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In 1965 the line was extended by 2.5 km to bring materials and equipment to a power station; the extension line has subsequently been removed once more. However at that time two diesel locomotives and some transporter wagons were acquired and the Zillertalbahn became the first railway in Austria to use "Zugfunk"—train control by radio.
The Mittenwald Railway (German: Mittenwaldbahn), popularly known as the Karwendelbahn (Karwendel railway), is a railway line in the Alps in Austria and Germany. It connects Innsbruck via Seefeld (both in Tyrol, Austria) and Mittenwald to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (both in Bavaria, Germany).
Headquarters in Vienna Railjet (RJ), the high-speed-train of ÖBB Intercity-Express (ICE) Map of the main network in Austria InterCity (IC) on the Semmering railway ÖBB Nightjet (NJ) train in München Hbf An ÖBB EuroCity (EC) train in Bolzano, South Tyrol RegionalExpress train (REX) in Vienna Regional train (R) in Styria The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban metro railway network in the ...
Within the European Union, Austria is among the leaders regarding the distance traveled by rail per inhabitant and year: 1,510 km (940 mi) in 2022. [1] It was ranked fifth among national European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index. [2] Austria is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).
In 1975, a writer for Fodor's travel guides described the Transalpin as "one of the best trains in Europe for mountain scenery". [6] In 1980, a trip on the Transalpin from Zürich to Vienna was featured in "Changing Trains", the final episode in Series 1 of Great Railway Journeys of the World, a BBC TV travel documentary. The "Changing Trains ...
The Eastern Railway (German: Ostbahn), formerly also known as the Vienna-Raab railway (German: Wien-Raaber Bahn), is a two-track, electrified railway line that runs from Vienna towards Hungary.
Trainline (formerly Thetrainline.com) is a British digital rail and coach technology platform operating across Europe.It sells train tickets and railcards as well as providing free access to live train times and railway station information through its website and mobile app which is available on the iOS and Android platforms.
Service no longer active, but the journey can still be made on separate EuroCity trains. Service no longer active, but a direct train still operates the same route. † Service still active, but name no longer in use.