{"id":205677,"date":"2025-04-25T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=61872"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:01:00","slug":"rail-freight-in-switzerland-continues-downward-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677","title":{"rendered":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information service for public transport (LITRA) underlined.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-61872\"><\/span>In the first quarter of 2025, rail freight in Switzerland reached 2,86 billion net tonne-kilometres, 1.9 per cent lower than in the same period in 2024. A slight decline (-0.9 per cent) was also registered compared to the last quarter of 2024. \u201cNon-transalpine traffic is in decline and is mainly responsible for the overall drop\u201d, LITRA specified.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a somewhat positive note was a 1.3 per cent increase in transalpine traffic between the first quarter of 2024 and the same period this year. Last year, in fact, transalpine rail traffic in Switzerland slightly decreased Despite not being specified by LITRA, the growth in the beginning of this year can be attributed to the reopening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in September 2024 after being closed for over one year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid wp-image-61874 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rail-freight-in-Switzerland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1220\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rail-freight-in-Switzerland.png 1220w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rail-freight-in-Switzerland-480x519.png 480w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rail-freight-in-Switzerland-768x831.png 768w, https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rail-freight-in-Switzerland-1024x1108.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1220px) 100vw, 1220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rail freight in Switzerland between 2019 and 2025 in net tonnes-kilometre. Image: \u00a9 LITRA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":61874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,16491,47,350],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-205677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-litra","category-rail-news","category-switzerland","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marco Raimondi\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-25T08:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-25T08:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VibewireCentral\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VibewireCentral\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine\",\"headline\":\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=9#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":61874},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Business, LITRA, Rail News, Switzerland, RailFreight\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=47#listItem\",\"name\":\"Rail News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=47#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rail News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=47\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#listItem\",\"name\":\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?cat=47#listItem\",\"name\":\"Rail News\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VibreWire Online\",\"description\":\"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\\u202fpm.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":930},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/VibewireCentral\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=9#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=9\",\"name\":\"Marco Raimondi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fc241b4d8352e3e7ca08ec32c4ebd712ae862e0499265d83515e97acb5510625?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Marco Raimondi\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677\",\"name\":\"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine\",\"description\":\"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\\u2026\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=9#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?author=9#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":61874,\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677\\\/#mainImage\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/?p=205677#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"VibreWire Online\",\"description\":\"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vibewire.com.au\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine","description":"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#blogposting","name":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine","headline":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=9#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":61874},"datePublished":"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00","dateModified":"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00","inLanguage":"en-AU","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#webpage"},"articleSection":"Business, LITRA, Rail News, Switzerland, RailFreight"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=47#listItem","name":"Rail News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=47#listItem","position":2,"name":"Rail News","item":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=47","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#listItem","name":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#listItem","position":3,"name":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=47#listItem","name":"Rail News"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization","name":"VibreWire Online","description":"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-01-07-at-2.32.21\u202fpm.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677\/#organizationLogo","width":1028,"height":930},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/VibewireCentral"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=9#author","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=9","name":"Marco Raimondi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc241b4d8352e3e7ca08ec32c4ebd712ae862e0499265d83515e97acb5510625?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Marco Raimondi"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677","name":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine","description":"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026","inLanguage":"en-AU","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=9#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?author=9#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":61874,"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677\/#mainImage"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00","dateModified":"2025-04-25T18:01:00+10:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/","name":"VibreWire Online","description":"Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","inLanguage":"en-AU","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything","og:type":"article","og:title":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine","og:description":"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026","og:url":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677","article:published_time":"2025-04-25T08:01:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-04-25T08:01:00+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@VibewireCentral","twitter:title":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend - VibeWire Magazine","twitter:description":"Switzerland is the European country with the highest share of rail freight. However, the sector is losing numbers, as a report from the Swiss information\u2026","twitter:creator":"@VibewireCentral"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"205677","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2025-09-12 08:49:09","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2025-09-12 08:49:09","updated":"2025-09-12 08:49:09"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=47\" title=\"Rail News\">Rail News<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tRail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au"},{"label":"Rail News","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=47"},{"label":"Rail freight in Switzerland continues downward trend","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=205677"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205677"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207007,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205677\/revisions\/207007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}