THE first of 119 Flexity low-floor LRVs for Vienna public transport operator Wiener Linien was revealed at Bombardier’s Donaustadt plant on October 11.
STYRIAN Local Railways (StLB) is planning to expand its Graz South intermodal terminal, which is located near Kalsdorf in southern Austria, to increase handling capacity.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has presented a second class 1063 prototype last mile locomotive, which has been fitted with batteries and a hydrogen power generator, at its workshop in Linz.
WIENER Linien has awarded Siemens a contract to supply 34 driverless metro trains for Vienna’s U-Bahn network.
AUSTRIAN open-access operator Westbahn has released the new timetable for its Vienna - Salzburg service which will enter operation at the timetable change on December 10 2017.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has commenced construction of the new West Styria station, which is situated east of the Koralm tunnel in Groß Sainkt Florian, southern Austria.
VIENNA celebrated the opening of a 4.6km extension of U-Bahn Line U1 on September 2 when a host of local dignitaries riding on the first train from Reumannplatz to the line’s new southern terminus at Oberlaa.
WITH construction of the new Koralm Line from Graz to Klagenfurt now in full swing between Werndorf and Klagenfurt, it has now been decided to start construction of a new 19km line between Graz and Werndorf in 2019.
AUSTRIA’s railway network carried a total of 288.8 million passengers in 2016, an increase of 6.4 million from 2015, according to figures released by Austrian rail regulator Schienen-Control in its annual report.
AUSTRIAN open-access operator Westbahn began serving Vienna Main Station on June 14 after gaining certification for its new fleet of Stadler Kiss 2 EMUs.
