InnoTrans


InnoTrans is the world's largest trade fair focused on the rail transport industry. 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. Until 2016, there were public days at the weekend to view rolling stock on display, which were accompanied by an entertainment programme. These public days have not been held since InnoTrans 2018, officially due to a lack of space and insufficient logistical options.

History

InnoTrans has grown steadily in area and exhibitor numbers since it moved to Berlin in 1996. 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.
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.

InnoTrans trade fairs

2026
2024
  • 24 to 27 September 2024 in Berlin
  • 2,946 exhibitors from 59 countries
  • 170,000 visitors from 128 countries
2022
  • 20 to 23 September 2022 in Berlin
2020
2018
  • 18 to 21 September 2018 in Berlin
  • 3062 exhibitors from 61 countries
2016
  • 20 to 23 September 2016 in Berlin.
  • Conference Corner where exhibitors, associations and transport companies can hold lectures and present papers.
  • 2955 exhibitors from 60 countries.
  • The summer-garden yard is opened to display electric buses and to allow a round driving course.
  • For the first time all of the 41 exhibition halls of the fair ground are used, which encompasses about, including of standard gauge track
2014
2012
2010
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
  • 91 vehicles on show. Contracts signed worth about €2 billion
2006
  • 19 to 22 September in Berlin
  • 1,606 exhibitors from 41 countries
  • 64,422 trade visitors from 90 countries
  • 25,000 private visitors on the weekend public opening
  • 50,591 square meters of exhibition area
2004
  • 21 to 24 September in Berlin
  • 1,369 exhibitors from 35 countries
  • 44,968 trade visitors
  • 40,468 square meters of exhibition area
2002
  • 24 to 27 September in Berlin
  • 1,045 exhibitors from 30 countries
  • 35,686 trade visitors
  • 29,469 square meters of exhibition area
2000
  • 12 to 15 September in Berlin
  • 826 exhibitors
  • 23,909 trade visitors
  • 22,179 square meters of exhibition area
1998
  • 28 to 30 October in Berlin
  • 403 exhibitors
  • 13,164 trade visitors
  • 10,534 square meters of exhibition area
1996
  • 15 to 20 October in Berlin
  • 172 exhibitors
  • 6,376 trade visitors
  • 4,524 square meters of exhibition area

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