ECONSULT together with its project partners received the Clusterland Appreciation Award 2013 for the project "Regional Logistics Feeder Line Traisental". The project was the winner in the category "Most successful co-operation project" The prize which was awarded for the 5th time this year is donated from the Raiffeisen banking group together with ecoplus, The Business Agency of Lower Austria. With awarding extraordinary ideas and projects Lower Austrian companies shall be motivated to cooperate which will help them strengthen their competitiveness.

The project started when plans arised to close down the 17 km of the rail line between Freiland and St. Aegyd am Neuwalde. This would have forced the regional companies to shift their transports from rail to road which would have caused 4,000 additional truck tours resp. 1,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.

The problem is the development of an alternative model for the operating and the operator of the line. Comprehensive activities of analysis, planning, coordination and motivation were necessary. Questions of transport, its quantities, frequencies and cost as well as alternative considerations have been analysed, compared and adjusted. For many companies involved it was the first time that they analysed their data this way.

At April 1, 2012 a regional operating company started to operate the line. Econsult was involved into the project from generating the idea to its realization.

Further information on Clusterland Award 2013 (German only)