InnoTrans

InnoTrans
InnoTrans 2018
Status	Active
Genre	Rail transport
Venue	Messe Berlin
Location(s)	Berlin
Country	Germany
Inaugurated	1996
Attendance	106,612 in 2010[1]
Organized by	Messe Berlin
Website	www.innotrans.de

InnoTrans is the world's largest trade fair focused on the rail transport industry.^[2] It is held every two years at the Messe Berlin exhibition centre, which has outdoor standard gauge railway sidings which can be used to exhibit railway vehicles.^[3] During the weekend after the trade show the public can visit the rolling stock on display.

History[]

InnoTrans has grown steadily in area and exhibitor numbers since it moved to Berlin in 1996.^[2] For the 2010 fair, organiser Messe Berlin Ltd announced an increase to 2,000 exhibitors from 44 countries, which covered the whole area of the exhibition centre for the first time.^[4]

A spin-off supplementary exhibition "Public Transport Interiors" aimed at the mass transit sector was planned, but the first event announced for 2011 was postponed until a later time. InnoTrans 2012 was instead the first to include a separate "Public Transport and Interiors Hall Forum", with a series of multimedia presentations on new design options in the industry.^[5][6]

InnoTrans trade fairs[]

2020

• Was to be 22 to 25 September 2020 in Berlin,^[7] but moved to 27 to 30 April 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic,^[8] and was moved again to 2022.^[9]

2018

• 18 to 21 September 2018 in Berlin^[10]
• 3062 exhibitors from 61 countries^[11]

2016

• 20 to 23 September 2016 in Berlin (weekend public opening 24/25).
• Conference Corner where exhibitors, associations and transport companies can hold lectures and present papers.^[12]
• 2955 exhibitors from 60 countries.^[13]
• The summer-garden yard is opened to display electric buses and to allow a round driving course.^[14]
• For the first time all of the 41 exhibition halls of the fair ground are used which encompasses about 200.000 square meter, including 3500 meter of standard gauge track^[15]

2014

• 23 to 26 September 2014 in Berlin (weekend public opening 27/28)
• More than 2700 exhibitors from 51 countries.^[16] An InnoTrans Daily newspaper will be produced by Railway Gazette International^[17]
• Messe Berlin has constructed a further exhibition hall called the CityCube Berlin.^[16]
• in addition to the general ten standard gauge tracks a Special Gauge Display allows to show broad gauge and narrow gauge vehicles.^[18]
• List of rolling stock on show.^[19]

2012

• 18 to 21 September 2012 in Berlin (weekend public opening 22/23)
• InnoTrans still grows – 2450 exhibitors from 47 countries were expected at InnoTrans 2012, which had five main segments: Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Tunnel Construction, Interiors and Public Transport.^[20] More than 110,000 trade visitors are expected.^[21] An InnoTrans Daily newspaper will be produced by Railway Gazette International.^[21]
• List of rolling stock on show.^[22]

2010

• 21 to 24 September 2010 in Berlin (weekend public opening 25/26)
• 2,242 exhibitors from 45 countries^[23]
• 106,612 trade visitors from 110 countries^[1][23][24]
• 81,000 square meters of exhibitions booths and 3,500 metres of railway track
• 121 vehicles on show^[23][25]

2008

• 23 to 28 September in Berlin
• 1,912 exhibitors from 41 countries
• 80,000 trade visitors from 100 countries
• 150,000 square meters of exhibition area and 3,500 metres of railway track^[2]
• 91 vehicles on show. Contracts signed worth about €2 billion

2006

• 19 to 22 September in Berlin
• 1,606 exhibitors from 41 countries (50% from outside Germany)
• 64,422 trade visitors from 90 countries (40% of the visitors)
• 25,000 private visitors on the weekend public opening
• 50,591 square meters of exhibition area (1,868 metres of railway tracks)

2004

• 21 to 24 September in Berlin
• 1,369 exhibitors from 35 countries
• 44,968 trade visitors (14 300 from outside Germany; 21 000 private visitors on the weekend public opening)
• 40,468 square meters of exhibition area (1,868 metres of railway tracks)

2002

• 24 to 27 September in Berlin
• 1,045 exhibitors from 30 countries
• 35,686 trade visitors (9,385 from outside Germany 30,000 private visitors on the weekend public opening)
• 29,469 square meters of exhibition area

2000

• 12 to 15 September in Berlin
• 826 exhibitors (268 from outside Germany)
• 23,909 trade visitors (4.662 from outside Germany)
• 22,179 square meters of exhibition area

1998

• 28 to 30 October in Berlin
• 403 exhibitors (100 from outside Germany)
• 13,164 trade visitors (3,278 from outside Germany)
• 10,534 square meters of exhibition area

1996

• 15 to 20 October in Berlin
• 172 exhibitors (21 from outside Germany)
• 6,376 trade visitors (829 from outside Germany)
• 4,524 square meters of exhibition area

References[]

Website[]

• Media related to InnoTrans at Wikimedia Commons
• InnoTrans website