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Public transport in Austria

Austria: 8 public transport operators, 122.9M km of scheduled service a year, 1,000 major stations and 287 tender notices — per region and operator.

Operators
8
Vehicle-km / year
≈ 122.9M km
Vehicles (peak)
≈ 1,393
Trips / week
279.9K
Stations*
1,000
Tender notices
287
Open procedures
174
Value (€)
€2.0B
Vehicle-km per inhabitant
–
Not ranked: partial timetables

Estimates from the scheduled timetables (one representative week per feed). *Stations with a page of their own. Methodology →

Austria over time

6 snapshots · Dec 2025 – Oct 2026

122.9M km ↓ −4% since Dec 2025
63.9M km127.7M kmDec 2025Oct 20262026

Vehicle-km over 12 months: −4% since Dec 2025. All countries →

The largest operators

Map →

Vehicle-km / year

  1. 1 Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG 82.9M km
  2. 2 Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg 25.3M km
  3. 3 Österreichische Bundesbahnen 10.3M km
  4. 4 Wiener Lokalbahnen GmbH 2.5M km

Share of vehicle-km

98% Top 5 operators
Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG 82.9M km 67% Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg 25.3M km 21% Österreichische Bundesbahnen 10.3M km 8.4% Wiener Lokalbahnen GmbH 2.5M km 2%

Routes by mode

1,090 routes

Regions

NUTS-3 regions by the service run inside them.

  1. Wien Operators 4 75.5M km
  2. Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet Operators 12 21.1M km
  3. Wiener Umland/Südteil Operators 5 10.6M km
  4. Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald Operators 5 6.3M km
  5. Salzburg und Umgebung Operators 9 2.9M km
  6. Weinviertel Operators 2 994.2K km
  7. Linz-Wels Operators 4 865.3K km
  8. Wiener Umland/Nordteil Operators 3 836.2K km
  9. Innviertel Operators 4 755.5K km
  10. Traunviertel Operators 4 541.3K km
  11. Tiroler Oberland Operators 1 397.6K km
  12. Außerfern Operators 3 378.9K km
  13. Tiroler Unterland Operators 2 374.4K km
  14. Oststeiermark Operators 2 132.7K km
  15. Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen Operators 1 110.8K km
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Busiest stations

By scheduled departures per day.

  1. Westbahnhof 2,420 departures/day
  2. Floridsdorf 2,383 departures/day
  3. Schottentor 2,375 departures/day
  4. Spitalgasse 1,752 departures/day
  5. Schwedenplatz 1,718 departures/day
  6. Mitte-Landstraße 1,645 departures/day
  7. Reumannplatz 1,645 departures/day
  8. Kagran 1,634 departures/day
  9. Parlament/Volkstheater 1,540 departures/day
  10. Volkstheater 1,527 departures/day
  11. Dresdner Straße 1,516 departures/day
  12. Ottakring 1,497 departures/day
  13. Gumpendorfer Straße 1,483 departures/day
  14. Kagraner Platz 1,470 departures/day
  15. Hietzing 1,468 departures/day

Tender market

Tenders in Austria → On the map →

By stage

287 Tender notices

By service type

  1. Scheduled public transport 210
  2. Other 35
  3. Taxi 14
  4. School transport 10
  5. Demand-responsive 10
  6. Rail 8

Most active contracting authorities

  1. 1 Verkehrsverbund Tirol GesmbH 53
  2. 2 Salzburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH 37
  3. 3 Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsges. m.b.H. (NÖVOG) 33
  4. 4 WIENER LINIEN GmbH & Co KG 24
  5. 5 Verkehrsverbund Steiermark GmbH 12
  6. 6 Verkehrsbetriebe Burgenland GmbH 11
  7. 7 Österreichische Postbus Aktiengesellschaft 11
  8. 8 Verkehrsbetriebe Burgenland GesmbH 7
  9. 9 Regionalentwicklung Oststeiermark GmbH 4
  10. 10 . 4
  11. 11 OÖ Verkehrsverbund-Organisations GmbH Nfg. & Co KG 4
  12. 12 Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie 4

How we calculate
Operators Unit: operators · counted
Transport companies as their timetable names them (GTFS agency). The same operator in several feeds is counted once; in Germany the company that actually runs each line. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km / year Unit: km per year · estimate
For every trip: route length (along the published route shape; without one, the straight line between its stops × 1.25) × the days it runs in the representative week, × 365.25 / 7. Only scheduled service — no empty or depot runs, no demand-responsive services. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicles (peak) Unit: vehicles · estimate
The highest number of trips running at the same moment in the representative week — a lower bound: reserve and workshop vehicles are not included. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Trips / week Unit: trips per week · counted
All scheduled trips in the representative week; trips given as a frequency (every 10 minutes) are expanded into single trips. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Stations* Unit: stations · counted
Stations with a page of their own: at least 250 scheduled departures a day, or among a country's busiest 1,000 with at least 30. Capped per country, so not comparable between countries. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km per inhabitant Unit: km per inhabitant and year · estimate
Vehicle-km per year of all operators in the country ÷ its population. Only countries whose timetables cover the whole country; the figure for all countries together is their vehicle-km ÷ their population. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed; Eurostat, population on 1 January 2025
Tender notices Unit: notices · counted
Every published notice counts once: prior information, call for tenders or award notice. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Open procedures Unit: notices · as published
Prior information notices and calls for tenders — notices that do not announce an award. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Value (€) Unit: € · as published
Sum of the contract values stated in the notices, in euro only; other currencies are neither converted nor added. Many notices state no value, so the sum is a lower bound. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal

Methodology & limits →