Domestic and international goods transport performance by rail

While road vehicles mainly carry out small-scale transport within Switzerland, the railways are predominantly used for transit trips and thus for transport over longer distances. In 2025, 63% of transport performance for goods by rail was accounted for by transit trips. Domestic transport accounted for 26%. Since 2008 it has declined in importance both in terms of percentage (–2 percentage points) and in absolute terms (–0.7 bn tonne-kilometres). In 2025 imports and exports together accounted for 10% of transport performance in rail freight.

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Observation period
2008-2025
Periodicity
Annual
Spatial division
Switzerland
Published by
Federal Statistical Office
Source(s)
Federal Statistical Office
FSO number
gr-e-11.05.03f
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Article type:
Diagram
Published on:
02.07.2026
Topic:
Mobility and transport

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