Our business model is sustainable per se. And step by step it is becoming greener: because the more goods that travel by rail, the greener it becomes. The principle behind it is very simple. For every kilometre, every tonne transported by rail protects the environment. This is because rail freight transport causes about 30 times fewer emissions than road freight transport.
This means that in Austria alone we save about one million tonnes of CO2 per year.
The daily volume of freight transport is rising steadily
A development that has been taking place for years and will not stop in the future is the increasing freight transport volume. Currently, about one third of the goods in Austria are transported by rail.
In order to shift the increasing volume of traffic to the railways, we are working to increase the share of rail freight transport in the modal split across Europe to 30% by 2030 in order to achieve the European climate targets.
We are implementing high-frequency long-distance connections for heavy goods, thus linking rail with land transport and sea freight.
The terminals located on central corridors and in the most important national economic centres form the central link in an integrated intermodal transport chain. In this way, we create the basis for a broad range of services and ensure efficient coordination between shippers, forwarders, operators as well as rail transport companies and shipping companies.
Ongoing investments in the vehicle fleet
In order to further expand the internationalisation activities of freight transport, ÖBB continuously invests in the future of freight transport. This requires regular maintenance, renewal and expansion of the vehicle fleet.
Because in addition to numerous initiatives to sustainably increase productivity, we invest in the development of innovative wagon material, in technologies and new traction units. By expanding the traction unit fleet, we not only ensure reliable end-to-end logistics solutions, but also invest in the future of environmentally friendly rail freight transport.
Power that makes the difference
The Vectron from Siemens (locomotive series 1293) is the latest generation for cross-border freight transport.