
With the new 2026/2027 schedule of train departures,
which will come into force on 13 December, the company
Swiss rail freight SBB Cargo Switzerland to reorganize
the single-wagon shipments segment excluding from the network
of this type of transport those marshalling yards that
have too low demand, stopovers that nevertheless - has
specified the company - as public infrastructures will remain
available to all rail transport companies and
can be used for combined traffic and for traffic at
complete trains.
The Swiss railway company specified that, at the
a reduction of 50 of the current 280 is envisaged
marshalling yards that are part of the network and highlighted
that, despite this reduction, it will be possible to continue to
Circulate around 98% of wagons more efficiently
thanks to the greater degree of utilization of the capacity of the
trains.
In addition, the company has announced that this reorganization
will involve changes for about 200 employees throughout the
Switzerland (about 130 in German-speaking Switzerland, 40 in Ticino and 30 in the
French-speaking Switzerland) which will mostly concern the
workplace of the operating staff.