Swiss Federal Railways
national railway company of Switzerland
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Summary
Swiss Federal Railways is a railway company[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of railway company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,665 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Railteam[3], Association of German Transport Companies[4], Public Transport Union[5], International Union of Railways[6], Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies[7], RailNetEurope[8], Allianz Fahrweg[9], International Rail Transport Committee[10]
- Country: Switzerland[11]
- Item operated: System tasks customer information[12]
- Headquarters location: Bern[13]
- Child organization or unit: SBB Cargo[14], SBB GmbH[15], THURBO[16], RegionAlps[17], Elvetino[18], SBB-Fachstelle Baukultur & Denkmalpflege[19]
- Commons category: SBB-CFF-FFS[20]
- Industry: rail transport[21]
- SRGB color hex triplet: EC1B24[22]
- Chairperson: Monika Ribar[23]
- Inception: January 1, 1902[24]
- Location of formation: Bern[25]
- Official website: https://www.sbb.ch/[26], https://www.cff.ch/[27], https://www.ffs.ch/[28], https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Swiss Federal Railways[30]
- Director / manager: Vincent Ducrot[31]
- Employees: 27,182[32], 32,309[33]
- Replaces: Schweizerische Centralbahn[34], Schweizerische Nordostbahn[35], Vereinigte Schweizerbahnen[36], Jura–Simplon Railway[37], Gotthardbahn[38], Bötzberg Railway[39], Wald-Rüti-Bahn[40], Aargauische Südbahn[41], Chemin de fer Vevey–Chexbres[42]
- Official name: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB[43], Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses CFF[44], Ferrovie federali svizzere FFS[45], Swiss federal railways SFR[46], Viafiers federalas svizras VFS[47]
- Legal form: Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts[48]
- Date of official opening: January 1, 1902[49]
- Native label: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen[50], Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses[51], Ferrovie federali svizzere[52], Viafiers federalas svizras[53]
- Short name: SBB[54], CFF[55], FFS[56], VFS[57], SFR[58], SBB CFF FFS[59], ШФЖД[60], VFF[61]
- Owner of: Rail Europe[62], Buix railway station[63], Dietlikon railway station[64], Pfäffikon SZ railway station[65]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Swiss Federal Railways include Basel SBB railway station[66], a junction station[67], in Switzerland[68].
Why It Matters
Swiss Federal Railways has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
Entities named for it include Basel SBB railway station[66], a junction station[67], in Switzerland[68].