- According to the SBB, it ran “very punctually” in 2022: 92.5 percent of its trains arrived according to the timetable.
- However, the regional differences were large. The SBB is promising measures for western Switzerland and Ticino.
The nationwide punctuality of 92.5 percent means an improvement of 0.6 percentage points compared to the previous year. Only during the pandemic were the trains 0.1 percentage points more punctual, as the SBB wrote in a statement.
According to the information, there were several reasons for the good result in 2022. This includes better construction site planning, with trains having to run more slowly in fewer places. Only a few nocturnal construction works did not end in time before the start of operations. In addition, the lower capacity utilization of the trains at the beginning of the year and the mild weather contributed to better punctuality.
Since 2017, SBB has never been as punctual as it was in the last quarter of 2022. Weather-related delays usually increase in the last months of the year.
98.7 percent of passengers reached their connections. However, that was 0.2 percentage points less than in the previous year, partly because of international traffic.
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The SBB attributes the fact that slightly fewer passengers reached their connections to international traffic.
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The most punctual trains run in German-speaking Switzerland
The trains in German-speaking Switzerland were the most punctual. In western Switzerland, delays increased from September. Reason were scarce timetable reserves due to a lot of construction work. The SBB and the Federal Office of Transport are developing a new timetable for French-speaking Switzerland, which is to be implemented from the timetable change in 2025.
In Ticino, delays increased between May and September. The reason was disruptions to the Tilo regional trains. These could not be used as planned due to the delayed approval in Italy.
The SBB was not satisfied with the transmission punctuality in freight traffic. In wagonload traffic, punctuality improved slightly by 0.5 points to 91.5 percent. However, SBB Cargo wants to further improve punctuality.