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Erwin Reidinger

October 24, 2019 | Freight

Westbahn owners launch rail freight operator

TWO of the founders of Austrian open-access passenger operator Westbahn, Mr Hans-Peter Haselsteiner and Dr Erhard Grossnigg, launched a new rail freight traction company called Frachtbahn Traktion on October 24.

October 18, 2019 | Fleet

Austrian Federal Railways to hire sleeping cars

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced it intends to hire sleeping and couchette cars for its Nightjet overnight services.

October 7, 2019 | Main line

ÖBB to launch Vienna - Brussels Nightjet service

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced plans to introduce a new Vienna - Brussels Nightjet service from January 2020.

October 4, 2019 | News

Austria advances 1520mm-gauge to Vienna project

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the Federal Ministry of Transport have launched a procedure to include the Austrian section of the proposed 1520mm-gauge line from Russia and Ukraine to Slovakia and Vienna in the legislation for high performance railway lines, the legal basis to conduct a detailed assessment of possible alignments for the project and to secure necessary funding.

September 23, 2019 | Policy

Austrian parliament approves signing of PSO contracts with ÖBB

AUSTRIA’s parliament has given the country’s interim government permission to directly award public service obligation (PSO) contracts worth a total of €11bn to Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).

September 10, 2019 | Europe

Tram-trains proposed for Austria’s Montafon valley

AUSTRIA’s 12.7km Montafon valley line could be converted to a tram-train line and doubled in length following the recommendations of a recently-completed feasibility study.

July 25, 2019 | Locomotives

ÖBB to rebuild electric locomotives with last-mile batteries

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has issued a tender for a contract to supply the equipment necessary to rebuild its Class 1063 and 1064 single-cab electric shunting locomotives as battery-electrics.

July 24, 2019 | Fleet

ÖBB to trial hydrogen trains

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has published a tender for a 12-month hire contract for two hydrogen fuel cell multiple units.

July 22, 2019 | Fleet

Westbahn sells Stadler EMUs to DB and cuts services

AUSTRIAN open access operator Westbahn has announced it is selling its fleet of seven Kiss and 10 Kiss2 double-deck EMUs to German Rail (DB), which it will replace with 15 new six-car Kiss3 sets from Stadler.

July 3, 2019 | Europe

Austrian provinces to upgrade regional lines

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the provincial governments of Lower and Upper Austria have signed agreements to invest nearly €1bn in the modernisation and electrification of regional lines.

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