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August 28, 2019 | Fleet

ÖBB battery-electric train to carry passengers next month

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) confirmed on August 24 that its prototype Siemens Desiro ML battery-electric multiple unit will be tested in passenger service next month.

August 19, 2019 | Main line

SBB and ÖBB to expand Nightjet services

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) and Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have announced plans to expand passenger services linking their two countries as well Nightjet services linking Switzerland with Germany.

July 25, 2019 | Europe

AllRail: European liberalisation in jeopardy after WestBahn decline

THE Alliance of Passenger Rail New Entrants (AllRail) has warned there are serious risks to rail liberalisation in Europe after open-access operator WestBahn announced plans to scale back its operations by half.

July 18, 2019 | Europe

Subsidies could harm overnight train revival, AllRail warns

AS European operators signal their intention to increase the availability of overnight inter-city trains, the European alliance of new rail entrants, AllRail, has called on governments not to directly subsidise the services - a move which it says would create an uneven playing field.

July 3, 2019 | Europe

Austrian provinces to upgrade regional lines

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the provincial governments of Lower and Upper Austria have signed agreements to invest nearly €1bn in the modernisation and electrification of regional lines.

May 31, 2019 | Main line

SBB considers reintroducing night trains

SWISS Federal Railways (SBB) is thinking of reintroducing overnight sleeper trains due to increasing environmental concerns and political pressure, according to a report by Swiss broadcasting company SFR.

May 16, 2019 | Fleet

ÖBB issues double deck EMU tender

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has published a tender for up to 95 double-deck EMUs, split into three versions - up to 60 at 160m in length, up to 30 at 105m and up to five at 135m.

April 30, 2019 | Financial

ÖBB reports drop in earnings as freight competition intensifies

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) reported its annual results for 2018 with earnings before tax (EBT) of €151m, down 14% from €176m in 2017.

April 18, 2019 | Fleet

MÁV-Start awards contract for Talent EMU overhaul

MÁV-Start, the passenger and traction subsidiary of Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) has signed a two-year contract with Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Hungarian rolling stock maintenance and manufacturing company MÁV Vagon for the mid-life overhaul of its fleet of 10 class 425 Talent EMUs.

April 15, 2019 | Fleet

Siemens battery EMU demonstrated in Austria

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Siemens demonstrated the operation of the prototype Desiro ML battery-electric multiple unit on April 12 in connection with a congress on regional public transport in Wiener Neustadt.

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