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ÖBB Launches Nationwide Spring Clean of Stations With 555 Staff

The campaign leans on eco-friendlier products to reduce the impact of the annual deep clean.

Overview

  • ÖBB has begun its annual station cleanup to remove winter grit, dust, and graffiti and to refresh clocks and passenger information boards.
  • The teams have already cleaned floor space equal to 20 football fields, highlighting the scale of the work.
  • About 555 cleaners are deployed across Austria, including around 20 working in the state of Vorarlberg.
  • In Vorarlberg, crews are tackling 146,104 square meters of floors and 11,867 square meters of glass within a national plan covering 2,899,090 square meters of floors.
  • ÖBB says it is switching to gentler cleaning agents and using new trolleys made with recycled materials to cut waste.