Austrian national rail operator ÖBB has started expanding the Vienna South Terminal. The expansion will grow capacity to 547,000 TEU (+44%). It is the third expansion at the terminal, which has functioned as the “main station” for rail freight in Austria since 2016, ÖBB says.
ÖBB plans to finalise the capacity upgrades by the end of 2026 after an investment of around 37 million euros. It adds new 700-metre tracks (for a total of eight), upgraded switches and a future-ready automated gantry crane system that will streamline operations and improve efficiency, the operator explains.
The construction work also introduces adaptations and additions to road connections, overhead line systems, brake test systems and the necessary control rooms.
TEN-T Corridors
The Vienna South Terminal currently has an annual capacity of 380,000 TEU. It functions as a key hub not only for Austria, but also the wider region. “Intermodal transport units from all over the world are transferred between road and rail here”, ÖBB says. The terminal links up to a major Austrian highway and railway, as well as to three TEN-T corridors.
“These corridors link Europe’s key economic hubs and provide RCG with ideal conditions to fulfil its role as the logistical backbone of the European economy”, ÖBB’s freight subsidiary RCG writes on LinkedIn.