European Union · Country
? How to use this page
How to use a region page
- Counts and the pipeline for this region come first; the tabs list its buyers, players and tenders.
- Cities on the map open their own pages.
- Capex, pipeline value and the market narrative open with this market's edition.
Austria
12 buyers · 36 tenders · checked 2026-10-03
ÖBB Rahmenplan 2027-2032 fixes €19.5bn infrastructure; Koralmbahn opened December 2025; Semmering tunnel 2030, Brenner 96% excavated 2032; ÖBB taking 130 trains 2026-2027; Vienna U2xU5 metro.
Everything here is free. One market edition opens in full with one email. Open your free edition
1Metro systems operating
12Buyers tracked
36Tenders tracked
- Live pipeline
- Six open rail competitions on 13 Sept 2026, none with a published value (Austrian rail buyers publish none); €13.4bn of rail public service contracts and a €19.5bn Rahmenplan are the priced frame, with €1.1bn of valued ÖBB-Infrastruktur turnout frameworks and €754m of Wiener Linien U5 civil lots the largest single procurements tracked
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Electrification, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Key figures
ÖBB Rahmenplan 2027–2032€19.5 billion
2 sources · all primary
- ● Bundesministerium für Innovation, Mobilität und Infrastruktur (BMIMI) · Bundesregierung beschließt ÖBB-Rahmenplan 2027–2032 (press release) (published 2026-06-17 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG · Rahmenplan 2027–2032 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
ÖBB-Infrastruktur rail network…4,875 km · 1,046 stations
1 source · primary
- ● ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG · Company (network, stations, employees, ownership) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
Koralmbahn Graz–Klagenfurt in p…14 December 2025
4 sources · all primary
- ● ÖBB-Holding AG · Koralmbahn: Noch 200 Tage bis zur Inbetriebnahme (press release) (published 2025-05-27 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Holding AG · Die neue Koralmbahn — Südstrecke (unsereoebb.at) (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Rechnungshof Österreich · Rechnungshof veröffentlichte Bericht 'Projekt Koralmbahn' (published 2025-04-04 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Holding AG · ÖBB Bilanz 2025: Plus bei Fahrgästen, Rezession drückt ÖBB-Ergebnis (press release) (published 2026-04-17 · checked 2026-09-11)
Brenner base tunnel (55 km): 22…96% excavated
3 sources · 2 primary
- ● Galleria di Base del Brennero – Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE · Project progress (km excavated, lots) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Galleria di Base del Brennero – Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE · Nach Genehmigung der Prognose für die Gesamtprojektkosten Refinanzierungsanträge gestellt (newsroom) (published 2023-05-02 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ○ Südtirol News · BBT-Betrieb 2032 wird in Frage gestellt — Bauprogramm-Aktualisierung (published 2026-03-10 · checked 2026-09-11)
ÖBB ETCS Level 2 strategy: new-…3,700 km by 2038
2 sources · all primary
- ● ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG · ETCS Ausbau — ETCS expansion strategy to 2038 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Siemens Mobility · Siemens Mobility and ÖBB digitize Austria's rail network (press release) (published 2023-08-22 · checked 2026-09-11)
Semmering base tunnel (27 km2030
1 source · primary
- ● ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG · Semmering base tunnel (project page) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
Buyers
| Buyer | Type | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG | Infrastructure manager | 20 | 15 |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG | National operator | 4 | 4 |
| Schieneninfrastruktur-Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH | State SPV | 4 | 3 |
| Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG | Metro corporation | 3 | 1 |
| Salzburg AG — Salzburg Linien Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH | Transit authority | 2 | 1 |
| Rail Cargo Austria AG (Rail Cargo Group) | National operator | 1 | 1 |
| Wiener Lokalbahnen GmbH | Regional rail SPV | 1 | 1 |
| Galleria di Base del Brennero – Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE | High-speed rail SPV | 1 | 0 |
| Bundesministerium für Innovation, Mobilität und Infrastruktur | National rail HQ | 0 | 0 |
| Holding Graz — Graz Linien | Transit authority | 0 | 0 |
| Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe und Stubaitalbahn GmbH | Transit authority | 0 | 0 |
| LINZ AG LINIEN | Transit authority | 0 | 0 |
Tenders
Cities
| City | Network status | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Vienna | operational — U-Bahn (U2xU5 expansion under construction, U5 automated from 2030), trams, S-Bahn trunk rebuild; ÖBB seat | Wiener U-Bahn (Wiener Linien); Badner Bahn (Wiener Lokalbahnen); Vienna S-Bahn (ÖBB) |
