VIENNA councillor for infrastructure and public services Mrs Ulli Sima joined Wiener Linen CEO Mr Günter Steinbauer and Bombardier Austria CEO Mr Christian Diewald at Bombardier’s Donaustadt plant on October 12 to officially launch production of the new fleet of Flexity low-floor LRVs for the Austrian capital.

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and German Railways (DB) presented their respective overnight train concepts for Germany on October 7, which will come into effect at the timetable change on December 11.

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) announced on September 21 that Bombardier has been selected as preferred bidder for a framework contract to supply up to 300 EMUs.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) revealed its InnoShunt eHybrid shunting locomotive at InnoTrans on September 20.

THE Austrian cities of Linz and Graz both launched extensions of their tram networks on September 12.

THE first of 10 Kiss 2 double-deck EMUs for Austrian long-distance open-access operator Westbahn was moved from Stadler’s plant at Altenrhein in the Swiss canton of St Gallen to the company’s commissioning centre at nearby Erlen on August 12.

AVES One announced on August 22 that it will acquire ERR Rail Rent Vermietungs and 33.3% of the shares in parent company European Rail Rent (ERR).

SWISS intermodal transport provider Hupac showed a 12.3% increase in the volume of traffic it carried in the first half of this year, around 40,000 more road equivalent units than a year ago, and its main service transalpine traffic via Switzerland was up 20.2%.

SIEMENS handed over the first class 4744 Desiro ML EMU for Austro-Hungarian operator Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurth Railway (GySEV) in a ceremony at Wulkaprodersdorf in eastern Austria on July 15.

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has launched a tender for new multifunctional coaches, which include low-floor access and driving trailers, to be used on inter-city and overnight trains.