a postbus bus in altst tten in 1984 fuel cell postbus a postbus bus near grindelwald sign indicating postbus buses have priority over other vehicles postbus switzerland known as postauto schweiz in swiss standard german carpostal suisse in swiss french autopostale svizzera in swiss italian and auto da posta svizra in romansh is a subsidiary company of the swiss post which provides regional and rural bus services throughout switzerland and also in france and liechtenstein . in swiss german dialect they are also called poschi or poschti . the swiss postbus service evolved as a motorized successor to the stagecoaches that previously carried passengers and mail in switzerland with the swiss postal service providing postbus services carrying both passengers and mail . although this combination had been self evident in the past the needs of each diverged towards the end of the twentieth century when the conveyance of parcels was progressively separated from public transportation . this split became official with the conversion of postbus into a separate subsidiary of the swiss post in february 2005 . the buses operated by postbus are a swiss icon with a distinctive yellow livery and three tone horn . the company uses an image of a posthorn as a logo on its buses and elsewhere . on some mountain roads indicated by a traffic sign of a yellow posthorn on a blue background the buses have priority over other traffic . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 in switzerland 2.2 outside switzerland 3 coaches 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 . 2003 for the first time postbus carried 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 . operations edit in switzerland edit services are provided by postbus 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 postbus itself or by local bus companies under contract . postbus 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 scolacar small buses for student transportation postcar tourist travel chartered outside switzerland edit fr carpostale france a subsidiary of postbus switzerland operates bus services in france . the company is headquartered in lyon with operations from haguenau in alsace to b ziers in languedoc roussillon . postbus switzerland also operates the bus service for liechtenstein . 1 2 coaches edit during most of the 20th century postbus coaches were made in switzerland by either saurer berna or fbw . see also edit swiss federal railways list of highest paved roads in switzerland references edit carpostal france . postbus switzerland . retrieved 2013 04 28 . postbus in liechtenstein . postbus switzerland . retrieved 2013 04 28 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to postauto . postbus english original sound of post horn mp3 sound of post horn mp3 authority control worldcat identities viaf 123737940 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