstadt, Neuss, Gießen/Mainzlar and Weil am Rhein, while rail-to-road platforms in Germany are operated in Bremen, Duisburg, Karlsruhe, Worms and Weil am Rhein. SBB Cargo Deutschland has been

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576-432: Is adding to its existing business in wagonload and transit freight. The concept envisages scheduled trains connecting the main centres in Switzerland. Shuttle trains will go back and forth according to a fixed timetable. The first pilot train has been operating on a fixed timetable twice a day between Dietikon near Zurich and Renens near Lausanne since the beginning of 2012. Since September 2012, SBB Cargo has also been running

624-598: Is currently being taken with regard to these plans and the planning approval procedure has been shelved.[16] In mediation proceedings instigated by the FOT, however, the logistics industry has agreed that the possibility of building a gateway in Limmattal should definitely be kept open. In order to continue to meet the requirements of the regional economy in the future, the transshipment centre for intermodal transport in Dietikon

672-471: Is handled at the three large marshalling (shunting) yards at Basel-Muttenz, Zurich- Limmattal and Lausanne-Triage. These marshalling yards are currently operated by SBB Infrastructure. From January 2015, SBB Cargo will take over responsibility for planning and production at the domestic marshalling yards in Limmattal and Lausanne on behalf of SBB Infrastructure. SBB Cargo will therefore now be responsible for

720-467: Is to be expanded and upgraded. SBB Cargo works together with the international climate protection organisation Myclimate to offer its customers a completely climate-neutral transport service. The inevitable CO 2 emissions of a shipment by train are neutralised by climate protection measures elsewhere. Unlike other similar schemes, the SBB Cargo concept takes all environmentally harmful emissions and

768-572: The Gotthard Base Tunnel and Ceneri Base Tunnel , along with leasing of additional electric locomotives , has facilitated an expansion of the company's services. Dedicated subsidiaries, such as SBB Cargo Nederland , have been setup in to reduce reliance on third parties and to allow SBB Cargo International to handle a greater percentage of the work. The company has advocated for infrastructure owners to make numerous changes, such as to provide more frequent diversionary routes and to permit

816-475: The supply chain . Since 2011, the company's ChemLink product has connected key chemicals centres along the north–south corridor using its own scheduled service for consignment handling. SBB Cargo divides its services into the following categories: door-to-door logistics concepts with wagonloads (Cargo Rail and Cargo Express products), block trains (Cargo Train product) and international intermodal transport (traction services for intermodal shuttle trains of all

864-978: The 2013/2014 timetable change, SBB Cargo has been transporting a significant portion of DB Schenker Rail ’s transit services through Switzerland. Thanks to these additional operational and traction services, Swiss rail freight has been able to make better use of its existing production capacities and resources. In 2013, SBB Cargo had 7360 freight wagons in service (of which 6677 were low-noise vehicles). SBB Cargo purchased 50 Re 482 dual-voltage freight locomotives for its Switzerland-Germany services, 15 of which can also be operated in Austria. SBB Cargo uses dual-voltage locomotives for its Switzerland-Italy services: 21 Re 484 locomotives and 12 Re 474 locomotives. In total, 495 traction vehicles were in service during 2013. For its freight services in Switzerland and Germany, SBB Cargo uses 45 Am 843 diesel shunters with environment-friendly soot particle filters. These locomotives help improve

912-725: The Dutch rail freight market. Its creation reduced the company's dependence on third parties for the cross-border implementation and planning of trains along the Netherlands-Italy corridor that it operated. Drivers were initially provisioned by sister company SBB Cargo Germany. Shortly following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, SBB Cargo International was one of several logistics operators to quickly arrange trains to deliver relief supplies and aid to Ukraine. At

960-404: The Rhine river in response to a lack of free capacity along the main line. Other measures recommended included repealing the ban on night rail traffic, a greater use of bilingual staff, and the better provision of diversion routes into France. In December 2019, it was announced that SBB Cargo International had incorporated SBB Cargo Nederland , based in the port city of Rotterdam , to operate in

1008-526: The UK and Romania, wagonload freight is a very minor aspect of rail freight transport representing less than 5% of rail freight transport. Wagonload traffic typically consists of individual wagons load with goods at separate locations ( goods shed ), transferred to marshalling yards where the wagons are sorted by destination, then transported to a destination marshalling yard where individual wagons are separated and collected into trains per destination. Wagonload

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1056-478: The United Kingdom the wagonload system was reduced by the consequences of the implementation of The Reshaping of British Railways report. Cuts to the system included the closure of marshalling yards (reduced by over one third by 1965), and 60% of freight stations – though the initial cuts had no effect on volume of freight carried. Wagonload freight was still loss making in 1965 despite the closures – making

1104-511: The approximately 270-kilometre-long Gotthard line between Basel and the Italian border on behalf of the Swiss government, to be completed by 2020. Around 20 tunnels will need to be modified in order to ensure that semitrailers with a four-metre headroom can be transported on rail wagons. Changes will also need to be made to some 80 platform roofs and sets of signals. In Switzerland, freight traffic

