SBB wants to standardise wagon fleet and orders up to 840 new wagons

In order to simplify maintenance and ensure uniform logistics, Swiss national rail operator SBB wants to standardise its wagon fleet. To that end, it is ordering up to 840 new wagons from Slovak manufacturer Tatravagonka.

The purchase is supposed to help SBB reduce the number of wagon types that it has in use to three, simplifying maintenance. At present, SBB has some 4,400 wagons in use of 16 different types.

The operator says that the first wagons from the order will be delivered from the end of 2026. As part of the possible 840 new wagons, SBB could be gettin…