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Travelers generate green railway and bring train to running
Rail & Run: Running bands and spinning bikes for athletes: Inside on board the new Railjet double-decker trains
Win-win-win: Train in the Fitjet, protect the climate and collect preferred points at the same time
(Vienna, April 1, 2025)- Sun, water and wind power get reinforcements: The level of self-supply of the OBB with railway current from renewable energy sources will increase in the future thanks to a revolutionary concept. In all 14 ordered Railjet double-decker trains, there will be treading and spinning bikes in the middle car of the sets in a separate so-called Fitjet area. In this way, sporty passengers can use their travel time for fitness structure - and that is independent of the weather.
Travel driving means climate protection - and now also generate electricity
Every step and every step when traveling by train should not only serve to burn calories, but also deliver kilowatt hours: the state -of -the -art devices convert movement energy into electrical energy in the fitjet, which in turn is fed directly into the rail power network via a battery. If you step into the pedals of the specially designed Free Electric wheels or are on the way on the treadmill, you drift a flywheel that is connected to a generator. In experiments, it has already been shown that an hour cycling is enough to supply a household with energy for 24 hours. The energy quantities actually generated in the Fitjet and fed into the railway system are calculated from the use of passengers in 2026. It is already clear: the saying Trail is called climate protection gets a completely new dimension.
In addition, OBB CEO Andreas Mattha: This pilot pays for our energy strategy: For more independence, we want to increase the level of self-supply in the railway current area from renewable energy sources to 80 %. used.
Each kilometer brings additional preference points
Especially for users: Inside the new OBB preferential bonus program, the sports on board the Railjet double-decker trains will pay off in the future: Per-run kilometers will be credited with five preferred points for the collection account, on the spinning bike there is one point for every rattled kilometer. Due to their use, passengers are not only an active part of the OBB energy strategy and protect the climate, but also benefit in the form of attractive premiums.
