Truck Toll Switzerland 2026: LSVA Rates per km & Examples

How the Swiss heavy vehicle fee works

Who pays: motor vehicles and trailers over 3.5 t permissible total weight used for goods transport, Swiss and foreign.
Where: every kilometre driven in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, on all roads — not only motorways.
Operator: the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS, BAZG in German).
What sets the fee: authorised total weight × kilometres × the rate of the emission category. For a truck with trailer the weights are added, up to 40 t.
How to pay: with a recording device from a Swiss provider or an EETS provider. Vehicles without one declare the trip online before entering Switzerland (at most 5 days ahead) and pay by card or at a staffed border post.

LSVA rates 2026

Emission class	Centimes per tonne-km	CHF per km at 40 t
Euro 6	2.39	0.956
Euro 0 to Euro 5	3.26	1.304

Official FOCBS rates, in force since 1 January 2025 and unchanged in 2026. The customs office’s own example: 40 t × 100 km × 2.39 centimes = CHF 95.60. The fee is charged in Swiss francs; RouteCalc converts it into euros at a current exchange rate, so the euro amount moves with the franc.

What changed in 2026

The rates did not change. From 1 January 2026 the fee is recorded only with the new generation of devices (LSVA III), from Swiss or EETS providers.

Real examples

Route (truck: 40 t articulated truck, 5 axles, Euro 6, CO₂ class 1)	Distance	Tolled km	Toll excl. VAT
Basel → Zürich, motorway	88.1 km	88.1 km	€90.25
Bern → Luzern, economical route	93.2 km	93.2 km	€95.48

Calculated with RouteCalc on 3 October 2026. In francs: 88.1 km × CHF 0.956 = CHF 84.22 and 93.2 km × CHF 0.956 = CHF 89.10. Every kilometre is charged, so the economical route saves nothing on the fee — only a shorter route does.

Driving restrictions

Heavy goods vehicles may not drive at night from 22:00 to 05:00, nor on Sundays and on the federal public holidays (New Year, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension, Whit Monday, 1 August, Christmas and 26 December). The weight limit is 40 t, or 44 t in unaccompanied combined transport.

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Frequently asked questions

How much is the Swiss heavy vehicle fee for a 40 t truck?

A Euro 6 truck pays 2.39 centimes (Rappen) per tonne-kilometre. At 40 t that is 40 × 2.39 = 95.6 centimes, so CHF 0.956 per km. Euro 0 to Euro 5 trucks pay 3.26 centimes per tonne-km, CHF 1.304 per km at 40 t.

Which roads does the LSVA cover?

All of them. The fee is charged on every kilometre driven in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, on motorways, main roads and local roads alike, so there is no toll-free detour.

Do electric trucks pay the LSVA?

Not in 2026. Zero-emission trucks are exempt, according to the customs office probably until the end of 2028. Since 1 October 2025 they must still record the kilometres they drive.

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Truck toll in Switzerland 2026: the LSVA heavy vehicle fee