Austria truck toll rates 2026: GO-Maut per km by axle, Euro class, and CO2 class

For a standard five-axle, Euro VI truck in CO2 class 1, the Austria truck toll rate is 0.5724 EUR per km excluding VAT in 2026, according to the ASFINAG GO-Maut rate table valid from 2026-01-01 . That rate comes from the Mauttarifverordnung 2025 ( BGBl. II Nr. 298/2025 ), published on 2025-12-17, and as of 2026-10-24 no 2027 truck tariff has been published. Below you will find the full 2026 table by axle count, Euro class, and CO2 class, the three parts that make up each rate, two worked route examples, the Brenner day and night difference, and what is known about 2027.

Austria's rate is high next to Germany's. TransConnect puts a 500 km run at 286.20 EUR for a Euro VI heavy goods vehicle (HGV) with four or more axles in CO2 class 1, against about 174 EUR in Germany. If you are comparing several countries, start with our overview of EU road tolls for trucks by country .

What are the Austria truck toll rates per km in 2026?

The benchmark is 57.24 cents per km (0.5724 EUR/km) for a Euro VI truck with four or more axles in CO2 class 1. A normal 40 t tractor-trailer combination with five axles sits in the "4+ axles" column. Every other rate in the 2026 table is a step up or down from that figure.

The table below reproduces the ASFINAG 2026 rates, which match the tariff table published by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) on 2026-01-08. All values are in EUR per km, excluding 20% VAT.

Add 20% VAT and the benchmark becomes about 0.69 EUR/km. Whether you can reclaim that VAT depends on your own tax position, so check with your accountant before you build it into a customer price.

How do axles, Euro class, and CO2 class change the rate?

Axle count has the largest effect. After that, the lever depends on the vehicle: the gap between Euro VI and Euro 0-III is 9.30 cents per km, the gap between CO2 class 1 and class 4 is 6.33 cents per km, and a zero-emission truck gains the most of all. Moving from two axles to four or more roughly doubles the rate: 0.2774 EUR/km against 0.5724 EUR/km for a Euro VI truck in CO2 class 1.

Axle count

The table has three columns: two axles, three axles, and four or more. A five-axle semi-trailer combination pays the 4+ rate, so for most long-distance full truckload (FTL) work the right-hand column is the one to use. A two-axle rigid used for urban distribution pays less than half of it.

Euro class

Euro class affects only the small air and noise part of the price. Within CO2 class 1, a Euro 0-III truck pays 0.6654 EUR/km against 0.5724 EUR/km for Euro VI, a difference of 9.30 cents per km or about 16%. Euro V and EEV (enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle) trucks sit in between at 0.6024 EUR/km.

CO2 class

For a Euro VI truck, CO2 class is the only lever left, because its Euro class already carries the lowest air and noise charge. Class 1 applies to trucks first registered before 2019-07-01 and to buses, while zero-emission and hydrogen vehicles fall into class 5. Euro VI trucks that claim class 2, 3, or 4 must send documents to ASFINAG for classification, according to WKO.

For a 4+ axle Euro VI truck, class 4 costs 50.91 cents per km against 57.24 cents in class 1. That is a saving of 6.33 cents per km, or about 11% (our calculation from the table). A zero-emission truck pays 0.1189 EUR/km, which is about 21% of the class 1 rate. Because the class can move your rate by that much, confirm with ASFINAG which class is assigned to each vehicle before you price a lane.

What is inside the per-km price?

Each rate is the sum of three components set in the regulation: an infrastructure charge, an air and noise charge, and a CO2 charge. The Mauttarifverordnung 2025 lists them separately, and they add up exactly to the figures in the rate table.

The values below are for vehicles with four or more axles, in cents per km, excluding VAT. The regulation gives separate values for two and three axles.

The benchmark truck therefore pays 45.91 + 1.00 + 10.33 = 57.24 cents per km. The same method reproduces the other published rates: class 2 gives 56.57, class 3 gives 56.25, and class 4 gives 50.91. A zero-emission truck pays 11.49 + 0.40 + 0.00 = 11.89 cents. Its infrastructure rate is about a quarter of the standard one, which is consistent with the 75% zero-emission discount that Trasportoeuropa reports will stay in place until 2030 .

Infrastructure makes up about 80% of the benchmark rate (45.91 of 57.24 cents). The air, noise, and CO2 charges together add 11.33 cents. That split explains why axle count moves the price so much: the infrastructure charge scales with axles, while the external-cost parts are small by comparison.

