For the first time in beyond 40 years the division Cargo of railway group SBB it has recorded a positive result



In 2013, for the first time in beyond 40 years, the division Cargo of railway group Helvetic SBB CFF FFS has recorded a result of positive sign and pairs to 14,7 million franchi Swiss, with an increment of 65,9 million Swiss respect to a loss of 51,2 million franchi in the year precedence. The revenues of the traffic goods are increased of +4.7% attesting itself 857,1 million franchi Swiss. The result of the segment fleeting is instead come down to 96,1 million franchi Swiss, with a decrease of 172,7 million regarding 2012, while the revenues have recorded an increment of +7.7% going up to 3,1 billion franchi Swiss. The consolidated result of the group is dropped altogether of 184,2 million franchi Swiss attesting itself to 238,2 million (- 43.6%), while the exercise revenue has grown of +1.8% to 8,3 billion franchi Swiss.

Last year the performances of transport of SBB CFF FFS Cargo have recorded an increment of +1.5% reaching 12,3 billion ton-kilometer clean, while in the segment fleeting the group, for the first time in its history, has transported more than million than fleeting ones to the day, that is 1.002.000 (+3.7% on 2012); the traveller-kilometer number is gone up of 1.3% to 17,8 billion.

Yesterday, while, the managing director of Railroads of Is Italian, Mauro Moretti, has illustrated the objectives and strategies of industrial plan 2014-2017 of the Italian railway group that previews in the four-year term an increase of the revenues until 9,5 billion euros (8,2 billion in the 2012), increment hauled in particular from the revenues of the transport services, is iron is rubber, that they will exceed the seven billions in 2017. For the EBITDA a annual increase of 6.9% is attended and is previewed that it reaches 2,5 billion (1,9 in 2012), figure that it will make to grow the EBITDA margin of beyond three points percentages regarding that of the last years. Operating margin (EBIT) is previewed in increase to the rhythm of annual 9.6% and the profit of annual 4.6%.

The investments previewed in the plan of FS Italian emerge little less than 24 billion euros, than which beyond 8,5 in self-financing/debit. Of this 6,4 billion destined to trains and technologies to service of the businesses and 1,7 billion to net AV/AC. About 15 billion they are legacies to the contract of program between State and Italian Railway Net (RFI) for the maintenance of the standards of safety on the entire Network and the potenziamento of the conventional net, with meaningful participations on infrastructures in the metropolitan knots, to advantage of the local transport, and on the transeuropei corridors IT TRY. FS Italian has specified that the plan of investments will come true with a total indebtedness that will grow, in the four-year term, of single 0,3 billion euros.