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Facts and Figures - Transportation Infrastructure/Below ground Engineering

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Based on some selected data, find out here about the importance of the transport infrastructure / civil engineering industry
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  • 40,829

    companies

    There were more than 40,800 companies in Austria in the Transport and Traffic division in 2022.

  • 46,1

    million tons of goods transported

    More than 46,1 million tons of goods were transported via pipelines in Austria in 2023.

  • 41

    patents

    In the patent statistics in the area of railway and rail, Austria ranks first internationally, with 41 patents per million residents.

  • 259

    tunnels

    The railway network of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) includes 259 tunnels.

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Source: The Austrian Transport Industry. Data and Facts – Annual Report 2023
Figures from the Transport and Traffic division (2022)
Number of companies in the Austrian transport industry   40,829
Of which newly established 2,329
Employees   225,512
Source: The Austrian Transport Industry. Data and Facts – Annual Report 2023
Figures on road and rail infrastructure in 2020
Motorway density in Austria

20.9 km per 1,000 km2

(EU average: 17.6 km per 1,000 km2

Railway density in Austria

59.2 km per 1,000 km2

(EU average: 47.4 km per 1,000 km2)

Source: The Austrian Transport Industry. Data and Facts – Annual Report 2023
Transported goods / freight traffic 2022
Means of transport Transport volume in 1,000 tons Share in %
Road 390,412 84.5%
Rail 102,710 14.4%
Danube shipping 6,374 1.1%
Aviation 215 0.03%
Source: Austrian Federal Railways; Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, tunnel statistics
 Tunnels in Austria  
Motorway and expressways approx. 175
Railway tunnels of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) approx. 259


Last update : 25. November 2024