PostBus Switzerland

• 1849: Creation of the postal network diligence. • 1906: First service of PostBus between Bern and Detligen. • 1919: Inauguration of the line crossing the Simplon Pass. • 1921: Grimsel Pass, Furka Pass, San Bernardino Pass, and Oberalp Pass are open to traffic. • 1923: A three-tone horn is installed on the buses travelling on mountain routes. • 1949: The bus lines of the Principality of Liechtenstein are operated by PostBus. • 1959: All buses are of the same yellow color. • 1961: Last service of horse diligence on the line Avers-Juf. • 2003: For the first time, PostBus carries more than 100 million passengers. • 2005: PostBus Switzerland established as a subsidiary company of Swiss Post • 2006: PostBus celebrates its centenary. • 2011: PostBus launches free WiFi in Postbuses and becomes the first Swiss public transport operator to add fuel cell buses to its fleet. ==Operations==

Switzerland Services are provided by PostAuto Switzerland, a subsidiary company of Swiss Post with its headquarters in Bern. The company is responsible for 869 bus routes with 2,193 buses in Switzerland, transporting over 140 million passengers annually on its long network. The routes are either operated directly by PostAuto itself, or by local bus companies under contract. PostAuto offers extensive services in public, public-private, and private transit, including: • PostAuto: Bus lines (municipal, regional, long-distance, and vacation transportation) • PubliCar: Dial-a-bus service for lightly traveled routes • ScolaCar: Small buses for student transportation • PostCar: Tourist travel (chartered) France CarPostale France, a subsidiary of PostBus Switzerland, operated bus services in France. The company was headquartered in Lyon, with operations from Haguenau, in Alsace, to Béziers, in Languedoc-Roussillon. In September 2019 the business was sold to Keolis. Liechtenstein Until December 31, 2021, PostBus Switzerland operated the public bus network in the Principality of Liechtenstein under contract for the public transport authority LIEmobil. Following a public tender process concluded in 2020, the operational contract was awarded to BOSPS Anstalt, a newly formed company largely staffed by former PostBus employees in Liechtenstein. BOSPS Anstalt officially took over operations on January 1, 2022. LIEmobil continues to be the state-owned transport authority responsible for planning, coordinating, and commissioning public transport services within Liechtenstein. Germany The German villages of Büsingen am Hochrhein (an exclave of Germany entirely surrounded by Swiss territory) and Randegg are also served via a connection with the Swiss towns of Schaffhausen and Ramsen. The German town Singen benefits from a connection to Switzerland via a PostBus service to and from Ramsen. ==Coaches==

During most of the 20th century, PostAuto coaches were made in Switzerland by either Saurer, Berna, or FBW. == Subsidy fraud ==

In June 2018, members of the Executive Board of PostAuto were dismissed by Swiss Post after PostAuto manipulated its accounting records concealing profits in order to collect excess subsidies. == Bus fire ==

On 10 March 2026, a PostBus in Kerzers in the Canton of Fribourg caught fire after a passenger covered himself with flammable fluid and set himself alight. Six people, including the man who set himself ablaze, were killed. ==See also==