SBB Statistics Portal

Switzerland is one of the leading train nations in our world—the country ranks first in passenger-kilometers per capita, and sixth in freight rail by tonne-kilometres per capita. And despite only having 8.96 m inhabitants, Switzerland ranks 13^th by yearly passengers ridership.

If you’re interested in more detailed numbers regarding Swiss rail transport, the Swiss Federal Railways provides them in their statistics portal. For instance, 1,32 m passengers are transported each day, which is a bit more than ⅐ of the entire Swiss population. The busiest train station is Zurich HB with 360,900 passengers per day, and 11,417 trains run on the railway network daily (nationwide).

Have fun exploring Swiss rail transport in numbers 🤓.