Parcel Delivery with the Tram: Trial Operation for "Public Transport Parcel" Started in Vienna

On Monday, Wiener Linien started the test phase of package transport by tram passengers. 150 people signed up for the eight-week trial operation. The test area for the "Öffi-Packerl" project is located in Vienna-Donaustadt. Special package boxes have been installed at the tram stops Donauspital and Konstanziagasse (line 25) as well as at the Hausfeldstraße stop (line 26). A package box will follow at the Kagran stop in the middle of the week.

Vienna tram passengers deliver packages

The test participants conduct route queries in a specially developed app. If there is a package in the system that needs to be transported along the same route, the package transport can be accepted. Using a QR code, passengers can take over the packages at the package boxes and drop them off again after the ride. Recipients then pick up their shipment there.

The packages must be no longer than 50 centimeters and weigh no more than five kilos. Since 2021, preliminary work has been underway for the project led by the research company Fraunhofer Austria, which, according to Wiener Linien, offers a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative amid a rising number of ordered packages.

(APA/Red)

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