Protecting railway tracks against the threat of mother nature
Focusing on mountainous routes of Upper Austria, ÖBB has invested €4.3 million in the protection of railway lines from rock fall and avalanches.
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Focusing on mountainous routes of Upper Austria, ÖBB has invested €4.3 million in the protection of railway lines from rock fall and avalanches.
ÖBB and Siemens Mobility develop environmentally-friendly train with electro-hybrid battery drive, which enables local emission-free operation.
Funds from the sale of bonds sees RegioJet investing in its fleet with additional vehicles to support growing passenger numbers on its long-distance train services.
With deliveries scheduled to begin in March 2020, an additional 61 Vectron MS vehicles will be operated by Austrian Federal Railways.
Efficiency and quality with a competitive edge can only be achieved if man and machine complement each other perfectly. Global Railway Review’s Commercial Director, Sam Pirani, and Junior Editor, Tara Nolan, witnessed this first-hand with an exclusive tour around Plasser & Theurer’s production site in Linz, which Tara details below...
In order to meet passengers’ expectations, on-going investment and regular renewal of the vehicle fleet are key prerequisites.
Rail customers in Austria will soon experience state-of-the-art comfort with an order worth over €1.5 billion confirmed.
Work on the Koralm railway between Graz and Klagenfurt in Austria is running at full throttle with 90 per cent already under construction or completed. The next big upcoming milestone is one of the most important to date – the first breakthrough in the Koralm Tunnel.
There are approximately 3,300 level crossings in the ÖBB network, with the number falling every year. In addition to investments in underpasses, overpasses, traffic lights and barrier systems, ÖBB-Infrastruktur is focusing on awareness-raising measures to prevent dangerous situations from initially arising, discusses Herbert Ofner…
The PORR-Hinteregger consortium will be responsible for building the lot H51 Pfons-Brenner section in collaboration with Italian joint venture partners Società Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua and Itinera...
A new partnership with ÖBB has provided Trainline with access to all train routes in Austria, making it the only independent platform to connect all major rail and coach carriers in Austria…
Gerald Schinagl - Digital Innovation Manager, ÖBB (the Austrian Federal Railway) - showcases how ÖBB are making the transformation to digital railways
Rudolf Koller - Railway Consultant; former Head of International Relations, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG - will present innovative ideas for combatting project failure, and focus on how new technology has transformed the process
With Digitalisation: Harnessing Big Data in Rail soon taking place in Munich, we sit down with one of its speakers, Daniel Dotzl, Data Management Consulter, Data Compiler at Wiener Linien GmbH & Company KG to talk about the conference and find out what he will be speaking about.
Jörg Leichtfried, Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, explains why it is important and worthwhile to invest properly in the country’s railway network.