1152-525: The company's freight services in and through the Rhine region were again heavily disrupted for over a month following another landslide that temporarily closed the Middle Rhine Valley line. In early 2023, SBB Cargo International joined with several other railway logistics companies to publicly advocated for infrastructure owners to facilitate alternative rail freight routes along the left bank of

1200-475: The daily feeder service and local distribution of intermodal load units – for example containers and interchangeable containers – between the sidings of Swiss businesses and the country's international shuttle terminals. Since September 2011 SBB Cargo offers a rail shuttle between the Basel container terminal and Chavornay for transporting overseas containers. By expanding intermodal transport in Switzerland, SBB Cargo

1248-419: The entire life cycle of the consignment into account when calculating the environmental impact. Since the beginning of 2009, the Swiss railfreight operator has also been providing its customers with individual emission reports. The emissions comparison for all consignments forwarded by SBB Cargo can easily be integrated into operational environmental management systems and presented in environmental audits. Since

1296-583: The entire production process for freight traffic – from collecting the freight wagons from the customer and shunting them in the marshalling yard right through to delivering them to the recipients. However, SBB Infrastructure will retain responsibility for the marshalling yards themselves, remain the contact partner for rail transport activities and continue to ensure the provision of traffic control, thus guaranteeing equal treatment. SBB Cargo Deutschland GmbH, headquartered in Duisburg (Germany) and founded in 2002,

1344-449: The first half of 2014: total traffic volume for goods transported in Switzerland increased significantly by 27% to 7.6 billion net tonne-kilometres (previous year: 6.0 billion). This is primarily due to new traffic in the north-south corridor. Compared to the same period in the previous year, revenues increased from CHF 3 million to CHF 15 million. At SBB Cargo International, new traffic and increases in productivity led to positive figures for

1392-658: The first time, with a profit of CHF 1.1 million being generated, up by CHF 3.9 million on the first half of 2013. In addition to its 75% share in SBB Cargo International, SBB Cargo holds the entire share capital of ChemOil Logistics AG in Basel (transportation of chemicals and petroleum products) and minority interests in RAlpin AG, Berne (30%), Hupac SA, Chiasso (23.85%) and Termini SA, Chiasso (20%). Source: SBB Cargo Annual Report 2013 (PDF; 3 MB) Wagonload freight In rail freight transportation

1440-480: The forecast total sales of CHF 300 million. The new company's headquarters were established at Olten . In March 2017, it was reported that a record amount of freight traffic carried across the Swiss Federal Railways during the previous year 2016, and that much of the freight success has been down to international movements as opposed to the domestic sector. The boost is partially attributable to

1488-456: The gradients as they climb to 1,100 metres at the start of the current Gotthard Tunnel, freight trains will be able to grow to up to 750 metres in length depending on their load. The tunnel interior is also high enough to accommodate the four-metre-high trailers of articulated lorries, travelling straight through the Alps by train in 35 to 40 minutes. SBB is currently creating a four-metre corridor on

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1536-551: The introduction of a new airbraked higher speed service named Speedlink (trialled in 1972, formally introduced in 1977). In 1976 wagonload freight was still making a loss of £30 million pa. The loss making Speedlink operations ceased in 1991. In 1992 wagonload traffic carried by BR in the UK was 15.2million tonnes, approximately 10% of freight traffic. Some residual wagonload operations including international freight work continued to be operated by Railfreight Distribution (RfD), in particular as part of its Connectrail service; RfD

1584-642: The last of the Eem 923 locomotives to be ordered was christened “Chestenberg” in Lupfig and put into operation. In 2013, SBB Cargo earned consolidated operating revenues of CHF 953 million and carried a traffic volume of 12.3 billion net tonne-kilometres. For the first time in over 40 years, the company achieved positive revenues of CHF 14.7 million following a loss of CHF 51.2 million in the previous year. Traffic revenues increased to CHF 857 million from CHF 822 million in 2012. The positive trend has also continued throughout

1632-469: The main north–south transit corridor. SBB Cargo is an active member of the Xrail alliance, which was founded by seven European freight railways in February 2010 with the aim of making international wagonload rail transport more customer-friendly and efficient. Railfreight is a major topic of debate in the Swiss political arena at present. In 2011, Parliament passed a motion ordering the government to submit

1680-407: The main operators such as Hupac, ERS, ICF, IFB and T.R.W.). Standard products as well as individual solutions are offered. The “Rail & Transfer” service within Switzerland is aimed at forwarders and companies who have their own truck dispatching facilities. “Swiss Split” is the connection system for imports and exports in international intermodal freight services in Switzerland. SBB Cargo provides

1728-495: The old locomotives no longer met current requirements in terms of age, cost-effectiveness and performance. The newly developed model is based on the Ee 922 shunting locomotive which SB already uses for shunting duties in its Passenger division. The hybrid version for SBB Cargo has an electric motor and an auxiliary diesel engine for use on non-electrified sidings. The Eem 923 hybrid has a maximum speed of 120 km/h. In late February 2014,

