A guided tour at the SBB depot offers you a unique insight into the history of Swiss railway. The railway traction vehicles on display mirror the railway history of the Gotthard area. 20 employees take care of the vehicles. Once the Gotthard Base Tunnel will have opened the SBB intends to open a SBB Historic railway centre in collaboration with the Cantons of Uri and Tessin.

SBB Historic in a nutshell: The foundation Histor-ic SBB heritage takes you on a historical tour that covers more than 150 years of Swiss railway history. The foundation aims to collect, preserve, conserve, document and to file valuable historical documents. Therefore, SBB founded the SBB historic foundation in 2001.

The foundations objective is to provide a broad public with valuable historical railway documents.