Private company

PostBus Switzerland

Logo: Schweizerische Post AG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Regional and rural bus services in Switzerland, France, Germany, and Liechtenstein

PostAuto Switzerland, PostBus Ltd. (known as PostAuto Schweiz in Swiss Standard German (PostAuto AG), CarPostal Suisse in Swiss French (CarPostal S.A.), AutoPostale Svizzera in Swiss Italian (AutoPostale S.A.), and AutoDaPosta Svizra in Romansh (AutoDaPosta S.A.) is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post, which provides regional and rural bus services throughout Switzerland, and also in neighbouring France, Germany, and Liechtenstein.2 It is headquartered in Bern.1 It is part of Die Schweizerische Post.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersBern1
  • Founded inBern1
  • Websitewww.postauto.ch
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1

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Bahnhofstrasse in Frauenfeld - Mercedes-Benz- und Volvo Postautos beim Bahnhof (2017)
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

PostAuto Switzerland, PostBus Ltd. (known as PostAuto Schweiz in Swiss Standard German (PostAuto AG), CarPostal Suisse in Swiss French (CarPostal S.A.), AutoPostale Svizzera in Swiss Italian (AutoPostale S.A.), and AutoDaPosta Svizra in Romansh (AutoDaPosta S.A.) is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post, which provides regional and rural bus services throughout Switzerland, and also in neighbouring France, Germany, and Liechtenstein.2

Corporate structure

PostBus Switzerland is part of a group headed by Die Schweizerische Post. 12 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Die Schweizerische Post Bern, Switzerland
    • PostBus Switzerland Bern
      • CarPostal France Subsidiary · France
      • Ritmo Owned · Communauté d'agglomération de Haguenau, France
    • PostFinance Bern, Switzerland
    • ePost Service AG Subsidiary · Lucerne, Switzerland
    • PubliBike Subsidiary · Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
    • Post CH Ltd Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • Post CH Network Ltd Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • SPOTME SA Subsidiary · Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Swiss Foundation for the History of Post and Telecommunications Subsidiary · Switzerland
    • SwissSign Subsidiary
    • unblu inc. Subsidiary · Basel, Switzerland
    • Zürich Post Office Railway Owned · Zurich, Switzerland

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What PostBus Switzerland reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • CarPostal France
  • Ritmo

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

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.

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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.

From Wikipedia’s article on PostBus Switzerland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

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 11,869 km (7,375 mi) 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

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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 31 December 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 1 January 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on PostBus Switzerland, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Also owns

  • CarPostal France
  • Ritmo

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded in Bern1

Sources

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