Train Operator Cuts Carbon Emissions While Carrying Record Numbers of Passengers
Passenger transport rose 5.2% year on year to 6.3 billion passenger-kilometres, while freight traffic also posted a 2.2% increase.
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The increase in demand for passenger transport is seasonal.
Swiss rail – squeezing more people onto ever busier trains
Switzerland’s railways are carrying more people than ever. In the second quarter of 2026 passengers travelled 6.3bn kilometres by train, an increase of 5.2% from a year earlier, reported Litra. That surpassed the previous record, set in the final quarter of 2025, by nearly 200m passenger-kilometres, the collective distance travelled by passengers. This is good […]
Rail passenger transport in Switzerland reached a new record in the second quarter of 2026 with 6.30 billion passenger-kilometres. Freight traffic is also recovering slightly, according to the LITRA and the Union des transports publiques (UTP) on Thursday.
Rail passenger transport in Switzerland reached a new record in the second quarter of 2026 with 6.30 billion passenger-kilometres. Freight traffic is also recovering slightly, according to the LITRA and the Union des transports publiques (UTP) on Thursday.
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