Federal Office of Transport

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government agency national transport authority

The Federal Office of Transport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for regulating and supervising the country’s railways and other public transport systems.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Office of Transport canonical	5
Swiss Federal Office of Transport	3
Federal Office of Transport (Switzerland)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ national transport authority ⓘ
abbreviation	BAV ⓘ FOT ⓘ OFT ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European railway agencies ⓘ Swiss Federal Railways ⓘ cantonal transport authorities in Switzerland ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bav.admin.ch ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bern ⓘ
jurisdiction	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
mandate	ensure safe, reliable and efficient rail and public transport in Switzerland ⓘ
oversees	freight rail services in Switzerland ⓘ long‑distance rail passenger services in Switzerland ⓘ regional rail passenger services in Switzerland ⓘ urban public transport systems in Switzerland ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ⓘ
partOf	federal office of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ surface form: Swiss federal administration
regulates	cableways in Switzerland ⓘ public transport in Switzerland ⓘ rail transport in Switzerland ⓘ shipping on Swiss inland waters ⓘ
regulatoryArea	cableway and ski lift operations ⓘ inland navigation safety ⓘ public transport concessions ⓘ railway infrastructure financing ⓘ railway safety ⓘ
responsibleFor	allocation of rail infrastructure capacity in Switzerland ⓘ approval of cableway installations in Switzerland ⓘ approval of concessionary public transport services in Switzerland ⓘ approval of railway infrastructure projects in Switzerland ⓘ implementation of Swiss transport policy in rail and public transport ⓘ implementation of international rail agreements in Switzerland ⓘ licensing of public transport operators in Switzerland ⓘ licensing of railway undertakings in Switzerland ⓘ safety of cableways in Switzerland ⓘ safety of inland navigation in Switzerland ⓘ safety of public transport in Switzerland ⓘ safety of rail transport in Switzerland ⓘ supervision of rail infrastructure managers in Switzerland ⓘ
sector	transport ⓘ
supervises	Swiss public transport infrastructure ⓘ Swiss railway undertakings ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications → oversees → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

BLS AG → regulatoryAuthority → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Office of Transport (Switzerland)

Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses → regulatesWith → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Office of Transport

SBB Cargo → regulatesWith → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Office of Transport

DETEC → supervises → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

UVEK → supervises → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

DETEC/UVEK → oversees → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

Federal Roads Office → coordinatesWith → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

VBZ tram system → safetyAuthority → Federal Office of Transport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Office of Transport