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Employees
as at 31.12.12
| BLS AG | ||
| - Passenger Transport Division (trains, buses and ships) | 285 |
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| - Infrastructure | 742 |
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| - Operating | 1403 |
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| - Management Services | 211 |
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| Total | 2641 | |
| BLS Cargo AG | 79 |
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| BLS Cargo Italia s.r.l. | 18 |
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| BLS Cargo Deutschland | 8 |
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| Busland AG | 105 |
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| BLS Group | 2851 |
Number of employees excluding temporary staff and staff paid on an hourly basis; as at 31.12.2012. There are an additional 143 staff paid on an hourly basis, sharing some 33 full-time jobs.
Gender structure: men = 83,5%; women = 16,5%
Nationalities: 20
Route network
| Network length under operational control | 520 km |
| Network length owned by BLS AG | 436 km |
| Line network | 700 km |
| Cargo: operational network | >1000 km |
2012 Group finances in 1000 CHF
| Operating expenditure | 914 987 |
| Operating income | 691 637 |
| Depreciations | 223 350 |
| Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) | 14 955 |
| Earnings before taxes (EBT) | 2 879 |
| Group profit | 2 097 |
Share capital in per cent
| Swiss Confederation | 21,70 % |
| Canton of Berne | 55,75 % |
| Non-voting shares | 7,59 % |
| Private individuals and legal entities | 6,36 % |
| Other cantons and communities | 8,60 % |
Development of transport and infrastructure in 2012
| Passenger transport (in million passengers) | |
| Regional rail and bus transport | 57,2 |
| Ship | 1,0 |
| Total | 58.2 |
| Car transport (in million transported vehicles) | |
| Kandersteg–Goppenstein | 1,25 |
| Freight (million net tonne kilometres) | |
| 3312,6 |
| Infrastructure (million gross tonne kilometres) | ||
| Transit freight on the Lötschberg axis | 1698.0 |
| Energy consumption traction current | |
| in million kWh | 165,2 |
Locomotives and traction cars
In commercial use
| Qty. | Designation | Weight t | Power kW | Vmax. km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Re 420 | 80 | 4700 | 140 |
| 33 | Re 425 | 80 | 4980 | 140 |
| 2 | Re 456 (leased) | 68 | 3000 | 130 |
| 18 | Re 465 | 84 | 6400 | 230 |
| 20 | Re 485 | 84 | 5600 | 140 |
| 10 | Re 486 | 85 | 5600 | 140 |
| 10* | RABe515 «MUTZ» | 211 | 4000 | 160 |
| 23 | RABe 525 «NINA», 3-teilig | 79 | 1000 | 140 |
| 13 | RABe 525 «NINA», 4-teilig | 96 | 1000 | 140 |
| 13 | RABe 526 «GTW», 3-teilig | 84 | 1100 | 140 |
| 25 | RABe 535 «Lötschberger» | 105 | 1000 | 160 |
| 21 | RBDe 565 | 69 | 1650 | 125 |
| 8 | RBDe 566 I | 69 | 1475 | 125 |
| 13 | RBDe 566 II | 71 | 1650 | 125 |
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 | Ce 4/4 (Nr. 312) | 1920 |
| 1 | Be 4/4 (Nr. 102) | 1932 |
| 1 | Ae 6/8 (Nr. 205) | 1939 |
| 1 | BDe 4/6 (Nr. 736) | 1938 |
| 2 | Ae 4/4 (Nrn. 251/258) | 1944/1955 |
| 2 | Ae 8/8 (Nrn. 273/275) | 1952/1963 |
| 1 | Be 4/4 (Nr. 761) | 1953 |
Infrastructure vehicles
| Qty. | Designation | Weight t | Power kW | Vmax. km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Am 843 (501-504) | 80 | 1500 | 100 |
| 14 | automotive maintenance vehicles XTmas | 25-44 (1) | 60 | |
| 2 | Tem 225 (56-57) | 30 | 180 | 75 |
| 6 | Tm 235 (79...89) | 19 | 175 | 75 |
| 4 | Tm 235 (091-094) | 40 | 2x350 | 80 |
| 3 | Tm 235 (095-097) | 29 | 350 | 80 |
| 1 | Tm 235 (100) | 38 | 550 | 75 |
| 5 | Tm 234 (380-384) | 30 | 550 | 80 |
| 14 | Tm 235 (201-214) | 37/38 | 2x330 | 100 |
| 2 | Service wagon Xas (502–503) | 90 | 126 | 10 |
| 1 | Fire-fighting and rescue train (2) XTmas/Xans | 282 (3) | 6x315 | 100 |
(1) Payload
(2) Consisting of 2 rescue vehicles, 1 fire-fighting vehicle and 1 equipment vehicle
(3) Overall service weight
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