{"id":322269,"date":"2025-11-24T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=67544"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:24:09","slug":"rail-freight-loses-market-share-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=322269","title":{"rendered":"Rail freight loses market share in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The modal share of rail freight in Switzerland decreased from 38% to 37% in 2024, at the advantage of road transport. Despite being a relatively small decrease, it represents the current situation in Europe, where even a rail freight giant such as Switzerland struggles.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The new data provided by the Swiss Federal Office for Statistics (UST) highlights a 2.6% decrease to 9,6 billion tonnes\/kilometre. On the other hand, road freight reached 16,5 billion tonnes\/kilometre, a growth of 1.4%. \u201cAs a result, the share of rail in total freight transport decreased by one percentage point to 37% (road: 63%)\u201d, the UST said.<\/p>\n

Worst performance in 15 years<\/h2>\n

The staggering conclusion drawn is that \u201cthe last time rail transport services were lower than in 2024 was in 2009\u201d, which was the same in terms of billion net tonnes\/kilometre. The decrease in rail freight in Switzerland is tied to a decrease in transalpine traffic. Rail freight continues to be the main mode of transport along this axis, but its market share fell from 72% to 70.3%, moving around 44,000 trucks from the rail to the road.<\/p>\n