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- 37,000
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companies
There were more than 37,000 companies in Austria in the Transport and Traffic division in 2017.
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- 76
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million tons of goods transported
More than 76 million tons of goods were transported via pipelines in Austria in 2017.
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- 41
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patents
In the patent statistics in the area of railway and rail, Austria ranks first internationally, with 41 patents per million residents.
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- 250
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tunnels
The railway network of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) includes 250 tunnels.
Facts and Figures
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| Figures from the Transport and Traffic division (2017) | |
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| Number of companies in the Austrian transport industry | 37,015 |
| Of which newly established | 2,026 |
| Employees | approx. 225,400 |
| Figures on road and rail infrastructure in 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Motorway density in Austria | 20.5 km per 1,000 km2 (EU average: 17.4 km per 1,000 km2 |
| Railway density in Austria | 60.3 km per 1,000 km2 (EU average: 49.6 km per 1,000 km2) |
| Transported goods / freight traffic 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Means of transport | Transport volume in 1,000 tons | Share in % |
| Road | 386,857 | 66.6% |
| Rail | 107,579 | 18.5% |
| Pipelines | 76,291 | 13.1% |
| Danube shipping | 9,620 | 1.7% |
| Aviation | 235 | 0.04% |
| Tunnels in Austria | |
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| Motorway and expressways | approx. 175 |
| Railway tunnels of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) | approx. 250 |
Last update : 23. November 2020