New corporate structure
The new railway group comprises three companies with the following corporate structure:

1. BVZ Holding AG as well as the Swiss Confederation and cantons each hold 50 per cent of the shares in the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway Limited Company . This ensures a uniform management of the railway group. In addition, it can carry out management tasks for third parties on a mandate basis.

2. Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Verkehrs AG covers the entire railway operation with the rolling stock, the depots, the subsidiary establishment and the related maintenance, as well as the scheduled road services. 75 per cent of the shares are held by BVZ Holding AG and 25 per cent by the Swiss Confederation and cantons. The Company fulfils the requirements of the Federal Office of Transport for the distribution of dividends.

3. Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn Infrastruktur AG covers the track and overhead catenary equipment, operating control centres, station buildings and the workshops for technical services. The shares in Infrastruktur AG are held 100 per cent by the public sector (Swiss Confederation, cantons of Uri , the Grisons and Valais ).

New management structure
The Board of Directors of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway Limited Company consists of 6 members.
The Board of Directors is made up as follows:

• Board Chairman Jean-Pierre Schmid (Sitten VS)

• Vice Chairman Rolf Escher (Brig VS)

• Members: Isidor Baumann (Wassen UR), Balthasar J. Meier (Erlenbach ZH), Peter Scheidegger (Bern BE), Hans-Rudolf Mooser (Baltschieder VS).

The Chairman of the group management of BVZ Holding AG, Hans-Rudolf Mooser, is at the same time Director of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway.

Organisation Structur (PDF)