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Erwin Reidinger
October 24, 2019
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Freight
Westbahn owners launch rail freight operator
TWO of the founders of Austrian open-access passenger operator Westbahn, Mr Hans-Peter Haselsteiner and Dr Erhard Grossnigg, launched a new rail freight traction company called Frachtbahn Traktion on October 24.
October 18, 2019
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Fleet
Austrian Federal Railways to hire sleeping cars
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced it intends to hire sleeping and couchette cars for its Nightjet overnight services.
October 7, 2019
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Main line
ÖBB to launch Vienna - Brussels Nightjet service
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has announced plans to introduce a new Vienna - Brussels Nightjet service from January 2020.
October 4, 2019
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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
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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 10, 2019
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Europe
Tram-trains proposed for Austria’s Montafon valley
AUSTRIA’s 12.7km Montafon valley line could be converted to a tram-train line and doubled in length following the recommendations of a recently-completed feasibility study.
July 25, 2019
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Locomotives
ÖBB to rebuild electric locomotives with last-mile batteries
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has issued a tender for a contract to supply the equipment necessary to rebuild its Class 1063 and 1064 single-cab electric shunting locomotives as battery-electrics.
July 24, 2019
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Fleet
ÖBB to trial hydrogen trains
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has published a tender for a 12-month hire contract for two hydrogen fuel cell multiple units.
July 22, 2019
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Fleet
Westbahn sells Stadler EMUs to DB and cuts services
AUSTRIAN open access operator Westbahn has announced it is selling its fleet of seven Kiss and 10 Kiss2 double-deck EMUs to German Rail (DB), which it will replace with 15 new six-car Kiss3 sets from Stadler.
July 3, 2019
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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.
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