The SBB becomes a limited company

31 December 1998
A Federal Councillor in the driving seat
A Federal Councillor in the driving seat

Adolf Ogi plays a key role in the expansion of the Swiss rail network. In transport policy, his most important business concerns the rail reform, Rail 2000 and the NRLA. (1991, Keystone)

Rail Reform 1 comes into force on 1 January 1999. Its aim is the gradual liberalisation of rail transport as in the European Union. Measures include increased competition, the conversion of the SBB into a limited company, the separation of traffic and infrastructure, and free access to the rail network for goods traffic. The NRLA is realised against the backdrop of the reform. Trains operated by other companies are now permitted to run on the SBB network.

« Economic and ecological measures should be stepped up. »

Niklaus Lundsgaard-Hansen, Appendix to the decision-making basis for the Federal Office of Transport management, 24.02.1999

125 Jahre SBB - Neue Reisezugswagen

1972, Swiss Federal Archives

125 Jahre SBB - Neue Reisezugswagen

125 years of the SBB – new tourist carriages, 1972 (Swiss Federal Archives)

Share this page