railway company

At the end of 2023, there were 88 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• BUDAMAR West (Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• Graf Railservice GmbH ( AT, construction site logistics)
  
  
• Retrack Germany (DE, freight transport)
  
  
• Schiene Oberösterreich ( AT, infrastructure operator)
  
  
• Smart Rail Traction (Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• TrainLog ( DE, freight transport / no infrastructure usage agreement)
  
  

A total of 66 companies were authorized to use the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Of these, four belong to the ÖBB Group, ten are majority-owned by foreign market leaders, 41 are privately owned, and eleven are publicly owned.

At the end of 2022, there were 86 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• boxXpress (DE, freight transport)
  
  
• Medway Italia (IT, freight transport)
  
  
• RegioJet AT (AT, passenger transport)
  
  
• Retrack (Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• STRABAG BahnLogistik (AT, construction site logistics)
  
  
• Tenforty-2-Rail (DE, freight transport)

In total, 65 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while eleven others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings. Thirty-nine companies are privately owned (50 percent or more of shares). The remaining eleven companies are majority-owned by public institutions.

At the end of 2021, there were 81 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• BLS Cargo (CH, freight transport)
  
  
• BSAS ( DE, freight transport)
  
  
• Captrain Germany CargoWest ( DE, freight transport)
  
  
• RheinCargo (Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• Around the tracks ( DE, freight transport)
  
  
• Ten Rail (SI, freight transport)

In total, 62 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while eleven others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings. Thirty-six companies are privately owned. The remaining eleven companies are majority-owned by public institutions.

At the end of 2020, there were 77 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• Captrain Italia (IT, freight transport)
  
  
• CER Hungary (HU, freight transport)
  
  
• DB Cargo Czechia ( CZ, freight transport)
  
  
• FRACHTbahn (AT, freight transport)
  
  
• Helrom ( Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• Wood logistics and freight rail (DE, freight transport)
  
  
• Raildox ( Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• RM Lines (CZ, freight transport)
  
  
• Siemens Mobility Austria (AT, freight transport)
  
  
• Widmer Rail Services (Switzerland, freight transport)

In total, 59 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while eleven others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings. The number of private companies rose sharply in 2020 to 33.

At the end of 2019, there were 70 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• S-Rail GmbH (AT, freight transport)
  
  
• HSL Netherlands (NL, freight transport)

In total, 50 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while ten others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings.

At the end of 2018, there were 69 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• DPB Rail Infra Service (AT, freight transport)
  
  
• LINEAS (BE, freight transport)
  
  
• Retrack ( Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• Railtrans International ( SK, freight transport)

In addition, as part of a restructuring process in summer 2018, Steiermarkbahn and Bus were separated from Steiermärkische Landesbahnen. In total, 46 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while ten others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings.

At the end of 2017, there were 63 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• CD Cargo (CZ, freight transport)

In total, 42 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while nine others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings. Nineteen companies are privately owned, while ten others are publicly owned.

At the end of 2016, there were 63 railway companies operating in Austria. New additions include:

• DB Fernverkehr AG (Germany, passenger transport)
  
  
• Foxrail Zrt. ( HU, freight transport)
  
  
• GHS Logistics (AT, freight transport)
  
  
• Lokomotion Austria (AT, freight transport)
  
  
• MMV-Rail Austria (Germany, freight transport)
  
  
• RTB Cargo Austria ( AT, freight transport)
  
  
• Twentyone GmbH ( Germany, freight transport)

In total, 40 companies were authorized to operate trains on the ÖBB network in the reporting year. Four of these are part of the ÖBB Group, while eleven others are owned by foreign incumbents (market-dominating companies) through direct or indirect shareholdings. The number of private companies rose sharply in 2020 to 33.