{"id":5876,"date":"2019-11-11T14:28:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T13:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lokomotion-rail.de\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:34:12","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lokomotion-rail.de\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the company&#8217;s founding in 2000, we have reached many significant milestones by continuously expanding our portfolio of services. This has enabled us to grow steadily and further consolidate our market position as a specialist in transalpine rail freight transport.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"meilensteine backgroundcolor grau\">\n\t<h2>Our Milestones<\/h2>\n\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2000<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Company Founding<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Founding of Lokomotion Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Schienentraktion mbH as a project company based in Munich<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2001<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launch of Operations on the Brenner Axis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the start of operations from Munich via the Brenner axis to Verona, Lokomotion became the first private railway undertaking (RU) to operate cross-border services following the liberalization of rail freight transport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deployment of Interoperable Locomotives<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By deploying interoperable locomotives, Lokomotion provided traction services on the Brenner axis for the first time without time-consuming locomotive changes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launch of Operations on the Tauern Axis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first trains run to Cervignano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2007<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launch of Operations via the Tauern Axis to Slovenia<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lokomotion integrates Ljubljana into its route network as a hub for further transport services into the Balkan region<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2009<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><ul>\n<li><strong>Connection of the Port of Trieste via the Tauern axis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><ul>\n<li><strong>Launch of operations on the Danube axis to Hungary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\"><ul>\n<li><strong>Launch of operations on the Danube axis to the Czech Republic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Founding of Lokomotion Austria GmbH<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Founding of Lokomotion Austria Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Schienentraktion mbH as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lokomotion Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Schienentraktion mbH, based in Schwechat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening of the Vienna Location<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lokomotion Austria opens office premises in Vienna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2017<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening of the Lokomotion Training Center<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the opening of the training center, Lokomotion offers a comprehensive range of vocational training, professional development, and retraining programs for railway operations\u2014with a key focus on train driver training<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expansion of the Danube Axis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Expansion of traction services on the Danube axis with terminal traffic between Ludwigshafen and Wels<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expansion of the Tauern Axis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First mixed wagonload freight 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