AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has signed a contract with the European Investment Bank (EIB) worth €1.8bn to finance projects included in its plans to modernise the Southern Route between Vienna and Graz by 2026.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has signed a 10-year framework agreement with Nomad Digital to provide passenger information solutions for the majority of its fleet of trains and Postbuses.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has launched an international tender for a contract to supply up to 200 electric freight locomotives.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) railfreight subsidiary Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) announced on September 23 that it has acquired German railfreight operator EBM Cargo as part of its strategy to expand its activities in Germany and the Benelux countries.
AUSTRIAN open-access operator Westbahn has announced it will introduce additional Friday, Saturday and Sunday peak services between Vienna and Linz from October 2 to accommodate rising demand.
FREIGHT traffic on Austria's rail network reached record levels last year while passenger numbers also saw a slight increase, according to figures released as part of rail regulator Schienen-Control's annual report.
AUSTRIAN open-access operator Westbahn will purchase 10 additional Kiss EMUs from Stadler in a €180m deal announced by Mr Peter Haselsteiner, director of Rail Holding, Westbahn's parent company.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) CEO Mr Christian Kern and CFO Mr Josef Halbmayr presented the company's annual results at Vienna's new Main Station on April 17, revealing that the railway maintained its recent strong financial performance in 2014.
AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) has finalised the details of a project to quadruple the Linz - Wels section of the Vienna – Salzburg line.
SIEMENS has rolled out the first Desiro ML train for Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) which has branded the EMU fleet Cityjet.