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Switzerland has an extensive and reliable public transport network. Due to the clock-face schedule, the different modes of transports are well-integrated. There is a national integrated ticketing system for public transport, which is organized in tariff networks (for all train and bus services and some boat lines, cable cars and funiculars).
In 2012, the total costs for freight transport on Swiss railway network was CHF 2.063 billion, of which CHF 779 million (37.8%) were due to infrastructure costs, CHF 900 million (43.6%) were costs of transportation means, CHF 59 million due to environmental and health costs, and CHF 325 million (15.8%) due to accidents.
The Swiss Museum of Transport or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (literally "Transportation House of Switzerland") in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport including trains, automobiles, ships and aircraft as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum. [1]
The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB, German: Schweizerische Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle; French: Service suisse d'enquête de securité; Italian: Servizio d'inchiesta svizzero sulla sicurezza) is a government agency of Switzerland. It investigates civil aviation accidents and incidents and cableway, roadway, waterway ...
Geneva Public Transport [1] (French: Transports publics genevois, TPG) operates most of the public transportation system in canton of Geneva, Switzerland, including the city of Geneva. The agency's head office is in Grand-Lancy, Lancy. [2]
The Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV, Zurich Transport Network) is the largest public transportation network in Switzerland. It covers the canton of Zurich and adjacent areas. . All modes of public transportation (rail, light rail, bus, trolleybus, lake passenger liner, funicular) within a chosen number of zones can be used freely with a ticket that is valid for a certain amount of time (one hour ...
In 1833 the Grand Duchy of Baden developed plans for a railway connecting the cities Mainz and Frankfurt with Basel and onwards to Chur and Northern Italy. [1] The first line in Switzerland, the extension of the French Strasbourg–Basel Railway (French: Chemin de fer de Strasbourg à Bâle) from Mulhouse to Basel, reached a temporary station outside Basel's walls on 15 June 1844 and the ...
The Office is responsible for coordinating Swiss transport policy with the EU and neighbouring countries. It manages the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act in the railway sector. It is also responsible for creating the legal and planning framework for an underground freight transport system and for numerous other tasks.