What changed for 2026

The base infrastructure rates did not rise for 2026. Salzburg24 reported on 2025-12-17 that the one-off inflation adjustment was waived and that the new external-cost components add about 42 million EUR in burden for hauliers. Trasportoeuropa estimated an overall increase of 10% to 13% depending on emission class. Treat that range as a press estimate, since it depends on the 2025 baseline each carrier compares against.

How much does a 40 t truck pay from Vienna to Salzburg?

On the A1 from Vienna to Salzburg, a five-axle Euro VI truck in CO2 class 1 pays about 169 EUR excluding VAT in 2026. This is an illustrative calculation that assumes a billed distance of about 295 km, which we have not verified against an official route measurement.

For the class 1 Euro VI truck, 295 km x 0.5724 EUR/km comes to about 168.9 EUR, or about 202.6 EUR including 20% VAT. A class 4 truck saves about 18.7 EUR on the same trip. Over 100 trips a year, that is about 1,870 EUR, which makes the CO2 classification paperwork worth checking on a fixed lane.

Compare this with Germany before you quote a cross-border tender. Our Germany truck toll rate per km guide sets out the German side, and the TransConnect comparison cited above shows the Austrian base rate at 1.6 to 1.9 times the German range.

What does the Brenner stretch cost, day and night?

The Kufstein to Brenner run costs a class 1 Euro VI truck roughly 103 EUR to 108 EUR excluding VAT by day, and roughly double the A13 part if that section is driven at night. Treat every figure in this section as an estimate and confirm it with the toll calculator on the ASFINAG GO-Maut site before you quote.

Two separate mechanisms apply on this corridor. On the A12 between Kufstein and Innsbruck/Amras, the per-km rate carries a surcharge of up to 25% that funds the Brenner Base Tunnel, as described by WKO. On the A13 Brenner motorway, a special section tariff replaces the per-km logic with a per-trip price, and the night rate from 22:00 to 05:00 is roughly double the day rate, according to the regulation.

Worked example: Kufstein to the Brenner border

Assume about 70 km between Kufstein and Amras (an unverified, illustrative distance). The two readings of the surcharge give slightly different results:

• Surcharge on the whole rate: 0.5724 x 1.25 = 0.7155 EUR/km, so about 50.1 EUR.
• Surcharge on the infrastructure part only: 0.6872 EUR/km, so about 48.1 EUR.

The regulation text reads as applying the surcharge to the infrastructure tariff, while go-maut.at and WKO describe it as up to 25% on the basic kilometre rate. That is why this guide says "up to 25%". The gap is about 2 EUR over 70 km.

For the A13 from Amras to the border, about 35 km, impargo's 2025 example for a CO2 class 4 truck gave about 55.38 EUR by day and about 108.05 EUR at night. That article was published on 2025-09-30, before the final regulation, so read those numbers as "about". Our estimate for a class 1 truck by day is 55 EUR to 58 EUR. Adding the A12 stretch gives the 103 EUR to 108 EUR total above, and the night rate roughly doubles the A13 part of that total.

The practical lesson is timing. Night values on the A13 are roughly twice the day values between 22:00 and 05:00, so a passage just before or just after 22:00 can change the bill sharply. We have not confirmed which moment of the passage sets the rate, so check it with ASFINAG before you plan a Brenner crossing around 22:00, and check the Brenner truck bans coverage for the separate transit restrictions that also shape departure times on this corridor.

Which other sections have their own tariff?

Several mountain and tunnel sections carry separate per-trip tariffs: the A9 at Gleinalm and Bosruck, the A10 at Tauern and Katschberg, the A11 Karawanken tunnel, the A13 Brenner, and the S16 Arlberg. The go-maut.at rates page points to a separate document for the amounts. We do not quote section prices here because they are not part of the per-km table, so use the ASFINAG calculator for any route that crosses one of them.

Will Austria truck toll rates change in 2027?

No 2027 truck tariff had been published as of 2026-10-24, so the 2026 rates remain the current ones. Neither go-maut.at nor WKO carries any 2027 content, and we found no draft regulation. We do not forecast a percentage change.

Austria sets the tariff by regulation, and each year's regulation replaces the last: the Mauttarifverordnung 2024 (BGBl. II 410/2024) was repealed when the 2025 version took over. The 2026 regulation was published on 2025-12-17, only 15 days before it took effect. If the timing repeats, the 2027 figures could land in the last two weeks of December, so build lead time into January quotes.

