The ÖBB Nightjet train service abroad will be started up again on May 24 after a pause because of the coronavirus. The regular daytime trains to and from Germany, Italy and Czech Republic will also...Read more
A number of interest groups and FlixBus have filed a case to challenge a license and subsidy to Dutch Railways NS for operating a night train connection to Austria. According to them, the decision of...Read more
The European Commission has imposed fines of more than 48 million this Tuesday because Deutsche Bahn, NMBS and ÖBB have formed a cartel. Between 2008 and 2014, the companies made mutual agreements about who would...Read more
The route for the new German-Austrian railway line from the north to the Brenner Base Tunnel (currently under construction) has been decided. Of the five possible routes, the so-called ‘purple variant’, which consists of around...Read more
The 12 kilometre long section between Klagenfurt and Weizelsdorf in Austria will be modernised by 2023. The project was launched last Sunday. In addition to the electrification of the route, also named ‘Rosentalbahn’, stops and...Read more
The Connecting Europe Express, one of the European Year of Rail 2021’s most emblematic initiatives, was presented on Monday during the official European Year of Rail kick-off conference, organised in cooperation with the Portuguese Presidency of the...Read more
During RailTech Europe, various presentations are focused on public transport. From international train travel, high-speed lines and ticketing, to research into passenger behaviour in corona time. But with over a hundred speakers in the programme,...Read more
ÖBB and Slovak Railways (ZSSK) are launching a new seasonal EuroNight train connection from Vienna and Graz to Split in Croatia on June 18, 2021. The new night train is scheduled to run twice a...Read more
ÖBB and Siemens Mobility have presented the exterior design of the new generation of the Nightjet on Tuesday. The first new Nightjets will go in operation from 2022, a total of 33 new trains will...Read more
Austrian operator ÖBB has given one of their locomotives a special European Year of Rail design. The locomotive was presented at a ceremony at Vienna central station last week, and will be on the tracks...Read more
ProMedia Group opened registration for RailTech Europe 2021 and launched the new website. The first speakers are also made public, including Elisabeth Werner, Director Land Transport of DG Move, and ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete of...Read more
In this year, ÖBB is investing 265 million euros in railway infrastructure in the Federal State of Upper Austria. The Austrian Railways are focussing on additional capacity, fit and safe rail routes and attractive train...Read more
“This is a good day for the climate, our customers and the coming together of Europe on rails.” Those were the words of Deutsche Bahn CEO Richard Lutz this Tuesday in an online press conference...Read more
ÖBB has updated passengers that due to mudslides the Tauern train route between Bad Hofgastein and Bad Gastein is not operational until December 22. The Austrian rail company has placed buses for rail replacement services...Read more
DB, ÖBB, SNCF and SBB are planning to re-introduce and operate new cross-border night train connections in Europe from 2021. These new connections are part of the Trans-Europ Express 2 network that is set to...Read more
