{"id":284587,"date":"2025-09-15T17:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=65909"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:54:59","slug":"obb-starts-further-expansion-of-austrias-main-station-for-freight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=284587","title":{"rendered":"\u00d6BB starts further expansion of Austria\u2019s \u201cmain station\u201d for freight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austrian national rail operator \u00d6BB 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 \u201cmain station\u201d for rail freight in Austria since 2016, \u00d6BB says.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u00d6BB 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.<\/p>\n

The construction work also introduces adaptations and additions to road connections, overhead line systems, brake test systems and the necessary control rooms.<\/p>\n

TEN-T Corridors<\/h2>\n

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. \u201cIntermodal transport units from all over the world are transferred between road and rail here\u201d, \u00d6BB says. The terminal links up to a major Austrian highway and railway, as well as to three TEN-T corridors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese corridors link Europe\u2019s key economic hubs and provide RCG with ideal conditions to fulfil its role as the logistical backbone of the European economy\u201d, \u00d6BB\u2019s freight subsidiary RCG writes on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n