1776-702: The onset of operations, SBB Cargo International leased a total of 109 locomotives from SBB Cargo; 59 of these were multi-system locomotives outfitted for cross-border operations. The company has pursued various rolling stock changes, including the introduction of longer 740-metre trains and lobbying for infrastructure owners to upgrade their networks to facilitate the expansion of 740-metre compatibility in order to expand freight capacity and bolster operational efficiency. In July 2019, SBB Cargo international announced that it had ordered 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility along with an option for 20 more locomotives; these were primarily intended for use on

1824-617: The opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016, for which SBB Cargo International had made extensive preparations for the operation of new rail freight routes via the tunnel. During 2017, SBB Cargo International was one of several operators to be heavily impacted by the weeks-long unplanned closure of the Rhine Valley line following a landslide at Rastatt ; the firm responded with several measures to provide increased capacity, adjust timetabling, and to coordinate with construction, operations, and crisis management teams. Two years later,

1872-621: The privately-owned intermodal transport operator Hupac . The new company focuses on block and intermodal trains on the European North-South corridor between Germany and Italy . The shareholders in the new company are SBB Cargo (75%) and Hupac (25%), with further partners possible in the future. The aim is to achieve cost leadership in the intermodal segment by optimising resources on selected routes and halving structural costs. The new company’s customers will primarily comprise intermodal operators, who will account for about 80% of

1920-573: The production efficiency of heavy shunting operations and are equipped with radio remote-control systems. The Biel works uses an additional 45 modernised Tm IV shunting tractors. After the refit, the shunting tractors will be classified as type Tm 232. In summer 2010, SBB Cargo ordered 30 new two-axle hybrid locomotives (type Eem 923 Hybrid) from Stadler Winterthur AG to replace the Bm 4/4 shunting locomotives and various three-axle shunting locomotives used for light freight duties for wagonload traffic, since

1968-500: The profitability options, including considering the use of US style "shortline" operators on branch networks. In 2009 approximately 50% of SNCF's railfreight was wagonload. A 'multi-lots, multi-clients' contracting system was introduced in 2010 in an attempt to move towards more profitable freight work, and cut on demand wagonload services on lightly utilised routes. In Germany wagonload traffic decreased by 10% from 1994 to 2010, but still represented 30% of railfreight in Germany. In

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2016-515: The rail freight transportation. In the US and Canada the term manifest train refers to trains made of diverse cars of freight, moving from rail hubs to rail hubs to save costs and gain in efficiency. As of 2000 , in the USA Class 1 railroads act as trunk route operators with unit trains representing ~30% of freight, whilst ' Short line ' operators act as branch and feeders to the trunk lines -

2064-413: The running of longer trains, with the goal of improving efficiency. Following the failure of SBB's plans to strengthen the profitability and financial independence of its Cargo division via the sale of stakes to other international railway operators, an alternative strategy was adopted by SBB Cargo in 2010. That year, a new railway undertaking called SBB Cargo International was founded in partnership with

2112-560: The short line operators have lower operating costs. SBB Cargo International SBB Cargo International is a rail transport business founded in 2010 as a joint venture between SBB Cargo and Hupac . It was created to engage in the carriage of international rail freight across the European market. Within six years of commencing operations, SBB Cargo International had demonstrated superior growth on its cross-border services in comparison to traditional domestic routes. The opening of

2160-598: The terms wagonload or wagonload freight refer to trains made of single wagon consignments of freight. In the US and Canada the term carload refers to a single car of any kind, and manifest train refers to trains made of diverse cars of freight. With competition from road transport rail freight transport is increasingly operated as unit trains , with wagonload less able to compete with road haulage. As of 2012 in Europe wagonload freight represents 30 to 40 percent of freight carried in many countries including France, Italy, Germany, Belgium; in other countries, including

2208-544: Was also unprofitable, and when privatised in 1997 the acquirer, EWS received significant subsidies (over £200 million over 8 years). Minor wagonload services were operated in the post privatisation period, including EWS's 'Enterprise' service, which carried 3 million tonnes of freight in 1999. As of 2010 wagonload freight is a significant part of the rail freight transport business in Switzerland (38%), Italy (35%), Poland (34%) and Spain (30%) (by tonne-km) . In Romania (2010) single wagonload traffic represents less than 10% of

2256-519: Was founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of SBB Cargo. The company is part of a European logistics network and chiefly provides services for customers in the chemical and petroleum sectors. ChemOil's core competency is in the organisation and execution of door-to-door freight forwarding using all available modes of transport. In addition ChemOil provides its customers with a wide range of complementary services on request, such as managing wagon fleets, analysing procedures and processes and advising on how to optimise

2304-475: Was higher, around 60%. In France wagonload freight ( French : wagon isolé ), though unprofitable continued to be operated by SNCF (2010), wagonload freight was responsible for a significant operating losses in the SNCF group in the first decade of the 21st century, with low productivity levels, including freight terminals that were inactive over periods of months. As a result, SNCF began to seek solutions for

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