SBB Counts the School-Holiday Return as Easter Traffic Fades

BERN - Tuesday morning long-distance trains toward Zurich, Bern and Basel carried the return wave from Ticino, Valais and the Grisons. SBB said the pattern matched a Friday peak, only reversed. A few overcrowded IR services were the price of people who had not reserved.

Road traffic through the Gotthard was lighter than Friday and still slower than a normal Tuesday. Police called it acceptable. Drivers called it something else.

Engineering season is next

Once the holiday stock is back in the shed, the railway thinks about autumn works. Passengers think about that later, usually at a bus stop.