Thanks to the advances technologies used, the Swissmetro transport system offers exceptional performances:

• top speeds of over 500 km/h;
• departures every 6 minutes (or 4 minutes if necessary) and station stops of 3 minutes;
• a capacity of 4,000 to 6,000 passengers per hour in each direction and a daily capacity of up to 216,000 passengers;
• a station efficiently connected to the urban transport network and designed to minimise the distance for travellers;
• use of the networks in close collaboration with the operators of other means of urban, regional and interurban transport;
• very low energy costs, equivalent to approximately half the consumption of conventional rail systems.