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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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  • 40,512

    companies

    There were more than 40,500 companies in Austria in the Transport and Traffic division in 2021.

  • 64,6

    million tons of goods transported

    More than 64,6 million tons of goods were transported via pipelines in Austria in 2021.

  • 41

    patents

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

  • 250

    tunnels

    The railway network of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) includes 250 tunnels.

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Source: The Austrian Transport Industry. Data and Facts – Annual Report 2022
Figures from the Transport and Traffic division (2021)
Number of companies in the Austrian transport industry   40,512
Of which newly established 2,345
Employees   222,084
Source: The Austrian Transport Industry. Data and Facts – Annual Report 2022
Figures on road and rail infrastructure in 2019
Motorway density in Austria

20.8 km per 1,000 km2

(EU average: 17.5 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 2022
Transported goods / freight traffic 2021
Means of transport Transport volume in 1,000 tons Share in %
Road 403,498 69.7%
Rail 102,233 17.7%
Pipelines 64,614 11.2%
Danube shipping 8,271 1.4%
Aviation 221 0.04%
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. 250



Last update : 2023-04-25