The Swiss capacity allocation body TVS is a federal not-for-profit entity under public law with a sepa-rate legal personality.
We are independent and customer-driven. Our guiding principles are neutrality, quality and efficiency.
Here you'll find details of our Board of Directors and Executive Board and an organisation chart of the TVS.
The Board of Directors sets the strategic goals of the TVS every four years.
Here you can find out more about the work the TVS undertakes for the various parts of the rail network.
In addition to other tasks delegated to us, the TVS carries out the infrastructure management work needed to ensure that trains can access the rail network. This is explained in more detail here.
The timetable is generated by the train path design. The TVS is responsible for timetabling and participates in every phase of the timetabling process.
Use of the track network is based on a request or an order and the allocation of rights of use. The TVS accepts orders and allocates train paths and ancillary services.
Rail freight corridors are an important part of Switzerland’s policy of transferring freight from road to rail. The main role of the TVS here is in helping to coordinate available capacity and providing the framework conditions.
In accordance with Article 15f of the Railways Ordinance (EBV), the TVS keeps a register of the information required to operate on the rail infrastructure.
A charge is levied for use of the railway infrastructure. The TVS is responsible for ensuring that the services consumed by train path users are recorded and invoiced in a non-discriminatory manner.
The investment plans of the infrastructure managers state how they intend to undertake and fund the maintenance and expansion of their infrastructure in the future.
TVS collaborates with various European infrastructure-manager institutions and bodies to the extent that this is of benefit to the various duties it carries out and services it provides.
As a company in the rail infrastructure sector, the TVS plays an active role in Swiss rail industry bodies.
The glossary explains some of the specialist terminology the TVS uses in its work.
Here you'll find general information about the TVS as well as an introduction to the topic of railway network access.
The Swiss capacity allocation body TVS is a federal not-for-profit entity under public law with a separate legal personality. It is independently organised and run and keeps its own accounts. It is owned by the Swiss federal government and administratively assigned to the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).
The TVS began operating on 1 January 2021 as the successor organisation of Trasse Schweiz AG, which was jointly owned in equal shares by SBB, BLS, Schweizerische Südostbahn (SOB) and the Swiss Public Transport Association (VöV). The staff of Trasse Schweiz AG were taken on by the TVS. This change in ownership, carried out as part of the Organisation of Rail Infrastructure project, further strengthens the independence of the capacity allocation body.
The members of the board of directors are responsible for managing the TVS as a business. The board has extensive experience and knowledge in the fields of corporate governance, railway engineering, transport legislation as well as of the Swiss federal administration. The duties of the board of directors are set out in Article 9i of the Railways Act (EBG).
Members
The TVS currently employs a staff of 15 experienced professionals, who have acquired the necessary expertise in previous posts with a variety of rail industry organisations.
Organisation
