Swiss Federal Railways drops down in revised European ranking

A recent study which put the Swiss Federal Railways as the second-best rail company in Europe was based on a miscalculation; in an updated version, the company is in fact 11th, Swiss public broadcaster RTS reports. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a study by the NGO Transport et Environment (T&E), published at the beginning of December and cited by various media including SWI swissinfo.ch, Swiss Federal Railways was ranked as the second-best rail company in Europe. T&E based its findings on a comparison of 27 European companies, with the aim of encouraging European rail companies and governments to make progress and learn from each other. However, as RTS reported on Tuesday, the ranking was incorrect. Alerted by train enthusiasts and connoisseurs of European railways who were surprised by the Swiss score, the NGO explained that it had made a mistake in its calculations and published a correction. As a result, the Federal Railways has dropped from ...