Timetable year
Up to 2001, the timetable year started at the end of May. From 2002, the European Timetable Conference set the annual working timetable to change in mid-December - approximating the calendar year more closely. The European Commission declared this date generally valid in its Decision 2002/844/EC (document number C(2002) 3997). In Switzerland, the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) is responsible for setting the timetable year. Because transport is interwoven internationally, and in application of the Land Transport Agreement, Switzerland has taken on the EU arrangements.
The timetable is set to change at midnight on the second Saturday in December. This is 8.12 at the earliest and 14.12 at the latest. The following Sunday, i.e. the first day on which the new timetable is valid, is thus always 9.12 at the earliest or 15.12 at the latest.
The first day on which the new timetable is valid is the Sunday following its introduction:
15.12.2002
14.12.2003
12.12.2004
11.12.2005
10.12.2006
09.12.2007
14.12.2008
13.12.2009
12.12.2010
11.12.2011
09.12.2012
15.12.2013
14.12.2014
13.12.2015
11.12.2016
10.12.2017
09.12.2018
15.12.2019
13.12.2020
12.12.2021
11.12.2022
10.12.2023
15.12.2024
14.12.2025