Wiener Stadtwerke Annual Report 2012

available at a charge. Furthermore, the Wiener Lokalbahnen
Group is a Europe-wide operator of rail cargo and a provider
of transport services for the disabled.
External factors
As a result of the Public Finance Act (BBG), the Energy Tax
Rebate Act (EAVG) was amended. While production and
service companies have been able to claim back energy tax
over and above a certain defined threshold of the net
production value since 2002, the intention is for a rebate to
only be possible for companies in the manufacturing sector.
The Public Finance Act makes this subject to the regulation
only being applied in the case of companies for whom the
European Commission has approved state aid. Among others,
the Wiener Linien division and the Wiener Lokalbahnen Group
would lose a considerable amount of their energy tax rebates
as a result of the new legislation. Since 2012, a legal case
disputing the Energy Tax Rebate Act has been ongoing at the
Constitutional Court.
Development of the modal split
MODAL SPLIT
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39% Local public transport
27% Individual motorised
transport
34% Bike / on foot
The share of public passenger transport relative to total
transport in Vienna rose in 2012 from 37 percent to 39 percent.
Besides the high quality of the services offered, the reduced
fares (particularly annual season tickets) available since May
2012 have been key to this success. The City of Vienna is
currently preparing a new urban development plan which also
includes transport. Essentially, the objectives of the old master
plan still apply:
• Increasing the share of public transport to 40 percent
• Reducing the share of individual motorised traffic to
25 percent
• Increaseing the share of journeys by bicycle to
eight percent
KEy PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
passenger numbers
in million
2012 2011 ± ±%
Wiener Linien 907.0 875.0 32.0 3.7
Wiener Lokalbahnen 12.4 12.4 0.0 0.0
Total 919.4 887.4 32.0 3.6
passenger kilometres
transported
Wiener Linien 18,390.3 18,181.1 209.2 1.2
Wiener Lokalbahnen 526.0 521.9 4.1 0.8
Total 18,916.3 18,703.0 213.3 1.1
Passengers
In 2012, Wiener Linien was able to increase passenger
numbers by 3.6 percent compared to the prior year. A total of
907 million passengers were carried on scheduled services.
The increases achieved were mainly due to the change in the
fares for annual and monthly season tickets, but also due to
the popularity of the services offered. A role was also played in
increasing passenger numbers by the introduction of new
parking regulations in autumn 2012 (expansion of chargeable
parking zones).
DEVELOPMENT OF ANNUAL SEASON TICKETS
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
341,030
345,508
355,838
373,000
500,936
The number of annual season ticket holders rose compared to
the prior year by approximately 128,000 (34.3 percent) to
around 501,000. This figure includes around 137,000 annual
season tickets for pensioners.
Passenger kilometres transported
Wiener Linien provided around 18,390.3 million passenger
kilometres transported in 2012. Of these, approximately
15,958.6 million or 86.8 percent related to rail-based means of
transport.
PASSENGER TRANSPORT FLEET
number 2012 2011 ± ±%
Tram drive units WL 516 520 -4 -0.8
of which ULF 245 234 11 4.7
Tram trailer units WL 230 240 -10 -4.2
Total WL trams 746 760 -14 -1.8
Trams of WLB Group 43 43 0 0.0
of which ULF 14 14 0 0.0
Underground units for U6 line 124 124 0 0.0
Underground units for lines
U1 to U4
722 738 -16 -2.2
Total rail-bound units 1,635 1,665 -30 -1.8
Buses (ULF) WL 469 480 -11 -2.3
Buses WLB Group 23 23 0 0.0
of which ULF 16 16 0 0.0
Minibuses (9-seater)
WLB Group
99 124 -25 -20.2
Group coaches WLB 5 6 -1 -16.7
Total vehicle fleet 596 633 -37 -5.8