Lumo presents refurbished Class 222 fleet for West Coast Main Line operations

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.

The study reviews flagship intercity connections in 13 European countries, offering a rare cross-border view of how speed, pricing models and passenger affordability interact.

A new European freight report shows road transport dominating inland freight, while the combined share of rail and waterways has fallen by 4.1 percentage points over the past decade.