Exceptional consignments

Too high, too wide, too long, too heavy ...
We devise tailored solutions for transport of your exceptional consignments or for vehicles that are not licensed for transport.

When is a consignment deemed “exceptional”?

A consignment is considered an exceptional consignment when it causes particular difficulties for fixed installations or for the wagons of one of the railways/RUs used, as a result of its outer dimensions, its mass or its nature and can therefore only be forwarded subject to specific technical or operational conditions.

Our services

We manage the approval process and the associated network compatibility check for our customers’ approval applications in accordance with IRS 50502
We create and issue schedules for transport of exceptional consignments on the ÖBB-Infrastruktur rail network
We develop and maintain the gauge catalogue (listing of all gauges authorised on the ÖBB network)
We also develop and maintain the Annex 2 of the “Guide to exceptional consignments” (list of all trains with regular exceptional consignments)

Exceptional consignments – guideline (German)

The guide to exceptional consignments (31.04.01) is available in the online shop and contains the requirements for exceptional consignments on the ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG rail network.

Gauges

Overview of ÖBB gauges for out-of-gauge consignments.

Annex 2 (German)

Listing of all trains with regular exceptional consignments

Appendix A template and detailed data sheet (German) and Deviations from route compatibility (German)

All of the codes in this table correspond to the codes in Appendix A - template for correspondence. The detailed data sheet is required in accordance with the provisions of Guide 31.04.01 on point 2.1.1. and it is mandatory to specify the deviations for route compatibility in accordance with Annex D1 of the OPE TSI (EU/2019/773).

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You will receive, on an ongoing basis, all updates relating to changes, implementation and withdrawal of gauges, amendments to Annex 2 to the “guide to exceptional consignments”, conditions of carriage in connection with exceptional consignments and amendments to the “guide to exceptional consignments”. Interested? Click to access the online form.