After three loss-making years, in 2023 the railway group SBB CFF FFS returns to profit thanks to further improvement of performance in the passengers in which last year a new all-time traffic record with a total of 20.0 billion passenger-km, with an increase of +15.6% on 2022 and an increase of 304 million passenger-km compared to the previous record set in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Last year, the group's revenues reached the record CHF 11.4 billion (€11.9 billion), up +6.5% on 2022, including over CHF 3.7 billion generated by the passenger segment (+9.9%) and €744.9 million by that of freight transport (-0.2%). Operating profit and profit returned to a positive sign, having been equal to the CHF 374.4 million and CHF 266.5 million respectively against Negative results of -€159.8 million and -€245.4 million in 2022.

In the freight segment alone, last year the total transported amounted to €16.3 billion tonne-km (-0.8%). SBB Cargo Switzerland, which is wholly owned by the group and operates national transport, closed 2023 with a net loss of -40 million, with a Improvement of CHF 148 million year-on-year previous year, while SBB Cargo International, which is 75% of the stake is held by the Swiss group (25% is owned by the compatriot Hupac) and operates international services, has totalled a net loss of €-2.5 million compared to a loss of €-0.3 million million in 2022.