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Manfred Pisek, Leader of the Operational Requirements Management Department, ÖBB Infrastructure
Manfred Pisek, Leader of the Operational Requirements Management Department, ÖBB Infrastructure
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Signalling: Status of ETCS in Austria

11 April 2014 | By Manfred Pisek, Leader of the Operational Requirements Management Department, ÖBB Infrastructure / Stefan Gaider, ETCS Infrastructure Project Leader – Engineering Services, ÖBB Infrastructure

When planning first began to implement ETCS Level 2 in Austria, ÖBB – the Austrian Federal Railways – was also faced with the challenge of creating and adapting its operational rules and procedures at that time. Therefore, in parallel to the technical projects for GSM-R, infrastructure and rolling stock etc.,…

Full-commissioning of the Koralmbahn is scheduled for 2023
Full-commissioning of the Koralmbahn is scheduled for 2023
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Steady construction continues on the new Koralmbahn

12 February 2014 | By OBB-Holding AG

The Koralm Railway (or Koralmbahn) is a new double-track line approximately 133km-long that will run between the Austrian cities of Graz and Klagenfurt and is part of the Baltic-Adriatic Axis which connects the Baltic Sea with the ports of the upper Adriatic. At the heart of the new railway line…

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ÖBB – shaping mobility of the future

1 August 2013 | By Klaus Garstenauer, Head of Local and Regional Train Services, ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG

In early-2013, the Supervisory Board of ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG and ÖBB-Holding AG concluded an order worth approximately €581 million for 100 new Siemens Desiro ML mass transit and regional trains. The new trainsets will contribute significantly to improving passenger comfort and prove that ÖBB is committed to enhancing its offering. The…

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WESTbahn shakes up Austrian market

1 August 2013 | By Erich Forster, CEO, WESTbahn Management GmbH

WESTbahn Management GmbH is a private railway company that launched operations in December 2011 offering passenger services between Vienna, Salzburg and Freilassing. We are the first private long-distance railway company in Austria, offering almost hourly intervals. Due to a top speed of 200km/h, the journey time of WESTbahn trains from…

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Construction, maintenance and upgrading of tracks: the Austrian way

1 August 2013 | By Michael Walter, Bernhard Knoll and Jürgen Stern, Business Unit Integrated Railroad Line Management, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG

The liberalisation of European railways, particularly the free network access of passenger and freight traffic, have a basic influence on the construction of new lines and the maintenance and upgrading of tracks of ÖBBInfrastruktur AG. This article outlines the essential characteristics of track systems including track substructure. Line layout and…

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Rail steel grades in track

1 August 2013 | By Peter Veit, Head of the Institute for Railway Engineering and Transport Economy, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Since 2002, track strategies at the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have been based on life-cycle cost calculations1. These basic strategies have been adopted due to new technologies – for example the use of under sleeper pads, changing price levels, and the phenomena of rail contact fatigue2 (RCF). The basic data…

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Brenner Base Tunnel construction continues as expected

19 September 2012 | By Konrad Bergmeister, CEO, Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE

Construction of the 64km-long Brenner Base Tunnel is in full swing. Two sections of the exploratory tunnel are completed, the access tunnel in Mules now connects the exploratory tunnel with the surface, and two more logistic tunnels are ready for use. The Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) is a straight, flat…

ERR Issue #4 2012
ERR Issue #4 2012
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Infrastructure projects are an engine for growth

1 August 2012 | By Doris Bures, Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria

As a starting point for the following considerations, I would like to choose two well-founded assumptions. Firstly, mobility is a basic prerequisite of our modern society and economy. Secondly, both passenger transport as well as cargo transport will see an increase in mobility in the years to come. The respective…

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ÖBB’s approach to sustainable maintenance of infrastructure

1 August 2012 | By Andreas Matthä, Speaker of the Board, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG

Increasing route utilisation, higher transport tonnages, shorter train intervals and greater speeds are, from the customers’ viewpoint, the most important characteristics of Austria’s railway network, which highlights the need for further maintenance of the lines. Since 2008, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG has placed particular emphasis on the sustainable maintenance of its infrastructure…

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Vienna’s City Airport Train – unique in Europe

1 August 2012 | By Elisabeth Landrichter, Managing Director, City Air Terminal Betriebsgesellschaft mbH

The Vienna City Airport Train (CAT) has been operating since 2003 and is Europe’s only air-rail link which offers a ‘City Check-In’ facility. In just 16 minutes, passengers in Vienna can travel on a non-stop service between the city centre and the airport, and vice versa, from early in the…

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ETCS for ÖBB: The beginning of a new train control era in Austria

4 August 2011 | By Stefan Rameder, System Integration Officer for the ÖBB ETCS Programme, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG

After years of preparation and comprehensive calls for tenders from suppliers, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has placed all orders for the implementation of the European Train Control System (ETCS). In February 2010 the final purchase order was placed, concerning system integration. During the past two years, a company-wide programme group…

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The desire to shift from road to rail

4 August 2010 | By Doris Bures, Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria

The railways in Europe continue to face disadvantages in competition with roads. The only way to achieve fair competition in the transport sector is to reflect the true costs of each mode of transport, including factors such as climate protection, social issues, health aspects and safety. Unfortunately, some approaches at…

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The festival city of Salzburg gets a unique entrée

4 August 2010 | By Johannes Gfrerer, Spokesman for the Salzburg Region, ÖBB-Holding AG and Thomas Wörndl, Project Manager for the reconstruction of the Salzburg Hauptbahnhof

€270 million will be invested in the creation of a unique transport station in the festival city of Salzburg that is to be completed by 2014. The new through station will do full justice to the requirements of a modern railway age as a regional and international transport hub. High…

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High-tech solution for ÖBB operation control

21 July 2009 | By Herwig Wiltberger, Member of the Board, ÖBB-Infrastruktur Betrieb and August Zierl, Head of ÖBB’s Business Unit ‘Engineering Services’, ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG

ÖBB-Infrastruktur Betrieb AG is a modern and customer-oriented infrastructure operator allowing the 22 railway undertakings authorised to operate in Austria access to ÖBB's approximately 5,700km-long railway network. To this end, ÖBB's operation control strategy plays a decisive role. ÖBB heralded a new high-tech era with the launch of the operation…

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The Arlberg Railway – connecting Tyrol and Vorarlberg for 125 years

15 May 2009 | By Rene Zumtobel, Press Relations Officer for the Tyrol and Vorarlberg regions, ÖBB-Holding AG

Rene Zumtobel celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Arlberg Railway in Austria, and how after all this time it is still playing a vital part of the Austrian western railway line between Bregenz, Zürich and Vienna.