Swiss Federal Railways

Swiss Federal Railways (short: SBB, German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (CFF), Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere (FFS), Romansh: Viafiers federalas svizras (VFS)) is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is also called SBB CFF FFS. The company was founded in 1902.

The company headquarters is in Bern.

In the Zurich-Bern-Basel triangle, travel times between the cities is under one hour.

SBB also operates international EuroCity and EuroNight trains in Switzerland.

Trains

SBB currently owns 15 Trains that are in service.

EC/IC operated trains

Name Top Speed
SBB Giruno 250 km/h
Astoro 250 km/h

IC/IR operated trains

Name Top Speed
FV-Dosto 200 km/h
ICN 220 km/h
IC2000 200 km/h

IR operated trains

Name Top Speed
New IR-Dosto 160 km/h?
IR-Dosto 160 km/h
Mouette 120 - 200 km/h

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