| Graz | operational — trams (Innenstadtentlastung opened Nov 2025, 31 Flexity from 2026); Koralmbahn to Klagenfurt since Dec 2025 | Graz trams (Graz Linien); Koralmbahn / S-Bahn Steiermark (ÖBB) |
| Linz | operational — trams and trolleybuses; Regional-Stadtbahn (S6/S7) in planning; Westbahn Linz–Wels four-tracking | Linz trams (LINZ AG LINIEN); Regional-Stadtbahn Linz (Schiene OÖ, planned) |
| Innsbruck | operational — trams and Regionalbahn (Rum reached 2023, Völs branch planned); Brenner base tunnel north portal | Innsbruck trams / Regionalbahn (IVB); Brenner base tunnel (BBT SE, under construction) |
| Salzburg | operational — Salzburger Lokalbahn and trolleybuses; S-Link underground extension refused by referendum (Nov 2024) | Salzburger Lokalbahn (Salzburg AG) |
Players with a footprint here
| Player | Kind | Footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Swietelsky | Track & electrification contractor | Project presence |
| STRABAG | Civil contractor | Headquarters |
| voestalpine RS | Track technology supplier | Headquarters, Plant |
| Plasser & Theurer | Track technology supplier | Headquarters |
| Rhomberg Sersa | Track & electrification contractor | Headquarters |
| PORR | Civil contractor | Project presence |
| ÖBB | Operator group | Headquarters |
| Granit | Civil contractor | Project presence |
| Europten | Track & electrification contractor | Headquarters |
| HABAU | Civil contractor | Project presence |
| ELL | Rolling-stock lessor | Headquarters |
| Frauscher | Signalling & systems | Headquarters |
What changed
From This Week in Rail, newest first.
- 2026-09-28 — ÖBB's Semmering Base Tunnel moves into full-scale installation of the tunnel's technical equipment.
- 2026-09-21 — ÖBB completes an upgrade of its Unterinntal tunnels.
- 2026-09-21 — ÖBB begins rebuilding Straßwalchen station.
- 2026-09-21 — Austria's mobility ministry secures funding for the electrification of the Zillertalbahn, Pinzgauer Lokalbahn and Murtalbahn narrow-gauge lines.
Withheld in the free surface
- Capex in this region (3)
- Market narrative
Full detail withheld: 2 fields. In the European Union edition · See a fully open example
- Rahmenplan profile
- Fleet programme
- Semmering cost
- Methodology note
Full detail withheld: 4 fields. In the European Union edition · See a fully open example
Sources
- ● Bundesministerium für Innovation, Mobilität und Infrastruktur (BMIMI) · Ausbauplan ÖBB — Rahmenplan (§ 42 Bundesbahngesetz, annuity model) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Bundesministerium für Innovation, Mobilität und Infrastruktur (BMIMI) · Bundesregierung beschließt ÖBB-Rahmenplan 2027–2032 (press release) (published 2026-06-17 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ○ ORF Niederösterreich · Semmering-Basistunnel verzögert sich erneut (2030; 3.9 bn) (published 2022-04-15 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Holding AG · ÖBB Bilanz 2025: Plus bei Fahrgästen, Rezession drückt ÖBB-Ergebnis (press release) (published 2026-04-17 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Holding AG · ÖBB Flotte — fleet investment to 2030 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG · Rahmenplan 2027–2032 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● ÖBB-Holding AG · Mehr Railjets der neuen Generation für den wachsenden Tagesfernverkehr (press release) (published 2025-07-10 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ○ ORF Salzburg · Bevölkerung spricht sich gegen S-Link aus (referendum result) (published 2024-11-10 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Parlament Österreich — Parlamentskorrespondenz · Verkehrsminister legt aktualisierten ÖBB-Rahmenplan 2027-2032 für Ausbau des Schienennetzes vor (PK0614) (published 2026-06-24 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Rechnungshof Österreich · Rechnungshof veröffentlichte Bericht 'Projekt Koralmbahn' (published 2025-04-04 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Siemens Mobility · Siemens Mobility and ÖBB digitize Austria's rail network (press release) (published 2023-08-22 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ○ Südtirol News · BBT-Betrieb 2032 wird in Frage gestellt — Bauprogramm-Aktualisierung (published 2026-03-10 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG — Austria – Railway construction works – (ProVia-ID 130429) Rahmenvertrag Stopfarbeiten im gesamten Normalspurstreckennetz — notice 230735-2026 (published 2026-04-03 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · WIENER LINIEN GmbH & Co KG — Austria – Construction work – Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Tunnelbau, Gleisbau - BAUABSCHNITTE U5/5B bis U5/8 — notice 683798-2025 (published 2025-10-17 · checked 2026-09-11)
- ● Stadt Wien — Presse-Service · Öffi-Ausbau U2xU5 leistet Beitrag zur Budgetkonsolidierung und bleibt gesichert (new timetable) (published 2025-11-12 · checked 2026-09-11)
Browse: the Atlas · European Union · players · events
Compiled by Watchtower to editorial standards the Managing Partner sets and enforces. Public record only — every datum carries its source.