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September 22, 2020 | Infrastructure

ÖBB starts construction of key Koralm railway section

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has commenced construction of the Feldkirchen - Weitendorf section of the Koralm railway, linking Graz with Klagenfurt via the Koralm tunnel.

September 11, 2020 | Main line

ÖBB launches passenger trials with hydrogen train

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) launched a hydrogen train into passenger service for the first time on September 11 as it embarks on a 10-week trial with an Alstom Coradia iLint two-car multiple unit.

August 31, 2020 | Fleet

New RoLa sleeping cars for ÖBB?

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has launched a market survey for a possible procurement of sleeping coaches for rolling road (RoLa) piggyback freight services.

August 24, 2020 | Europe

ÖBB to invest €40m in Vienna Simmering Nightjet depot

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) will invest €40m to upgrade its Vienna Simmering depot to accommodate the operator’s expanding fleet of Nightjet trains.

August 17, 2020 | Europe

ÖBB tenders for 96 maintenance vehicles

ÖBB Infrastructure subsidiary Rail Equipment has published a tender for the supply of up to 96 infrastructure maintenance vehicles.

August 11, 2020 | Policy

Austria proposes cut in access charges to boost rail freight

THE Austrian Ministry of Transport has announced that infrastructure access charges will be cut to support rail freight flows which are suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

August 7, 2020 | Fleet

Tender for 504 LRVs worth €4bn launched

SIX German and Austrian urban transport operators have issued a combined tender worth up to €4bn for 504 LRVs for tram-train operation, with a goal of saving up to €1m on each vehicle.

July 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Contractors celebrate Brenner exploratory tunnel breakthrough

THE Brenner Base Tunnel project has reached a critical new stage after workers successfully bored through a 16.7km exploratory tunnel between the Tulfes-Pfons and Pfons-Brenner construction lots.

July 3, 2020 | Main line

Salzburg - Vienna flights cancelled in favour of rail

AUSTRIAN Airlines will cancel its flights between Salzburg and Vienna from July 20, instead partnering with Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) to increase the number of RailJet services designated as AIRail services between Salzburg Main Station and Vienna Airport from three to 31.

June 19, 2020 | Infrastructure

Tunnelling completed on Austria’s 33km Koralm tunnel

ÖBB Infrastructure completed tunnelling of the €5.4bn 32.9km Koralm tunnel on June 17, 18 years after the first exploratory tunnels were bored.

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