SBB: the new timetable passed the commuter traffic test

Monday 16th December 2024 09:45 AM

Public transport –

The new SBB timetable has passed the commuter traffic test

The transition to the new timetable, which came into force this Sunday, took place without major problems on Monday morning, according to the CFF. No overload was observed.

Published today at 3:17 p.m.

The new CFF 2025 timetable came into force on Sunday December 15.

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The transition to the new CFF timetable took place without major problems for commuters on Monday morning. Punctuality was described as good and no overloads on board the trains were noted.

“Our observation after a day and a half of commissioning is very positive. It’s mission accomplished for the first day,” declared David Fattebert, regional director of the CFF to the media gathered on Monday at the Renens (VD) operations center.

As a median on the French-speaking network, trains were 13 seconds behind the planned timetable. “This punctuality has never been achieved in French-speaking Switzerland for several years,” he exclaimed. The Broye line, however, tarnished this result a little. “We still have big infrastructure challenges in this region,” he said.

The fifty customer assistants present in the main stations in the region have been little used. “Commuters were generally very well informed,” observed Mr. Fattebert.

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