Staff on Switzerland's rail network face around ten incidents of abuse or threat every working day, with insults, racist comments and physical attacks all on the rise since the pandemic
CFF conductors say 718 complaints for violence or threats against transport staff were filed last year, and the real figure is probably higher — many colleagues decline to press charges because their names would appear on file.
The federal prosecutor says offences against public officials jumped roughly a third in 2025.
CarPostal has already logged 145 incidents in the first seven months of this year, up from 65 in all of 2025.
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