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Railway group SBB records good results in the segment fleeting, but it suffers in the cargo
The revenues have grown of +5.1%
March 20, 2018
Last year the performances of railway group Helvetic SBB CFF FFS in the segment of the traffic of the passengers have recorded an increase of +0.1% going up to the quota record of 18,97 billion passenger-km regarding 18,96 billion in 2017. In terms of transported passengers the total of 1,26 million people who have travelled daily on the trains of the group, for a total total of 459,9 million passengers transported in the year, represents an increase of +0.6% on 2016.
Also the performances in the field of the traffic of the goods have reached a quota record that has turned out pairs to 16,70 billion ton-km, with an increment of +0.8% on the previous record of 16,56 billion in 2016. Instead the transports of railway wagons are considerably diminished load operated from FFS Switzerland Cargo: if the systematic traffic to wagons has totaled 599 thousand transported unit, with a decrease of the -0,8%, more emphasized it has turned out the bending of the traffic of complete trains, with 352 thousand loaded wagons transported (- 4.1%), and still more that of the traffic to isolated wagons, with 69 thousand transported wagons (- 14.5%). The total of the goods transported has been of 53,2 million tons, with a decrease of the -0,6% on 2016.
The Helvetic group has closed 2017 with clearly consolidated an economic result of 399 million franchi Swiss on revenues pairs to 9,44 billion franchi Swiss, with increments respective of +4.8% and +5.1% on the exercise anniversary precedence. The economic result clearly of the single division fleeting is gone up to 186 million franchi Swiss regarding 139 million in the 2016, while the division cargo has archived item 2017 with a loss of Swiss exercise of -239 million franchi respect to a profit of a million in 2016, loss burdened also from an adjustment of FFS value Switzerland Cargo of 189 million.
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