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September 21, 2023 | Fleet

Wiener Linien orders 10 additional metro trains from Siemens

The new X-car metro fleet for Vienna will now total 44 trains.

September 7, 2023 | Main line

DB and ÖBB to expand cross-border services to cope with rising demand

Additional services and new trains will be introduced between Germany and Austria in December.

July 24, 2023 | Fleet

ÖBB awards Stadler €1.3bn framework contract for 120 battery trains

The trains will operate in the east of Austria.

June 20, 2023 | Infrastructure

First passenger train through Austria’s Koralm tunnel

33km tunnel forms part of 130km Koralm railway from Graz to Klagenfurt.

June 19, 2023 | Fleet

Wiener Linien X-Wagen metro trains begin operation

The fleet was ordered from Siemens in 2017.

May 9, 2023 | Freight

ÖBB and UZ introduce Vienna - Kyiv intermodal service

First regular, high-frequency service to Ukraine.

April 26, 2023 | Rolling stock

IRJ News in brief - Fleet

VR Fleet Care to refurbish SJ X40 fleet, Leclanché supplies batteries to Končar, and Siemens Vectron approved to operate throughout Scandinavian Corridor.

March 31, 2023 | Infrastructure

Brenner Base Tunnel project celebrates major breakthrough

TBM Virginia has excavated 14km of tunnel on the Mules 2-3 section of the project in less than four years.

March 27, 2023 | Passenger

IRJ news in brief - Transit

Chennai CBTC contract for Hitachi, Oslo tunnel contract for Implena, and new light rail lines inaugurated in Turkey, Poland and Austria.

March 23, 2023 | Main line

Bavaria and Tyrol tender Werdenfels 2028+ operating contract

The 12-year contract covers the operation of 4.3 million train-km a year.

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