Switzerland - Services Under Review in 2012
Introduction
This document provides a list of Swiss services under review as at December 2012.
A list of services that do not cover 50% of their costs and are therefore considered to be under threat is shown here. The page gives no source details, but RTS appears to be Radio Television Suisse, so it is presumably reasonably authoritative. This list is just a starting point and there are likely to be many political hoops to go through before any withdrawals take place. Furthermore, it must be emphasised that it is services rather than lines that are under review and it is most unlikely that, for example, that Visp - Brig - Andermatt - Disentis /- Göschenen line is going to be closed.
It should be noted that this is all part of a greater review of Swiss rail transport - some of which might have other far-reaching implications.
The following table attempts to rationalize the list and re-sort it into lines, and to assess the risk of closure. Category C lines are mainly those where the services under threat are local trains on lines with other, usually express, services so the risk of closure is considered very low. At other end of the scale, category A lines are generally those with local services only, so considered most under threat. Category B lines are those, somewhere in the middle, where specific issues affect the level of threat, and these issues are shown in the notes.
| Table no. | Line | Risk level | Notes |
| 101 | Lausanne – Bercher | B | Line extended into Lausanne in recent years |
| 111 | Vevey – Puidoux-Chexbres | A |
