SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) rail freight subsidiary SBB Cargo has revealed plans to substantially restructure its business operations over the next few years as it grapples with falling demand for wagonload services in Switzerland, which has led to significant losses.
Currently, 90% of the wagons are handled through around half of SBB Cargos 344 service points; it is this systemised service that SBB Cargo aims to develop further, with a regular, reliable and efficient product involving fast, frequent connections using reserved slots. This also calls for increased use of automation and digitalisation, and SBB plans to exploit innovations such as automatic coupling and brake controls through stationary cameras, tasks currently perfor…
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