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November 26, 2019 | Main line

National railways partner to improve Swiss connections

THE national operators in Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria and Italy have announced plans to further cooperate on international long-distance services into and through Switzerland, starting from the December timetable change.

November 18, 2019 | Fleet

Austrian Federal Railways seeks more EMUs

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced plans to procure new single-deck EMUs.

November 13, 2019 | Fleet

ÖBB to rent class 4746 Desiros to ODEG

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) will rent six class 4746 Desiro ML EMUs to East German Railway Company (ODEG) until March 2020, it has been confirmed.

November 11, 2019 | Main line

Austrian court rules in favour of lower access charges

AUSTRIA’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the Austrian rail regulator Schienen-Control must revise its approval of ÖBB Infrastructure’s track access charges for 2011-2017.

October 24, 2019 | Main line

Additional long-distance and regional services for ÖBB in 2020

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced the details of its 2020 timetable, due to come into operation on December 15, which will offer new connections within Austria and internationally.

October 15, 2019 | Main line

Nightjet passenger traffic up 10%, says ÖBB’s CEO

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways’ (ÖBB) CEO, Mr Andreas Matthä, says Nightjet overnight passenger traffic is growing strongly this year with further growth expected in 2020.

October 4, 2019 | Main line

ÖBB PSO contracts reduced to 10 years

AUSTRIA’s Federal Administrative Court (BvWG) has approved the reduction of a 15-year direct-award contract to operate long-distance, regional and local services in the east of the country, which was awarded to Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB) last December, to 10 years.

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 17, 2019 | Locomotives

Rail Cargo Hungary and CRRC Zhuzhou to develop hybrid locomotives

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (OBB) subsidiary Rail Cargo Hungary (RCH) has awarded CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive (CRRC ZELC) a contract to develop electro-hybrid locomotives optimised for freight transport in Europe.

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