European intermodal rail freight remains a stabilising pillar of rail transport, but growth is no longer broad-based. New SCI Verkehr’s market data show expansion concentrating on specific corridors, customers and business models.
Rail freight traffic on Austria’s network reached 96.2 million tonnes in 2025, up 1.8% year on year, according to Statistics Austria. Domestic transport performance increased by 2.6% to 21.5 billion tonne-kilometres.