Looking at the total state expenditure on rail transport, the importance of the problem and the
Federal nature of the financing mechanisms used is immediately apparent. Of the CHF 1,061
million of tax money spent on subsidies for Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in 2010,
according to calculations by the Bundesamt für Statistik (Federal Statistical Office), only
CHF 545 million came from the Confederation.
5 However, this is still a significant sum given
that this does not include any expenditure on rail infrastructure, and given that the total
Federal budget for 2010 amounted to approximately CHF 60 billion.