The Austrian railway group ÖBB today kicked off the to the second phase of construction of the Vienna South intermodal terminal which was built between 2013 and 2016 south of the capital and has become the main national terminal for the transshipment of loads between road and rail. The works, which took place expected to be completed by the end of next year, will allow to increase the annual traffic capacity of the terminal from 380 thousand to 547 thousand TEU containers. With the enlargement, A total of eight tracks of the length of 700 meters for loading and unloading goods and the terminal will be equipped with additional port cranes of which a subsequent conversion to operation is expected automated.