Employees
as at January 2010
| BLS AG |
|
|
| - Infrastructure (BLS Netz AG) |
783 |
|
| - Passenger Transport Division (trains, buses and ships) |
469 |
|
| - Workshops Department |
474 |
|
- Traction and Technologies Department
(including engine drivers) |
727 |
|
| - Management Services |
146 |
|
| Total |
|
2599 |
| BLS Cargo AG |
75 |
|
| BLS Cargo Italia s.r.l. |
20 |
|
| BLS Cargo Deutschland |
8 |
|
| Busland AG |
96 |
|
| Emmental Tours AG |
3 |
|
| BLS Group |
|
2801 |
Current workforce, broken down into business units and sections (including
subsidiaries). Number of employees excluding temporary employees and employees
paid on an hourly basis; numbers as on 1.1.2010. There are an additional
136 employees paid on an hourly basis, sharing some 43 full-time jobs.
Gender structure: men = 85,2%; women = 14,8%
Nationalities: 17
Route network
| Network length under operational control |
520 km |
| Network length owned by BLS AG |
434 km |
| Line network |
700 km |
| Cargo: operational network |
>1000 km |
2009 Group finances in 1000 CHF
| Operating income |
868 669 |
| Operating expenditure |
645 105 |
| Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) |
21 296 |
| Earnings before taxes (EBT) |
14 447 |
| Group profit |
12 910 |
Share capital in per cent
| Confederation |
21,7 % |
| Canton of Berne |
55,8 % |
| Other cantons |
2,8 % |
| Municipalities and private holdings |
19,7 % |
Development of transport and infrastructure in 2008
|
Passenger transport (in million passengers)
| |
| Regional rail and bus transport |
50,8 |
| Ship |
1,3 |
| Total |
52,1 |
|
Car transport (in million transported vehicles)
| |
| Kandersteg–Goppenstein |
1,3 |
|
Freight (million net tonne kilometres)
| |
| |
2980,8 |
| Infrastructure (million gross tonne kilometres) |
| |
| Transit freight on the Lötschberg axis |
1544,0 |
| Route mileage (in million km travelled on own infrastructure) |
| Passenger traffic |
11,7 |
| Freight traffic |
1,9 |
| Total |
13,6 |
| Energy consumption traction current (in million kWh) |
|
| |
170,6 |
Locomotives and traction cars
In commercial use
| Qty.
| Designation
| Weight t
| Power kW
| Vmax. km/h |
| 6 |
Re 420 |
80 |
4700 |
140 |
| 34 |
Re 425 |
80 |
4980 |
140 |
| 2 |
Re 456 |
68 |
3000 |
130 |
| 18 |
Re 465 |
84 |
7000 |
230 |
| 20 |
Re 485 |
84 |
5600 |
140 |
| 10 |
Re 486 |
85 |
5600 |
140 |
| 36 |
RABe 525 «NINA» |
80 |
1000 |
140 |
| 21 |
RABe 535 «Lötschberger» |
105 |
1000 |
160 |
| 21 |
RBDe 565 |
69 |
1650 |
125 |
| 8 |
RBDe 566 I |
69 |
1341 |
125 |
| 13 |
RBDe 566 II |
71 |
1700 |
125 |
| 13 |
RABe 526 3-teilig |
84 |
1100 |
140 |
Historic vehicles
| Qty.
| Designation
| Commissioned |
| 1 |
Ed 3/3 (GTB 3) (Steam locomotive) |
1900 |
| 1 |
Ec 4/5 (SMB 11) (Steam locomotive) |
1911 |
| 1 |
Ce 4/6 (Nr. 307) |
1920 |
| 1 |
Ae 6/8 (Nr. 205) |
1939 |
| 2 |
Ae 4/4 (Nrn. 251 / 258) |
1944 / 1955 |
| 2 |
Ae 8/8 (Nrn. 273 / 275) |
1952 / 1963 |
| 1 |
ABe 4/4 (526 290-2, ex SOB) |
1939 |
| 1 |
Be 4/4 (Nr. 761) |
1953 |
Infrastructure vehicles
In view of the new NRLA Lötschberg base tunnel, BLS AG has extended and supplemented its infrastructure in a concerted manner. The most important newcomers to our rolling stock are:
 |
3 Am 843 diesel locomotives (with ETCS) for traction
in the base tunnel and hauling away failed vehicles |
|
9 automotive maintenance vehicles which, with their
modular container superstructures and cranes, can be
utilised in a diverse number of ways |
|
10 powerful tractors for breakdown intervention (two
of which with ETCS) |
|
1 mobile maintenance vehicle enabling track work to
be carried out under protection from wind and the
elements and without the necessity for additional line
closures |
|
1 fire-fighting and rescue train comprising one equipment
vehicle, one fire-fighting vehicle and two rescue
vehicles |
Together into a successful future
