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February 15, 2021 | Financial

ÖBB and Westbahn secure government subsidy extension

Extra funding will support half-hourly Vienna - Salzburg services until April 7.

February 10, 2021 | Financial

Westbahn pleads for extension to Vienna - Salzburg emergency provision

Westbahn set to reduce service by more than 50% on February 16 unless additional government financial support is confirmed.

February 10, 2021 | Fleet

ÖBB replaces tender for 100 EMUs with smaller 46-train order

Alstom had protested that delivery terms for the original tender would prevent competition.

February 9, 2021 | Europe

Snälltåget delays launch of international overnight services

Stockholm - Berlin will start on May 5; Sweden - Austria service postponed until 2022.

January 25, 2021 | Metros

Wiener Linien awards contract for U-Bahn extensions

VIENNA public transport authority Wiener Linien has awarded a €242m contract for the construction of two packages to extend lines U2 and U5 to a consortium of Hochtief Infrastructure Austria, Swietelsky, and Habau Hoch und Tiefbau.

December 22, 2020 | News

Salzburg approves funding agreement for Mirabellplatz LRT extension

SALZBURG City Council has approved a funding agreement between the city and federal and state and governments, to support the 750m-long Mirabellplatz extension of the Salzburg Local Railway (SLB).

December 14, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB launches tender for 100 single-deck EMUs

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has published a tender for up to 100 single-deck EMUs.

December 5, 2020 | Technology

IRJ In-Brief – Tech: Onboard 5G trials show promise; ÖBB’s first digital interlocking; Trainfo introduces level crossing safety app

Sweden: Icomera, the Gothenburg-based subsidiary of Engie Solutions, has conducted a successful trial of its X5 four-radio modem 5G-enabled router on an X2000 train on the Stockholm - Gothenburg line.

December 3, 2020 | Fleet

ÖBB completes three month iLint hydrogen test

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has completed three months of testing with Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train on four regional lines in Lower Austria, Vienna and eastern Styria.

November 26, 2020 | Policy

EC approves Austrian Covid relief measures for operators

THE European Commission has approved two Austrian government measures to support the rail freight sector and another to support passenger operators impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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