A EUR 5 million modernisation program will be established to consolidate the position of WienCont as a hub for transport to Eastern Europe
The planned investments will be used to increase the storage and throughput capacity. A new Terminal Operating System (TOM) is being programmed.
Starting with the summer of 2016, WienCont – Austria’s biggest container terminal and depot, and a company of Hafen Wien – will provide more space for interim storage of craneable trailers, tank and box containers.
Currently WienCont handles around 100 block trains per week. Priority destinations are the ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven with more than 40 trains a week, followed by Rotterdam with 14 trains, arriving at the WienCont Terminal Vienna Freudenau via Duisburg, Enns and Linz.
Rail Cargo Operator is planning to launch up to 3 direct trains between Rotterdam and WienCont. Koper is connected via a daily block train via Villach and Trieste. A shuttle runs once or twice a week directly to Koper. Four trains per week travel from WienCont to Antwerp and vice versa. 30 trains connect the Ruhr area with Vienna Freudenau. A national train from Gebrüder Weiss and Rail Cargo Austria offers a daily link of Bludenz and Hall to WienCont; more connections are being planned. Twice a week, trains from Vienna Freudenau are operated to Budapest, Arad, Rijeka and Moscow and soon also to Istanbul.
More projects provide for the establishment of trains to Poland and Croatia as well as the integration of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
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