One open question is indexation. Salzburg24 described the 2026 inflation waiver as a one-off, which suggests that normal adjustment could return, but we could not confirm the 2027 legal position from a primary source. Until the regulation appears in the Austrian legal database, the sensible approach is to quote 2027 contracts with the toll as a separate pass-through line that follows the published ASFINAG tariff.

One 2027 change is reported for private traffic: according to Trasportoeuropa, only the digital vignette will be sold for passenger cars from 2027, while trucks continue to use the GO-Box. Other countries are changing their truck tolls in 2027, and our overview of EU truck toll changes in 2027 covers them.

How do you pay the toll, and what happens if you do not?

Trucks pay Austrian tolls electronically through the GO-Box or a contracted EETS on-board unit. EETS is the European Electronic Toll Service, which lets one provider contract cover tolls in several countries.

GO-Box, pre-pay, and post-pay

The GO-Box costs a minimum payment of 162.00 EUR: a 150 EUR credit plus a 12 EUR system fee. On return the credit is refunded and the 12 EUR is kept. The credit is valid for two years, and there are over 200 sales points, according to WKO.

With pre-pay, you top up between 150 EUR and 750 EUR at a point of sale. With post-pay, you register with ASFINAG and settle by credit card, fuel card, or direct billing.

EETS in Austria

ASFINAG publishes a list of contracted EETS providers. We have not reproduced that list here because it changes, so check it before you rely on a box issued in another country. Our EETS guide for HGVs explains how the service works across borders.

Penalties for toll evasion

Driving without valid toll payment can lead to an Ersatzmaut (substitute toll) of 200 EUR or 270 EUR depending on the offence. Otherwise, an administrative penalty of 300 EUR to 3,000 EUR applies. Enforcement can also include a security deposit, removal of the vehicle key, or a wheel clamp, according to WKO. Check the box status and credit before every Austrian crossing.

Frequently asked questions

How much is the truck toll in Austria per km?

For a Euro VI truck with four or more axles in CO2 class 1, the toll is 0.5724 EUR per km excluding VAT in 2026. Across the full table, rates run from 0.0587 EUR/km (two axles, zero emission) to 0.6654 EUR/km (four or more axles, Euro 0-III, class 1), per the ASFINAG rate table.

Do trucks need a GO-Box in Austria?

Yes. Trucks pay the distance-based toll electronically, with a GO-Box or a contracted EETS on-board unit. You can fund the GO-Box through pre-pay credit or a post-pay account registered with ASFINAG.

What is the Austrian toll for a 5-axle truck?

A five-axle truck falls into the 4+ axles column. In 2026 it pays 0.5724 EUR/km for Euro VI in CO2 class 1, 0.5091 EUR/km for Euro VI in class 4, and 0.1189 EUR/km if it is zero emission. All figures exclude 20% VAT.

What are the CO2 classes for Austrian truck toll?

There are five. Class 1 covers trucks first registered before 2019-07-01 and buses, and class 5 covers zero-emission and hydrogen vehicles. Euro VI trucks in classes 2 to 4 are classified by ASFINAG on submitted documents, so ask ASFINAG which class applies to your vehicle.

Why is the Brenner motorway toll more expensive at night?

The regulation sets the A13 night values at roughly twice the day values, and the night rate applies from 22:00 to 05:00. For a class 4 example truck, impargo's pre-regulation figures were about 55.38 EUR by day and 108.05 EUR at night on the stretch from Amras to the border. Plan the A13 passage before 22:00 or after 05:00 to avoid the doubling.

Can I use an EETS box in Austria?

Yes, if your provider holds a contract with ASFINAG. ASFINAG publishes the list of contracted EETS providers, so check the current list before departure rather than relying on an older approval.

How much is the GO-Box deposit?

The minimum payment is 162.00 EUR, made up of 150 EUR credit and a 12 EUR system fee. The credit is refunded when you return the box, the fee is not, and the credit stays valid for two years.

What is the fine for driving without a GO-Box in Austria?

An Ersatzmaut of 200 EUR or 270 EUR applies depending on the offence. A stricter case can bring an administrative penalty of 300 EUR to 3,000 EUR, plus a security deposit, key removal, or a wheel clamp, per WKO.

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