Košice → Vienna

Transit

Door-ready adds half the gap between departures — the average wait if your cargo becomes ready at a random moment. On a 7-a-week service that is 0.5 days, and it is the figure a road-versus-rail comparison usually leaves out.

Legs and handovers

2 legs, split where the load changes gauge and the operator hands over.

1. 1
   Košice Broad Gauge → Košice Broad Gauge

   ZSSK Cargo · Standard (1435 mm) · 260 km · 1 d
2. 2
   Košice Broad Gauge → Wien Süd Terminal

   Rail Cargo Group · Standard (1435 mm) · 260 km · 1 d

Distance and time are divided evenly across the legs: the registry records corridor totals, and an uneven split would be a guess presented as precision.

Track gauge and borders

The spacing between the rails — whether the wheels can run through, or the load has to change trains.

Countries crossed

SK → AT

Gauge changes

SKKOS

Origin gauge

Standard (1435 mm) + Broad (1520 mm)

Destination gauge

Standard (1435 mm)

Loading gauge clearance

The height and width of tunnels and bridges — whether the load fits through. A different constraint from track gauge above: this corridor can have no gauge break at all and still refuse a high-cube container.

40ft standard (8'6") on a container flat

Clears +904 mm

High-cube (9'6") on a container flat

Clears +599 mm

Swap body on a container flat

Clears +825 mm

P400 semi-trailer on a pocket wagon

Clears +380 mm

Profiles are the published maxima for each network's core freight routes. Individual lines differ in both directions, so a load within 50 mm of the limit needs the operator to confirm the specific path. Compare wagon deck heights →