Passenger transport market

Mobility requirements in the conurbations and business centers and for leisure transportation are increasing steadily, and accessible, combined mobility is growing in importance every day – innovative solutions are required. PostBus intends to further strengthen its leading market position in public bus transport in Switzerland. As a mobility and technology service provider, we are continuing to develop our system services and increasing our range of products along the mobility chain. Internationally, PostBus wants to grow in clearly defined niche areas and build up additional sources of earnings.

Passenger transport market		2014
Operating income	CHF million	835
Abroad	CHF million	109
Operating profit	CHF million	30
Abroad	CHF million	2
Domestic passengers	In millions	140.6
Domestic vehicle kilometres	In millions of km	110.3
Vehicles	Number	2,817
Headcount	Full-time equivalents	2,789

Innovative mobility solutions

Augmenting and strengthening public transport

The world of mobility is changing everywhere, including in Switzerland. As the leading bus company, PostBus offers pioneering services and solutions in an increasingly technology-driven market environment: much more than just driving a bus.

Interdisciplinary cooperation

Go-ahead for mobility lab

Working together with the canton of Valais, the city of Sion, ETH Lausanne and HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Swiss Post signed a framework agreement in autumn 2014 for the establishment and operation of a mobility lab under the direction of PostBus.

DynPaper

The timetable that updates itself

Energy-efficient, robust and easy to read: With DynPaper, PostBus has developed an electronic timetable display that may soon be coming to many PostBus stops and transport companies at home and abroad.

SMS ticket

Five seconds to buy a ticket

The process is quick and easy: you send a combination of two to four letters to the number 454, your phone vibrates and your SMS ticket appears on the screen.

SwissPass

Electronic ticket inspection – made by PostBus

Julia hands her SwissPass to the inspector. He holds the handy red card up to his reader to read the chip embedded in the card. It beeps, and the inspector sees on his screen that Julia has a valid GA travelcard stored on her account. The SwissPass can be read without contact.

Transport partnership

With PostBus to the planes

AIR14 in Payerne was the largest air show in Europe, attracting more than 400,000 people over ten days. Apart from the numerous aircraft, there were also 60 Postbuses on hand, transporting up to 46,000 people a day at the weekend.

Replacing the train

Satisfied commuters despite line closures

For 23 days in July, commuters in the Laufental valley travelled by bus instead of by train. With construction work on the tracks between the towns of Aesch and Delémont, they fell back on the rail replacement programme set up by PostBus on behalf of SBB.