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June 27, 2022 | Technology

SNCF to test Digital Automatic Coupling

Trials will take place in October this year.

September 29, 2021 | Freight

Swiss to fit digital couplers to all freight wagons and locomotives

Federal Office of Transport outlines DAC intentions.

December 7, 2020 | Freight

Voith to deliver additional CargoFlex couplers to SBB Cargo

SBB Cargo has ordered another 206 rail-car and 16 hybrid CargoFlex couplers from Voith, which will enable the automatic coupling of all its intermodal freight services in Switzerland from June 2021.

September 23, 2020 | Technology

Rail Vision and Knorr-Bremse trial remote shunting system

TECHNOLOGY start-up Rail Vision, Israel, in collaboration with Knorr-Bremse, has begun testing a new remote control shunting system on several shunting locomotives employed by Swiss freight operator SBB Cargo.

September 15, 2020 | Financial

SBB records SFr 479m loss as passenger numbers drop

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) has announced a loss of SFr 479m ($US 528.5m) for the first half of 2020, down from a profit of SFr 279m over the same period last year, as the effects of Covid-19 saw passenger numbers drop by a third over the period.

July 24, 2020 | Fleet

Testing and development of digital automatic couplings launched

SHIFT2RAIL (S2R) and a consortium led by German Rail (DB) have launched two connected projects to develop and test digital automatic couplings (DAC) on freight wagons. Both projects aim to select a single solution for use across Europe.

April 2, 2020 | Freight

Swiss Combi’s purchase of 35% stake in SBB Cargo gets green light

SWITZERLAND’s Competition Commission (Weko) has approved Swiss Combi’s acquisition of a 35% stake in Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) subsidiary SBB Cargo. The deal was first agreed on August 30 2019.

March 11, 2020 | Financial

Passenger numbers up for SBB, as revenue grows

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) carried 1.3 million passengers a day in 2019, up 6% compared with 2018, a new record for the operator. Overall, SBB sold 124 million tickets during the year, up 15%, with more than half purchased digitally for the first time.

December 5, 2019 | Freight

SBB Cargo launches Dutch subsidiary

SBB Cargo International has launched a new subsidiary, SBB Cargo Netherlands, which will begin operation from the start of the 2019-2020 timetable change.

November 28, 2019 | Freight

Désirée Baer appointed as SBB Cargo CEO

THE CEO of SBB subsidiary Securitrans Public Transport Security, Ms Désirée Baer, has been appointed as the CEO of SBB Cargo effective March 1 2020, replacing Mr Nicolas Perrin who will join Swiss Federal Railways’ (SBB) board of directors.

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