en.Wedoany.com Reported - SBB Cargo Schweiz recently signed a three-year transport contract with Eberhard Unternehmungen, a Swiss family-owned construction company. Under the agreement, starting from 2027, SBB Cargo will transport approximately 300,000 tons of excavation materials and gravel annually within Switzerland, with the contract also covering shunting services at Eberhard's sites.

SBB Cargo, a freight subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) headquartered in Olten, is Switzerland's largest rail freight company, holding over 70% of the domestic rail freight market share. The company operates the country's largest rail freight network, offering comprehensive services including single wagonload, full train, and intermodal transport. Eberhard Unternehmungen, a family-owned construction company based in Zurich, Switzerland, was founded in 1914 and operates in civil engineering, tunnel construction, building materials production, and logistics transport, with over a century of history in the Swiss construction industry. The company uses both rail and road transport for its logistics operations.

This new contract continues the long-standing rail transport cooperation between the two parties. Switzerland, located in the Alpine region, has significant demand for transporting bulk materials such as aggregates and excavation materials needed for construction and infrastructure projects. Rail transport, with its high capacity and low emissions, plays a key role in Switzerland's national transport policy of "shifting freight from road to rail." According to the Swiss federal government's transport policy targets, by 2030, rail transport should account for over 65% of freight volume crossing the Alps. This new contract between SBB Cargo and Eberhard further solidifies their long-term cooperation in the construction materials transport sector. With the continued advancement of infrastructure construction in Switzerland and neighboring European countries, the role of rail in bulk material transport is expected to strengthen further.

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