Rail Transport in AustriaRail Transport in Austria Austria is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Austria is 81. Austria Railway Transport has a total of: 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified)
The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, or ÖBB.
Serfaus: see Serfaus U-Bahn, complete ban on cars in the village center Vienna: see Vienna U-Bahn Graz Vienna: see Vienna S-Bahn Rail Transport in Austria History In the 19th century, after a building of several horse tramways, it opened in 1837 the Nordbahn line Vienna-Breclav. The Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways, a company serving Austrian side of Austria-Hungary, was created in 1884 and in 1923, some years after the dissolution of the empire, it was founded the national company "ÖBB". In 1998 the market was liberalised and had one of the highest degrees of market openness in the EU according to the 2011 Rail Liberalisation Index, although the market share of ÖBB remains above 90% for passenger rail. Rail Transport in Austria as a Network Austrian network, out of the principal rail system, also counts some funiculars, rack railways and lot of heritage railways mainly derived from part of disused lines. Some secondary lines have a narrow gauge. Austria Urban Railways
In Austria, many narrow gauge railways were constructed due to the difficult mountainous terrain. Many survive as a common carrier or a heritage railway. Rail Transport in Austria Operation Austria National Railway Österreichische Bundesbahnen Austria System: Length Austria Total: 6,123 kilometres (3,805 mi) Austria Electrified:: 3,523 kilometres (2,189 mi) Austria High-Speed 233 km Austria Main 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) Austria Electrification 15 kV 16,7 Hz Main network | |||||
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